My DD is 26 months. We've recently succumbed to co-sleeping in her room and I mostly enjoy it, but she has recently hit a patch where she takes about 1-1.5 hours to fall asleep where she cries a lot, and then wakes up in the MOTN for about an hour crying and yelling. the crying and yelling usually goes like this:

"i wanna blankie!!!" (i put the blanket on her)
two minutes later "NO I DON'T wannit!!" (i take it off)
"wanna blankie!" (put it on her)
"NO NO NO WANT IT!! WAHHHHHHH!!!"

rinse and repeat for an hour at bedtime and at 4am in the morning.

so...i don't know if i'm looking for advice or maybe commiseration? i'm not really into CIO since i did it when she was a baby and don't have the heart to do it again. plus i also think that would be hypocritical of me, since i slept with my parents when i was a kid and i remember how it feels to always want to be with mommy. so...anyone have any words of wisdom? its really frustrating for dh and me and we are both really tired!