DD (16 months)has pretty much been a great sleeper, but since xmas her sleeping patterns have slowly been sliding downhill, and I really have no idea how to reverse the decline. Her bedtime was usually between 7.30 and 8 pm, with a bottle and a cuddle then put in her cot awake, and has now become a prolonged battle starting at the same time but finishing at 9.30/10 pm after she has screamed bloody murder when put in her cot, sobbing and tantrumming. Nothing works - she won't be cuddled and calmed, gradual retreat doesn't work.
The last few nights we've been waiting for her to fall asleep on the living room floor before carrying her upstairs - terrible i know, but neither DP or I can take it. We work full time and get a couple of hours together in the evening.
I really don't want to go down the controlled crying route, and really she has a will of steel so i doubt it would work anyway. She has got her molars through since xmas, and her canines are almost through, so I keep clinging to all this being down to teething, but I'm not so sure
Does anyone else have ANY ideas, am really struggling...