Did not have a baby that hated sleep. Seriously, my LO (well, I guess she's a toddler now and not a baby) is back to her previous sleep-disrupting ways. She's 15 months and just will not sleep more than *maybe* 9 hours overnight. And she only sleeps *maybe* 1 hour at daycare during the day.

She is now waking at 4:30 am. Every morning. For weeks. She's always been an early riser, but she used to at least sleep till 5:30. Then she started edging that wakeup even earlier, so I tried moving her bedtime later at 8 pm. No dice. She started waking up even *earlier*, so I moved her bedtime back to 7 pm. no dice. The 7 pm bed time is causing her to fight sleep going down, and is still making the 4:30 am wakeups happen.

I actually took yesterday off work and took LO to a doctor because I am sleep deprived an anxious over my toddler who won't sleep more than 10 hours in a 24 hour period when the recommendation is 12-14 hours. The doctor was not really helpful at all.

I feel like we do everything "right". She goes to sleep on her own. She sleeps with 2(!) white noise machines and blackout curtains. I've tried earlier bedtimes and I've tried later bedtimes. I've tried rushing in there the second she makes a noise and I've tried letting her CIO for up to 1.5 hours (From 4:30-6 am). I've tried co-sleeping (HA. She will not sleep in a bed with us. Putting her in our bed is her signal that everyone wants to party and she'll tart jumping off the bed, dancing, jumping on us, screaming).

She has a lovey and she is attached to it. It isn't helping her sleep. She has a paci and can find it in the dark, but it isn't helping her sleep. She doesn't want to be held, or rocked.

And she isn't just up and quietly playing in her bed. She SCREAMS at the top of her lungs until we turn out the lights and let her play. But the kicker is....she and I leave the house every day at 6:35 am. So there's no time for her to wake up at 4:30, "play" and then go back to sleep. She has to be up, dressed, milk drunk, and in the car.

She doesn't seem to be teething. Or if she is, she's been teething for 1 month now. She has all her teeth except her canines and her 2 year molars.

Are there any other magic tips I haven't thought to try yet? I'm thisclose to trying to find a pediatric sleep clinic to evaluate her because our whole family needs more sleep. My husband doesn't even get home from work till almost 8 some nights, so these screaming 4:30 am wakeups are not working for us.

help?