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2 year old changed from perfect sleeper to no sleep!

Help!!! my 2 year old daughter has gone from a dream sleeper to a nightmare seemingly overnight, it's almost like someones flipped a switch. She was always go to bed for her day nap and night time without a fuss, say goodnight, close the door and she would happily put herself to sleep day or night, however almost 4 weeks ago no things completely changed. Mu husband decided she was old enough to go without her dummy and over the past 4 weeks things have rapidly deteriorated. She was fussing a bit to start with but still going to sleep eventually and sleeping through. She is now screaming when you put her to bed and is hysterical at the thought of being left in her room on her own, she is also no refusing to nap during the day where as she always had at least an hour and a half nap prior to this. She is tired but seems determined not to sleep. She won't even stay in her bed which we never had a problem with before, what do i do to get my dream sleeper back??
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the dummy was replaced with a baby ( doll of her choice) she also has a cuddly ( blanket) that she has had since she was born, I think she wasn't ready for the dummy to go either but it has been gone for 4 weeks now and don't really want to take a backwards step and give it back to her now ;-(. Daddy's is dealing with some of the crying, hysterics, screaming etc but he works away so is not always around so I am left to deal with it 99 percent of the time.
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"My husband decided she was old enough to go without her dummy" --  I suspect that your daughter is disagreeing with this decision.  By the way, when you took her "dummy" away, with what comfort item did you replace it?  My guess is - nothing - and your daughter is letting you know that she is not happy.  

Maybe you should re-instate the "dummy" for a while and remove it gradually, instead of asking her to quit "cold turkey".  Since this was Dad's idea, I hope that Dad (and not you) is dealing with her crying, hysterics, screaming, and not sleeping.  Being a bit facetious there - sorry ...
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