Hi all,
We recently moved house, but DD (who is 7 1/2 months now) was starting to do this before too...only now we are more understanding of it putting it down to the move...but i think we are creating a monster...so any advice would help on the following..

During the day DD is happy to be up for about 2-3 hours and sleeps for about 2 hours. She goes down when i notice she is tired and she soon drifts off to sleep. I have been roughly starting to follow a routine which recommends bub us up by 4pm of an afternoon (knowing that the later i let her sleep, the later she will go to bed) After the afternoon sleep, she generally plays, watches me cook and we have a bath. This is usually her cranky time too..so we spend some time outdoors as this is what she loves. Now, as with the day time routine, when i notice she is tired, i put her in her cot. She cries within seconds. I generally kiss her goodnight and close the door. The crying increases. I have left her for 5 mins at a time b4 going in again to stroke her cheek or a quick cuddle if she is really sobbing (i cant help it) I keep trying the in and out of bed thing.. sometimes the only way to settle her is to take her out of her room. She will sometimes fall asleep on our bed instantly..then we put her into her cot. This can last 1-2 hours.It doesnt seem to matter what kind of day we had..if it was a perfect day at home or if we went out for a few hours. Its so hard of an evening. Last night she finally went to sleep at 9:30pm! We try walking around the house, rocking, watching tv and patting at this time (not needed in the day though) and have cancelled out hunger, dirty nappy, teething etc Anyone have any advice please? We will be entertaining on saturday and i can just see it...either DD will be up, all happy and excited to be receiving lots of attention (meanwhile getting really really tried and over it) or i will be in her room with her while she screams, trying to settle her so i can return to my guests.