Hoping someone can offer some advice - our EBF 10 week old doesn't seem to be able to nap or go to sleep at bedtime without at least 10mins of inconsolable crying and screaming. Last night he magically went off with none at all, but tonight it's been ongoing for 45mins interrupted by a couple of feeds and a nappy change. Once he calms down, he's usually asleep pretty quickly and, in the evenings, out for the count for around 2hrs before he wakes for a feed.
We do have a bedtime routine although it's entirely dependant on when he does his late afternoon nap, then a bit of playtime, bath, feed, rocking on my shoulder and another feed if needed. I had hoped to start putting him down drowsy rather than asleep but don't think he's ready just yet. At the moment he's only going into his basket once asleep.
Nap times during the day are very erratic - most of the time the only way to get him down is to go out for a long walk, or stick him in his snowsuit which seems to send him to sleep immediately!
I may be worrying over nothing...and this is completely normal behaviour...but it's really hard to trust that you've done everything you can when he's so inconsolable. I suspect some of it is down to being overtired but the only cue we get tends to be a change in behaviour from happy and calm to grumpy and whiny, quickly followed by tears, cries and yawns.
He was 2.5 weeks early which may make a difference and has also been going through a growth spurt the last few days...although he's always been this way just before going to sleep.