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@JennyD: that's exactly what we do! Sometimes they just need an extra snuggle.
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@LulaBee: I think your plan to move up bedtime but to stay in her room is a great plan . . . just one change at a time will help ease the transition and also enable you to better diagnose any potential issues. You are doing a great job mama! LOs can never have too many snuggles. They are only little for a little while.
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@MsLipGloss: Thank you, that's what I keep telling myself- she's only little once
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I would suspect it is something in the bedtime routine. I would talk to her school and see what they do to get her to sleep without hassle. She might have already connected that if she screams bedtime you will stay with her at bedtime. You are almost going to have to "retrain" her to sleep.
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@SnowLion: They wash her hands (it's after eating lunch), tell her to go to her cot and that it's naptime. She walks over, lays down, and just looks around until she falls asleep. I think the fact that there are people in the room helps- she feels safe and not alone. But honestly, I have no idea...
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@LulaBee: that sounds so hard! I don't have a lot of advice since my little guy is a few months behind, but I really hope you're able to tweak things/she grows out of it so you all get some sleep.
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Last night we did bath, pjs, brush teeth, 4 books, nurse, I laid her in bed and stood there beside her crib for 15 minutes while she fell asleep. I didn't look at her or talk to her or sing to her. And she slept until 5:30am! She cried out a few times in the night, but didn't fully wake so no one went in there. If this is what works, I'm fine with it- so much more peaceful than her screaming for an hour +.
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@LulaBee: What a great update! All that matters is that whatever it is you do works for you and your LO. Congrats doll!
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@LulaBee: Hoping your LO is improving. I was just looking at your updates as the last two nights my LO has screamed, cried, etc for an hour before going to sleep. Before she would go to sleep no problems. Ugh! I'm thinking it maybe just the 18 month sleep regression but we are at a loss of what to do. I've been singing to her, holding her, patting her, etc and that does seem to calm her down.
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