These past few nights Abby has been fighting sleep or something and I don't know what to do. I used to be able to put her in her crib at night and leave her there and she would fall asleep on her own. But take tonight for example....I gave her a bath at 8 and then got her in her pajamas and then fed her (which she was falling asleep on my boob). So I laid her in her crib and she woke up.....like wide awake. So I left her there so that she would hopefully fall asleep on her own, but after about 20 or 30 minutes of continual crying (I hope I wasn't being a mean mommy for leaving her for so long), I went up and got her. She finally fell asleep at 10:45!!! She won't take a pacifier, I've tried patting her back, I've tried rocking her, I even put her back on my breast but nope she was wide awake. I don't know if it's her teeth, she has 2 already but those 2 never made her like this. Any advice on what to do would be very much appreciated. Thank you guys!

Could be teethe...each of my son's was a different experience! Some fine and some REALLY awful! Could be that she's starting the attachment phase too...my little boy was great until about 7 monhts and then couldn't stand being out of mine or my hubbys sight...day or night...he slept with us then...Good luck, it's never easy! Especially at night when you're exhausted yourself!

It could be the teeth I agree !!! May be the reason why she wouldn't take the pacifier also.

Do you have some bonjela or children's panadol on hand?

Is she too big to be wrapped up now? I found that with my Abby (our dds have the same name :D) she felt more secure being wrapped and that she went down no problems.
And don't feel bad leaving her for 20-30 minutes. I've done that a few times and it doesn't hurt them. I actually had to do this a few times so that she would sleep in her own bed in her own room because she had a few nights with us and then wouldn't sleep in her bed. And I couldn't settle her no matter what I tried. I tried a bedtime bath, a bedtime story, sleeping with her until she fell asleep, music, pacifier, soft toys... the works. The only thing that worked in the end was to just let her cry it out until she fell asleep and she only had to do that 2 nights at the most and she was over the sleeping problem.

It could very well be teething... I used to alternate between Tylenol and Motrin and found Abby was fine. She also liked cold washcloths or the teething ring. I found the numbing gel only worked for like 5 minutes...

I hope things get better soon.

for young teethers...I would put a jar of baby fruit in the fridge and keep it cold and for those hard nights the cold on the gums seemed to help along with them motrin and teething gel and I would wash my finger good and then massage the gums and Ethan really settled down with that many times when nothing else would work!

Well, we've had a breakthrough tonight. I did the bedtime routine with Abby and put her into bed and right as I put her down she woke up. But I left her there and she cried for about 30 mins and fell asleep on her own. So hopefully this will be her getting back to falling asleep on her own. Next is to tackle the day time sleeping :? Need prayer on that one :wink:

Good on you Eva, we certainly followed the same steps with our kids about the "crying" issue and it really as Renee says, does absolutely no harm.

Glad you have had a breakthru!