To think all babies can sleep where've except my DD?

[Chocoholism]

5 month old DD has trouble napping unless I help her. Which is fine at home but when I go out to meet friends/family in cafés or wherever if she's due to sleep she causes a drama as it's either too stimulating or she wants to be rocked etc. It also seems that all other babies sleep fine and stay asleep as long as they want... My DD wakes up at most loud noises or if not being pushed in pram or rocked or In arms. Is this the rod I made early on come back to bite me or do I expect too much from so young?
Or AIBU to think all other babies nap anywhere except mine!?
(She's so adorable though as I write this she is in my arms sleeping and smiling!)

[mumofboyo]

My youngest is now 19 months and naps in her cot. She will nap in the car but not very well: I can't just take her out and hope she'll sleep in the car as she'll end up overtired and then will be a nightmare at the next meal time and for the rest of the day. I remember feeling liberated when ds stopped napping and can't wait until dd no longer needs hers. Whilst routine is good and helpful, it is also quite limiting; I sometimes feel almost like I'm imprisoned by it.

[BonjourMinou]

Mine only naps in the daytime if she feels like it, sometimes she will go down in the pram, sometimes she won't. It's luck of the draw and she rarely naps for very long. She is better at nighttime sleeping. (6 mo.)

[Bearwantsmore]

Forget about the "rod for your own back" thing. She's only little. Also, babies change constantly so what works now might not work next week - so my view is that there's not much point putting in lots of effort to try to change something as they'll probably get there in their own time anyway.

A comfortable sling might help (e.g. Ergo or similar) - my DS always needed help getting to sleep too and juggling in a sling was a bit easier than rocking, plus he was more likely to stay asleep in it. The Ergo has a little hood that you can cover them up with to block out external stimulation!

Or if he did fall asleep in the pushchair, I found that he was more likely to sleep for longer if I covered the hood with a scarf - so that if he did stir, there was nothing exciting to look at!

[Chocoholism]

Seems we all have had some sort of issues then, she won't sleep in cot, some only In cot. What gets me though is that sometimes I've been around other mums who berate me for holding baby while she sleeps, it's like they can't understand that what they did or do isn't done by all mums.
quietninja it is so hard and the sleep thing makes me proper anxious and as for you little ones weight, it will be ok In the end, we all diff shapes and sizes and so are babies

[DeadCert]

DS does this and at nearly 3 will still only nap in his bed. He wouldn't ever sleep in his buggy, I'd walk for bloody miles sometimes in tears and nothing. Or he'd drop off only to wake the second we stopped moving, it was exhausting. I would have to rock him off or lie with him but eventually about 5/6 months he got the hang of it in his cot but as pp have said I've been ruled by nap times ever since!

[Reenskar]

My little one wouldn't nap in the day without a walk or being rocked at 5 months. Now at 9 months he'll happily nap in his cot at some point morning and afternoon but these are flexible so I just arrange coffee, lunches etc around them, it's not too painful and as they get older they can go a bit longer without a nap. It will get better.