desperate for sleep advice here

db is 7.5 months. till last week, she was and angle sleeper. slept from 6:30 pm- 7 am, went down for the night without a peep, and took two naps, usually 1.5 hours each. been a good sleeper since she was born- never had to cio. all of a sudden, over the weekend, she started refusing second nap (right now, she naps at 9 and 1). just lies there and whines. i'll take her out after an hour, but she is usually so tired she'll crash around 3-4 pm. then tonight, she did NOT want to go to bed. every tiem i put her dfown, she got hysterical - like couldnt cathc her breath screaming. i couldnt listen to it- so i took ehr out. after about a half hour of me tryign to get her to bed, i finally put her in the crib iwth a toy, and she went down qiuetly.
any idea whats going on? i dont thin its teeth, she cut one last week and didnt seem to affect her a all. i cant stand to hear her scream- and since she has been a good sleeper, i have no idea how to handle this. lastly, is it ok to put down with a toy at this age? it was one of the rattles off her gymini, she has one she loves

Re: desperate for sleep advice here

It could be her teeth. Some can come in with no problem while one will cause them to scream. I don't think there is anything wrong with having a toy in her crib if it's providing some comfort. This could also be a stage that she will outgrow soon.

Re: desperate for sleep advice here

It could be a phase, but if it becomes a habit, you may just need to adjust. It's definitely a bot early to switch from 2 naps to 1, but maybe that's what's going on. You may switch between 1-2 naps and day and just need to follow DCs lead for a while. We went back and forth for a while too. Now it's 1 nap a day, but he'll still take 2 occasionally, or if he wakes up extra early. I think sticking to a schedule is really important, but sometimes you need to be flexible.

Re: desperate for sleep advice here

I had to adjust the time of the second nap for DD around that age. The first one is always 2.5 -3 hours after she gets up and then the second is usually between 3 & 4pm and then she goes to bed between 7- 7:30pm. My DD is 8.5 months. I would try putting her down a little later for the second nap and see what happens. Also if she isn't crying just whining I would just leave her. DD was doing that to and after a few days it stopped.