SO. L's sleep has gotten a bit funny these last 2 weeks.. we started on one nap one wk prior to that, and she was doing BEAUTIFULLY... sleeping for about 2 hrs right off the bat. Two wks ago, we went on a vacation, and that threw her sleep all off. Short nap the first day, and we sort of downward-spiralled from there... lots of OT which then meant some long NWs.. Throughout the whole wk, I probably pulled her into bed or slept with her during a nap 2-3 times.
Got back a wk ago, and at first, she adjusted beautifully. Long naps again Fri, Sat and Sun. But this wk, we've started having bedtime struggles - which we haven't had in a LONG time. After bath, sippy and books, I take her to her room and put her in her crib. Cue immediate crying. DH then goes into her, tells her to go to sleep, and she lays right down! Sometimes takes 10-15 min to go to sleep, but no more crying. But then we've also gotten 3-4 NWs each night, PLUS an EW 2 out of the last 4 days.. With the NWS, again, DH only has to stick his head in, tell her to go back to sleep, AND SHE DOES. If/when I go in, she cries hysterically, won't let me leave, and I end up rocking her until she's out cold.
Just can't figure out why all the bedtime drama, NWs and EWs all of a sudden? Our routine the past few days:
Monday
6:10 - EW
12:10 - 2 p.m. - nap (a little shorter than normal - woke on her own)
6:30 p.m. - put her to bed, but she fought like crazy, so we brought her back out, read some more books, then put her back down at 6:45 p.m. Still some crying, but DH did a brief WIWO and she settled down and asleep by 7 p.m.
2-3 NWs
Tuesday
6:30 - wakeup
12:35 - 2:45 - nap (woke up from nap to preserve bedtime)
7:15 p.m. - bedtime - cried immediately; DH didn't get home from work until 7:45 p.m. - at which pt, he went in, she quieted, and was asleep by about 8 p.m.
No NWs
Wednesday
5:50 - EW!!
10:20-10:40 - am CN (haven't done this in awhile, but just didn't see how she'd manage on just one nap)
1:45-3:20 - pm nap
7:15 p.m. - bedtime - cried and needed DH to resettle
3 NWs before 9:30 p.m.! - 4th at 3:30 a.m. - cried out at 5:50 a.m., but ended up resettling herself
Any thoughts? She *is* getting canines atm - lumpy, swollen gums - although no whites yet.. Have been medicating at bedtime and then at night if/when she wakes up at the pt where they would've worn off... Have a hunch that it could just be accumulated OT from the 2-1 transition... I thought she was doing great, but may have in fact, been getting a bit OT each day and it just caught up to us?
DH is worried that we/he are becoming a prop... and that somehow, perhaps through vacation, she's forgotten how to help herself through sleep cycles? Often, her first NW will be 45 min after bedtime...
What to do, what to do.... TIA! =)