Sleep regression?? HELP!!!

Question

Our 18mo old daughter has been a perfect sleeper since she was around 7 weeks old. I understand how lucky we are for that. 
The last week though has been....HELL. Normally she would do 1 or 2 naps during the day, go down for bedtime around 7:30pm and sleep til 6:30am. She is REFUSING naps during the day. When bedtime rolls around, she screams and cries uncontrollably. She’s been passing out around 11:30pm and waking back up around 6am. 6-6.5 hours of sleep for the entire day is obviously NOT enough for an 18 month old. 
We have a very specific bedtime routine that has always worked. Cup of milk, brush teeth, read book, kisses for everyone, and then time to sleep. Weve tried EVERYTHING to get her sleeping back to normal 
- pushing bedtime back
- switching nap schedule
- adding a nightlight to her room
- giving her paci back
- giving her a crib-safe toy 
We don’t know what to do at this point and we can’t let her cry it out because when we leave her in the crib crying, she starts banging her head really hard on the crib rails. 
Any advice?! Ideas?! Anything?? 
Help!!

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I don’t have too much advice either because my daughter was a good sleeper as well. But every once and while she has a couple days that are off. I think she’s over tired as well and they seem to fight it harder when they’re more tired. I would still try and nap and when I’m desperate I have her lay down with me in my bed and I lay with her until she sleeps. She’s able to relax a bit more and go to sleep when I’m there. It didn’t mess with her being able to sleep by herself or anything like that at night but I think having me there to snuggle into and relax with made her sleep. We switched to one 2 hour nap a day at about that the 18 month mark she she normally eats lunch at 11 and naps from 12-2. And occasionally if I get her nice and tired in the morning she’ll nap for 3 hours. I’d keep going with the bed routine. I do the same and she doesn’t fall asleep right away anymore but she does lay there by her self in her room after kisses and will be asleep after about 10-15 minutes of just laying by herself.

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Leap 10?

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Not much advice. But our 19 month old has been regressing too. She used to sleep 13-15 hours a night and an hour nap. She went to sleep so easy. Now she is going to bed later and waking up earlier. Getting 11 or 12 hours while waking up here and there at night. Only taking 30 or 40 minute naps and screaming at bedtime every other night. We are just trying to keep our schedule. If it is just a regression, it should only last a few weeks. We are also trying to encourage longer naps. Maybe quiet time during the day in a dark room of she wont nap

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Sounds like she is way overtired and its perpetuating the problem. I would do whatever I could to get at least one nap in during the day. Start off with just a quiet time and work your way back to a nap. I'm always amazed how well my toddler sleeps at night when he's slept more during the day. The days he skips naps are the nights he sleeps worst.

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Honesy I'm going through the same thing with my 18m old right now 🤦🏼‍♀️ from what I've read it's pretty normal, but still exhausting lol I can sometimes get her down for 1 short nap, but usually she just goes up and screams until I get get out lol, but she's up all through the night, every night. I've just been keeping her routine the same and consistent and trying to power through it since I'm hoping it's just a phase. Good luck mama, hopefully it won't last too long 💕

Sleep regression?? HELP!!!

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