It’s getting to cry it out point

[Justanotherusername27]

Hate that I’ve even written that but this is becoming a nightmare. She is absolutely refusing to nap. Thankfully she’s still doing okay at night but through the day I have tried everything. Feeding her to sleep. Feeding her in her cot. Feeding her putting her down and stroking her back. More than this but to name a few. She is constantly in a bad mood from about 11am and crying because she’s soo tired bless her. She isn’t happy unless she’s on my chest as I’m walking around.

I’ve heard of 8 month crisis and we are in the depths. She’s laid on me now screaming at me, she’s fed, clean, given her calpol just in case she is teething. In a quiet dark room but I’m at my wits end I’m just rubbing her tummy in hope it’ll settle her down but it’s not working.

i can put her down st bedtime and she will get herself to sleep in about 5 mins why is it so hard through the day?!

Why are you trying to make a child sleep if they are okay at night? Have they been weaned yet? Take them out for some fresh air, physically tire them out at a pool or play area. Not all children nap.

Agree with PP. Why would you need to do this if she’s sleeping at night?

Even if she wasn’t, at 8months I’d still be expecting many sleepless nights, so wouldn’t be worrying about this.

She’s eight months old and exhausted she’s been awake since 7 this morning she does need to go to sleep, she’s been rubbing her eyes since 11. We’ve been to the park, she’s been for a walk in the pram. Do the same thing as when I put her to bed. Sleeping sack, bottle in a dark room then put her in her cot. She was poorly and couldn’t sleep a few weeks ago and it’s knocked it out of sync

Oh, I see - she’s fighting naps. That is exhausting, I sympathise. At that age I was still having to lay down with DD for naps, shushing and cuddling until she eventually fell asleep.

I know I’m blessed that she sleeps through but she’s so so tired and just so stressed and crying all the time. I wouldn’t be bothered if she was awake and fine but she’s awake and sobbing and being frustrated. Tried laying down to nap with her she just crawls on me and yells in my face 😂

If you need her to rest then do what it necessary, contact naps, on the go naps etc etc until things settled and retry naps in the cot later on. If your fixates on sleep training her in the cot then you may be in for a long battle that may not end.

My DS1 needed contact naps from 5 months - 10months old. I rolled with it. A rested baby is better then a angry traumatised baby and a mamma with resentment and headaches. It forced me to reat and take it easy.