My dd is nearly 5 months. For past couple weeks she has been fighting EVERY nap (and bedtime)...it is rather exhausting! She is obviously tired. I have tried catching her as early as possible (or even before the first yawn) and tried leaving her a little longer. There seems to be no window of opportunity! If I just lie her down she might settle for a minute but then seems to get frustrated by not being able to sleep and starts crying (starts of light and gets worse and worse). When holding/rocking/bouncing she cries on and off. Am using a dummy aswell. She always falls asleep in my arms eventually (after about 30 mins) but the whole thing is quite traumatic (hate seeing her cry). Not willing to let her CIO. Have tried putting her down drowsy a million times and it never works. Sometimes if she is in the buggy or sling she will fall asleep without crying. I am trying to follow BW 4 hour EASY. I'm sure if I fed her it would settle but I know she's not hungry (would be for comfort) and everything I read says creating an association btw bf and sleep is bad. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and sorry for the loooong post. NB She is such a happy baby the rest of the time but as soon as I try to put her to sleep she flips.
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5 month will not nap without screaming. Please help!
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dragonleo · 20/12/2012 21:22
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