Please help!

[Just*Ace]

I need help! My 20 month old daughter used to be a great sleeper, would have boob before nap & bedtime but went into her bed fully awake and would wave at me as I left the room. In the last 2 weeks something has changed! She now refuses to be put into her bed or to take her dummy, she just wants to stay latched on to me. It is seriously sending me crazy. I have tried bringing her into our bed but she just kicks and tosses and turns and neither of us sleep. I basically have to sit upright in the glider chair in her room with her attached. Even when she seems to be in a deep sleep and I try and slip a dummy in she wakes up screaming hysterically. I can't do this anymore. She is 20 months old and eats heaps during the day and I'm sure it isn't teething as I have given her panadol and if I get her up instead of letting her stay latched on then she is fine & happy. Does anyone have any advice? I'm getting no sleep and I don't want to be a dummy anymore! 

[LittleBug'sMum]

Have you tried just doing what you used to do, ie feeding her, then putting her to bed awake. If she protests (cries) I would just calmly leave the room, I think if she has always been able to settle herself, she should settle in a couple of minutes. I think it would be worth a try.
Trying to feed her to sleep, or adding in a dummy will just create more problems for you.

[Speedy]

At that sort of age, babies go through a clingy phase. It's because she is about to have a burst of independence any moment now - the same sort of thing happens just before they begin to walk.

It will pass. It's shocking and horrible and exhausting but give it a few days and it will pass

[Turk EnJayDee]

My DD is exactly the same at the moment. She's also 20 months and has just become very clingy.

I'm also 2 days away from EDD for bub #2... So this is going to be interesting.

I'm actually loving having a clingy little girl that can't get enough of me. Normally she absolutely hates me and refuses to give me hugs etc when DP is here.

I figure I'll just let her be clingy and loving because she's not going to be happy after this bub arrives and I don't have 24/7 of my time to offer her.