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Do they maybe have a certain naptime routine they do at daycare that she misses at home? Just trying to figure out why she only does it on the days she goes to daycare. Maybe they spoil her at daycare, like sitting with her until she falls asleep or holding her. I would find out what their routine is and see if some adjusting on their part needs to be made. Or maybe it is anxiety about going to daycare.

how would I deal with anxiety?? It's not her nap routine cause she does exactly what we do now it's in-home so there is no guarantee what the routine is but I don't think she does anything differently.

Well now I can not get her to really sleep during the weekend. It is too hard to let her CIO, I can do it sometimes but when I am as tired as I am I really do not feel like doing that when I can get her and hold her for 15 minutes and she's out, or sometimes if I go in and rock her for a while she'll let me know that she wants back in her bed. So I really don't know what to do but I really need to get some sleep and she needs to sleep. She is very fussy in the morning. She naps I think from 12:30 or 1:30 to 3 during the week and then in bed by 9 or 9:30. I am not sure about her nap at daycare her sitter tells me 12:30 but then my husband went by one day at 3 and she was still napping, so I am not sure what her nap schedule really is. During the weekend she usually does not get a nap and I try to put her down by 8:30. Any suggestions I am willing to try just about anything but the CIO is hard for me.

I am having the same problem. My dd is almost 2.5 and used to be a great sleeper, now she either wakes up in the middle of the night a few times or wakes up at 5 am for the day. She is so tired. Part of it I think is because of I had twins in september and she is VERY jealous and part of it I think is her age. From what I've heard its very common for them to be doing this at this age. I cant to the CIO thing b/c my twins sleep through the night and I dont want her to wake them up. She either wants to come in our bed or wants us to come lay down with her and never leave. Its so exhausting. Now she started saying she wants her crib back. I'm at my wits end with this. I hope someone gives some good suggestions. Sorry I;m not much help, but your not alone!!

I have found that she has been cutting her 2 year old molars and she has one left that is having trouble cutting just one corner of it. I have been giving her motrin before bedtime to help her a little but she is still waking up. I really don't think I should let her CIO when she is teething or should I???

I was thinking the same thing about the 2 year molars, but my dd would tell me if her teeth hurt or at least her face or cheek. Would your dd tell you? If she tells you something hurts then maybe not CIO, but if she isnt in pain then CIO may help. I have tried something in the past few nights that has helped a bit. I told her she isnt allowed to get up when it is still dark out. I said its not awake time until its light out and she has slept better since then. Also, over this past weekend she was sooooo tired from all her lack of sleep she slept on Sat. from 5 pm to 6 am the next morning. I think it all just caught up to her. She is like a different child since then. Also, about the Motrin. It has the opposite affect on her. It makes her stay awake as upposed to making her sleep, so I dont give it to her. The only thing I found that makes her sleep is Benadryl, but I only give it to her if I absolutely have to and in a very small dose. Hope this helps. GL

i have a similar issue with my ds, who's almost 2.5years. I find for me it's b/c he doesn't nap as well at daycare as he does at home and he is very sensitive to being over tired! he will nap 2hrs at home bed for 8 and up around 6, during the week i can even try putting him to bed earlier to compinsate the lack of nap but he goofs around till almost 9pm all week! so he's going from 11.5hrs in 24hrs to around 10. This week he also added the ew's and nw's again. last night up 3 times......