My DD is coming up for 6 months and has always ended up napping on us. She sleeps between 30-45 mins every 2 hours but not without a huge fight and elaborate standing up bouncing singing holding dummy routine she swipes at her face with her hands and knocks it out and screams! She's getting too heavy for me to keep this up and it's getting both frustrating and upsetting to see her so upset at naps unless fed to sleep which doesn't always work. In Pram I have to stop and feed a bit to comfort then move off again. I'm not at all comfortable leaving her to cry (no judgement at all on others who've tried CC or CIO I'm just not for it) so settling her in cot or pram is equally hard/impossible as she wakes as soon as her bum touches the mattress. I think I need some gentle 'phased' steps but moving slowly as she goes from fine to inconsolable within about 30 seconds and I struggle to calm her down. The whole thing is getting ridiculous so I'm wondering is anyone else out there with a highly strung baby tackling the same thing with some success?
Background info- she had a bit of silent reflux until about 3 months old due to cows milk intolerance and I'm struggling with anxiety so it's just all been muddled through up till now.
I'd love to get some ideas....
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Napping hell with overly sensitive baby...anyone else?
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applepatch · 17/11/2016 16:22
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