My 22 month old daughter has always been an excellent sleeper. However, in the last week she's developed a couple of sleeping issues. The first is the yelling and screaming when our night time routine (which has not changed in 10 months) ends with her in her crib and me leaving. She wants me to stay and sing more songs. She has mentioned "too dark" so I tried a night light, which made the second issue even worse - she's waking up at night, which she hasn't done since she was 2 months old! Last night she woke up 4 or 5 times crying each of which she went back to sleep on her own. She seems tired when we're doing our routine bath, stories and songs, but as soon as she's in the crib she's got all the energy in the world to cry and carry on. In the past, she very rarely even cried at bed time, if she did it was short lived and she comforted herself to sleep. What makes matters worse is - I can't just leave her anymore as she has also learned how to climb out of her crib this week! I would appreciate any insight into where my good sleeper has gone and how I can get her back!
Rhonda
Winnipeg, MB, Canada