I posted a few weeks back that a seemingly possessed child was waking up in my dd's crib, screaming for us, upset. She is 28 months. At 9 months did pu/pd, wi/wo, paci removed and since 11 months she has been sleeping 12 hr nights. A few months ago nap started to get dropped. She coped well, but still usually napped at daycare (2x week), and sometimes would fall asleep in the car. So a few weeks ago with the crazy wakeups, thought she may not be handling no nap so well. So tried again, pushing it a bit later. So we've had an improved week; wake around 7, 1 hr nap approx, bedtime 7. We'd previously done 7-7 with no nap, so now if no nap, was 6:30. So, everything was going well...
3 nights ago she woke after 45 min of being put down. Complaints - kleenex, fix blanket, more milk, water. Cried a bit. We went to her twice (since it was out of character) and she finally fell back after an hour. Next night, was complaining soon after bedtime. When my husband went up, she freaked out, was screaming and saying 'no to go to bed' over and over. I went to take over, cuddled and sang to her until she was calm, then we gave her some milk. We weren't sure of a pattern here, so did what we could to soothe her and get her down.
Tonight - 10 min after bedtime, complaints start. Talked to her before bed about going to sleep, resting etc. It escalated and then I heard a thump (she banged her feet on the crib) but I got worried and went to her. All downhill from there. She was SCREAMING. After 1. 5 hrs I finally resorted to wi/wo, and after at least an hour of that, thought it may be hurting more than helping so I said 'last time' when I left and goodnight, and after about 10 min she fell asleep, spent and exhausted. It was 2.5 hrs total, and completely out of character, even compared with the other nights. She couldn't tell me anything either, just repeats no to to to bed, out of here, downstairs, in between screams.
Could it be that she adjusted to the nap so now I need to shift bedtime a bit later? Should I continue with wi/wo or just talk to her on the monitor and not go in because it refreshes her cries? I don't know what to do and tonight was just heartbreaking - she was getting hoarse, she seemed so distressed - but I can't let her come downstairs again...
