I don't know what on earth was going on, but Avery was NOT going to sleep last night. We headed up a little late to get her bathed etc due to circumstances, but not so much so that she should have struggled. However, she just sat there - eyes wide - for over a half an hour (I'm usually putting her in her crib in 3-5 minutes of sitting down to rock with her). I tried putting her down and was called back shortly thereafter. This went on for a while. I even brought her to my bed and when she rolled to her belly (as she often does when she falls asleep) I tried taking her back again. At this point she stood right up but was quiet.
I watched and waited... and then her dad went in. He said she was standing there, leaning on the crib wrap, almost falling asleep. It was probably still another half an hour or more until she fell asleep for him. I've never seen her like this. Her legs tend to kick a little when she's tired and fighting it a bit, but she was just wiggling and moving. I worried maybe her stomach was upset or whatever, but she made no indications of not feeling great.
She napped for two and a half hours across noon, but didn't take a second nap - so by the time it was all said and done the girl was running on her 9th hour awake, so she had to have been over tired at that point. It's interesting that they say that around the 10 month mark you might see some changes in sleeping and eating behaviors - I just never expected to be 10 month ON the mark.
Surprisingly she woke up right on time this morning and seemed happy enough. I guess we'll see how she was at daycare. I suspect she'll be grumpy simply because of the food I sent in - which when I gave it to her yesterday she was shaking her head no and waving goodbye at me. Admittedly it did smell like chicken soup and looked like congealed chicken soup. This mix has some cauliflower in it, which is what we're currently working on. She also has now had papaya (with cardamom) and grapes along with this cauliflower.