DD won't settle - at my wit' s end. Pls HELP!
My DD has gone from being a beautiful sleeper to fighting sleep with all she's got. She has a pretty set bedtime routine and I used to be guaranteed that she would be in bed by 7.30 pm, 8pm at the very latest. Now if she's in bed by 11pm I'm thrilled.
It seems to have started since she worked out how to pull herself up in her cot. Now when I put her down, even if she's already asleep, she will wake and stand up in her cot screaming. If I try to lie her back down again to pat/stroke her she just screams louder and fights against me to stand up. If I pick her up and cuddle her back to sleep she stirs within a few minutes of being put back down and we start all over again with the screaming.
Any suggestions for how to get out of this habit would be so gratefully received.