Hi there!
I have been reading all of your stories for days trying to fumble my way through this...I haven't posted in quite a while. DD is 1 in two weeks. She has never been a great sleeper. She's always gone down easily but had issues if she woke inthe night. She has also never been a great napper. About three months ago that all changed. She suddenly started having two good naps a day and for the most part sleeping through. Then last week happened. I don't know what changed or what is going on, but all of the sudden she wakes SCREAMING at least once a night and is inconsolable. It doesnt' seem to be teeth. She is not chewing onher hand like she usually does and it really doesn't sound like a pain cry. She just screams and wants out of her crib. I find it takes up to 2 hours to settle her. In the past she has gone back to sleep with a hand on her tummy to reassure her but lately she has started to push the hand off, roll over and stand up, still screaming.
Her schedule is:
5:30 wake up, bf
7:00 breakfast
8:45 nap
9:45 wake, bf
12:00 lunch
2:00 nap
3:30 wake, bf
5:00 dinner
7:00 bf, bath
7:30 or 7:45 bed
The last week or so everything has been way off. Some days she wakes up and falls back to sleep bfing and will sleep till 6:30 (back in bed). Other days she'll only nap 40 mins, maybe even 30 mins. Note that three weeks ago she started walking, but she has been standing in the crib for about 6 weeks.
So...what I'm asking is...what the heck should I do to get back into our routine? WI/WO? She gets hysterical if I do PD by the way. I find she's so hysterical I tend to loose my straight thinking and end up picking her up, frustrated after about 1/2 hour (when she is dry heaving from crying so hard). I have never left her to CIO. I think overall I just need help coming up with a game plan to stick to. Thanks soooo much. I could really use some sleep.