Baby fighting sleep so hard?

[JKDcot]

Hi

My 5 month old has recently begun to fight sleep so badly. Naps and at night. He physically trashes his legs and kicks and flails his arms. He’s so obviously over tired that we just hold or rock him and eventually he calms down. But is this Normal? He is quite strong now and the kicking and clawing at us is not ideal! How can we help him relax?

Thanks

Thrash I mean

What times is he sleeping OP? An example of a normal day for you might help!

My little one started thrashing a lot around 5 months too, turned out she wanted me to stop holding her and to spread out in her cot! But I know what you mean, being kicked and scratched by a tiny baby is not the most relaxing thing in the world!