Hi again and thanks for your reply.
We tried with what you suggested with less patting but it does not work, she still wants us to pat. She is still crying when put to bed for BT (not nap time), which means we have to pat her. We try to talk to her and just sit next to her, it doesn't work she still wants the patting. I guess we just have to except it is a phase. I just don't want it to become a prop, do you think it can or will she just start going to sleep on her own once phase is over?
I've read that 18 month regression can start later so I think this might be the case for her. She is also still waking crying at night so have to pat her then too to get her back to sleep. She used to wake few times per night, past few nights its been once per night.
I just don't want all this patting to become a prop after all the work of getting her to be an independent sleeper. In the past she has gone back to falling asleep on her own after a phase. This phase seems to be the worst and longest so far apart from teething.
Her EASY looks like this at mo:
WU around 7 am
Nap 1:35-3:15 pm normally as she is moody and tired I thought to let her sleep a bit longer than usual 1.5 hrs
BT 8/8:30 pm put to bed around 7:30 pm, for a period she would fall asleep around 8 pm when nap to around 3 pm and 8:30 pm when nap to 3:30 pm latest when seemed very tired
Yesterday I woke her at 3:15 pm and she didn't fall asleep until 8:30 pm, she was tossing and turning constant for over 45 mins (don't know if this is part of phase or what it is.
I´m trying to get her to sleep by 8 pm so she has 11 hrs instead of 10.5 hrs as it seems she is more well rested with 11 hrs night sleep. Do you think I should wake her by 3 pm to get her to bed by 8 pm or that her natural sleep time is 8:30 pm?