Nap time nightmare- any tips welcome

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Hi everyone, am new to this site and am desperately looking for some napping tips! My DD is 5 months old and has decided she fro the last month that she doesn't want to sleep in her cot- I have tried the cry it out method for weeks but all she does is cry/grizzel/chat for an hour with no result. This then has a knock on effect to feeding as she is then too tired to feed properly and will fall asleep feeding- I don't let her stay asleep though and wait for her next nap to try again. She will sleep in the pram (my last resort for her afternoon nap) for up to 2 hours but that means I have to be out of the house for every nap- not so great this winter!! Weirdly every so often I will put her down in her cot and she will go to sleep within 5 mins (she only ever sleeps in her cot for 30mins max)- night times are normal though she is starting to resist more at bedtime which I am afraid is a knock on effect from the day. I have tried everything- dark room, dim room, mobile, dummy, blankie etc... and welcome any tips as I am beginning to loose the plot!

Hi. I had a similar experience with my DS (now 7 mths). I have no quick fix, I'm afraid, I just kept trying and trying and trying and eventually he seemed to get it (at around 6.5 mths, so only very recently). We still have some days where he won't nap, but most of the time he now goes down, "chats" to himself for about 5-10 mins then falls asleep. Still usually only sleeps for 30-40 mins, but at least I'm spared the exhaustion of listening to him cry for an hour!

Re nighttime - we did CC for that in the end, and that worked really well for us.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for that- have tried CC too but had no results- one stubborn little girl. Oh well as everyone says.. it's just a phase!!