Hi, I haven't posted in a long time, because basically things have been going great. My daughter is 21 months old and for the past 4 months has been taking one nap, usually lasting anywhere from 1 to 2 hrs, and sleeping through the night no problems. We did have some difficulties with crying when we were going through the 2-1 nap transition, but like I say for the past 4 months it's been easy sailing. Last Fri she was congested and by the evening I knew she had picked up a little cold. This doesn't usually bother her at all, she has had colds before without having it affect her sleep at all. Now when I put her down for nap or nighttime, I leave the room and she immediately gets up and cries. Also this might happen after an hour of sleep or so. I wait for a minute or two and within that time she lays down and goes to sleep. It's kind of a fake cry, I can tell it's not real, so that's why I wait for a minute. I'm sure everyone hates the crying and I'm no exception, it makes me very anxious and I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing here or do you think it's maybe just this cold setting her back a few steps? After she's well again can I expect (hope) that she'll go back to being my good little sleeper? Here's her routine (before the cold... it's the same with the cold only no playing happily in the crib):
7:00am wake
7:30am get up (she plays happily in her crib for 30 mins before I go in)
8:00am breakfast
9:30am snack
11:30am lunch
12:30pm nap
2:30 - 3pm up from nap (she doesn't usually sleep that long but will play happily until I go in)
3:00pm snack
5:30pm dinner
6:30pm bath
7:30pm bed
Thanks for any advice/opinions.