Is this the definition of Insanity?

So....I pride myself on a few things and I know I shouldn't.  I'm not that strict when it comes to certain parenting, but after having 3 kids, I thought I'd be able to handle things much more smoothly.  I've never had major sleeping or napping or eating issues with the kids.  So, when something comes up that I've never encountered before, I have a rolodex of ideas and plans to go through. One of those has got to work, right?!  Well, I'm used to sleeping my 7 hours at night. I'd prefer 8, but going to bed before 10 is almost impossible.  And sleeping past 6 is almost impossible too. 

So, when a child of mine has interruptions in their sleep schedule, MY sleep schedule  is interrupted. I'm not so gracious after day 2 of interruptions, so this time I reached out to my Facebook family for ideas.

Sweet little Olivia.  She takes 1 nap in the afternoon, generally around 1 to 1:30.  The past few months, she'll randomly not nap. That is, she'll go down screaming, be quiet for up to 45 minutes then start yelling for me.  This past weekend, she did that both Saturday and Sunday.  And Monday. And Tuesday. I am at the end of my rope because she's been clingy, screamy and just hard to handle.  If she was in good spirits, then I could deal with no nap and an early bedtime. 

Is it the light? Is it sugar? Is it not enough playtime? Did the doorbell wake her up? Is it teeth? Is it an ear infection?

I just could not do anything to get her to go to sleep. She's too young to understand the 'stay in bed with your eyes closed' idea but I will try that eventually.

Today, I gave her lunch and let her run around till 2 o'clock. Then we read a book and I put her to bed. It's 445 and I'll probably have to wake her up for dinner. Dare I let her sleep through the night? No, I'm too afraid she'll wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning.

Let's pray that she takes one tomorrow too!