Hi Cathie, thanks for your reply.
I live in southern Burgundy, an hour or so north of Lyon. Lovely in the countryside but very cold the last couple of weeks, -6 in the daytime!
Being in France is another reason why this forum is so good - my french isn't bad but it's so much easier to explain things properly in english! What country are you in?
I'll read up about spirited children in the other section - Nieve is the best thing ever - amazing, funny and clever but rather hard work!!
I think the SA is linked to her new independence - she wants to do it all on her own but it also scares her. Apparently i was the same as a child!
One question - i read another post about NW which sounded similar to us and for them it all seemed linked to schedule. Does our timing sound ok to you? She used to nap around 11.30, then after talking to our local nurse (re sleep probs) i worked quite hard to get her nap later so her pm awake time was less. Am i putting her to bed too late? Although I guess she needs to learn to go to sleep on her own whatever the cause of waking.
Anyway, my plan will be something like this, doing each step until she seems settled (mostly writing this down for myself!) :
Step 1
give milk before going to bedroom then only water at night
in bedroom put in pjs, read story, cuddle in chair for few mins
put in bed and cuddle etc til asleep
Step 2
put mattress next to her bed
put her in bed, comfort her from mattress, hold her hand, sing etc
Step 3
move mattress away a bit (her room's not very big), comfort without touching, sing etc
Step 4
take mattress out, comfort as before from chair
I'll see how all this goes then plan next steps i think... does this sound ok?
Looking forward to hearing from you
Vicky xx