Hi Veronica,

first of all big huge for you. You are doing a great job by the sounds of it well done.
My dd is coming up 10mths now and the same thing is just starting to happen to me as well. Blissful sleeping up until now and yes i am beginning to get a little grumpy .
I am though putting it down to teeth as my first daughter did the same thing exactly. I have now resorted to giving her a bottle and she goes back to sleep within 5 mins so to get more sleep i just do this for now until her next stunt is pulled on me. I look at it this way better to do it like this than get no sleep or 2-3 hrs like some mothers do.

In your situation maybe she just wants a cuddle for a bit as she is feeling a little sore on her gums or lonely and needs a bit of comfort. So as AJP suggested maybe send DH in and see if this works for you. The other thing u can try is pain relief like panadol or nurofen before she goes to bed and see if this does work - then it must be teeth? The best one i use is called sm -33 i find this 10 times better than bonjela. To be honest with you nothing else worked but this, panadol and nurofen.
I would just go with what your baby is wanting at this stage she may also be going through a growth spurt and building her supply of food/milk up to start/begin a new pattern for day and night?
The only other thing i can suggest is the controlled crying and i assure you it is very very hard i did this with my first daughter and it worked. But it is not nice and i ended up in tears myself but it did work and i swear by it. You need a good support partner and to be strong but if you don't do it correctly it will not work. I have this book called toddler taming and it is brilliant you can PM me if you like and i can give you some tips and tricks from the book on sleeping issues.

I hope it all goes back to normal for you soon and lets hope it is just a little hiccup and she is back to her normal sleeping pattern in no time.

Jen