I just don't know what to do right now. DD was up virtually all night. Again.

I always said I'd sleep train - I've always meant to do it - but it has just never been the right time. Teething, illness, asthma..... plus it has always been so easy, previously, to just pop her dummy back in and she would go right back to sleep. But the last few nights have been different. Now she is up for half an hour at a time minimum. Now she is crying simply because we have left the room. If I pick her up for a cuddle, she immediately stops crying and starts beaming happily, waving her arms about and babbling. I put her back down in her crib and go to walk out of the door - cue screaming.

She has ALWAYS been put down awake. What is going on?? It's time to sleep train, isn't it?? But I don't know how....

..... I read Weissbluth's book when she was much younger and it really helped. Heck, she used to STTN. But I've just re-read the important chapters today and it's all about getting the nap schedule right. He says that sleep is a cycle and you can't have good night sleep without good naps.He says that parents need to sacrifice their daytime social lives to stay home and protect the nap routine. I agree! I actually agree! It worked for us before! But I'm back at work now and I don't get a say how or when she naps. She takes a maximum of one 30 minute nap at nursery - she just can't sleep there (she only sleeps at home). I'm just feeling really powerless.

Do I just ignore the bulk of what Weissbluth says about the sleep cycle and just skip to the bit where she has to cry herself to sleep? Is it as simple as shutting the door and letting her cry? All night? I just don't know.

Lastly - she keeps rolling over and getting stuck on her tummy. Cue screams. How does that work with the extinction method?? Do I go and rescue her????

I'm completely lost. And tired. I guess I'm just tired.

What do I do??

ps - she goes down awake at the beginning of the night and soothes herself to sleep. It's only night wakings we have a problem with.