I don't know what else to do. I need a new plan...what we've always done clearly isn't working this time. It's been a week, and there has been zero improvement. Tyler usually babbles for 45 min at bedtime and falls asleep on his own. Naptime, he was usually out within a few min. About 2 wks ago, he started babbling for much longer at naptime too...up to an hour sometimes. That was all fine. About a week ago, the antics began. He throws his loveys out of the crib, cries, we put them back in and say "night night," and it starts over again before we're even out the door. It isn't sep anx, because he does it even if we stand right next to the crib. So after the first lovey toss, we give them back, tell him if he throws his stuff it goes bye bye, and leave. Of course, he throws them, and they get taken. So...now what?
He stands there whining, then escalates to crying. Saying "night night" from outside the door doesn't settle him. If I stand in the doorway, he flops down, all smiles. Then he pops back up immediately, before I even have a chance to turn and walk out. If I continue to stand there, he cries, and I have to up the ante...start to walk toward him. Flops down, pops up, cries. Ups the ante again...I have to do PD. Pops up again. I have to put a hand on his back. Then, and only then, does he settle and stay that way. He immediately starts to doze off. I move my hand, he sits up and cries.
He's not teething, he isn't sick, and this has been going on consistently for over a week now. It goes on for a good 1.5-2 hrs before he finally gives in. He's done this before (never this bad, though), and we've managed to break the cycle within a few days, and he's never fought sleep for this long. He's wound down when he goes in the crib...half the time, he's blinking back sleep when I put him down. Nothing triggered this, and I'm out of answers. He turns off the tears and starts giggling so fast, I'm convinced this is all a game. I just don't know how to break the cycle.
My patience is just about gone, and I don't know what else to do. Please, any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure there has to be a BW solution, I just don't have one!
