I guess you just need to roll with it and not stress out about the small stuff.. if she doesn't want to sleep, she wont. It's just that she does it for her night sleep too. Maybe she is not tired as she slept in the day?.. total catch 22.
DD is going through a horrible sleep (or lack of!) phase at the moment but it's at night - I've posted about it too if you want a read and to see what others have said.
With regards to your DD though, has she cut her eye teeth? DD cut hers at 18 months and to say it was hell is an understatement. She had problems with sleep during the day and night for about 5 weeks. She would usually end up finally nodding off for her day nap but not without a fight. I often ended up giving her another bottle to help settle her and some pain relief. Besides the odd bottle at nap time, we were very careful to stick to our usual routines for both day naps and night sleeps despite DD playing up so much. Staying calm with her did really help too but I'll admit I always found it hard, and still do, to stay calm at night when I'm tired and need sleep too.
Yes Taurean, she got 8 teeth at once when she was about 12 months old... she seams to have a pretty high tolerance for pain! she was really not a drama at that time. I think i did see a molar coming through last week AND she had her 18 month needles a few days ago... but all this was manifesting before the needles. I am guessing we just need to give it a bit... it's just that my Mum keeps telling me that it is 'not right' for her to come into our bed at this age and my DH is really ****ty at the idea too. He hates it (i kind love the one on one cuddles... who wouldn't!) so I am torn between making her settle in her own bed and giving her cuddles, yet I know if I give her cuddles I just make 'a rod for my own back' so to speak... aaaahhhhhhh, crazy times...
With the day sleeps I'd go with the flow... I remember Elijah went through similar at a similar age, not wanting to sleep in the day but then continued to again and now only has 2 or 3 a week, just as a catch up I think. Nights, he was still BFing, but now will actually fall asleep on dad's shoulder and then transfers to his bed. If he wakes up at night I have to reach over (he's in his cot next to me in our room lol... yup, STILL haha) and hold his hand lol. I just do what I gotta do so that I get sleep! If she didn't have day sleeps every day it might be easier to get her down at night, I've noticed it in a big way how much easier it is and I don't have to spend literally hours laying next to Elijah to try to put him to sleep. Hope it settles for you all soon xoxox.
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