How do I settle LO for nap times to avoid the meltdowns?

[Riri85]

Hi everyone,
I shall try to keep this brief-LO usually has 2 naps a day one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
She has recently also been going through the 4 month sleep regression due to this we took the decision to take away her dummy.
She is ok with not having her dummy at night but daytime is a whole other story! She screams for about 5/10 minutes after being put down (actually she starts to cry as soon as I put her in her gro-bag!) and seems really distressed and it's making me feel really guilty and worried that her negative associations with nap times might spill over into bed times!
How do you wind your LO down for a nap to avoid the tears? Help please!

Forgot to say-the reason we took the decision to take away the dummy is because we were concerned it may have been the cause of her waking!

What was your reasoning behind taking away the dummy?

Sorry x post!

I think that the 4 month sleep regression is a developmental stage and not caused by external factors by dummies, so if she is happier napping with a dummy tbh I would give it back to her. Much better than her crying herself to sleep when she is so small.

I think just persist! Try not to feel guilty, she is crying out if protest- nobody likes change! It won't take her too long to learn x

I pop mine in sling/ wrap to get her to sleep. 16 month dd has one nap per day and is asleep almost straight away after going in wrap, I then transfer her to cot. Not for everyone but it works for us. I can get her to sleep very easily this way. I've done this since around 6 months. Before that I found her much more difficult to put down so I just carried her the whole nap. Not ideal I know but for me the best option.

Thank you for the replies so far!
Eek! Differing opinions! Hmm-can see both points! I agree it is likely that the waking was developmental rather than due to the dummy but I am also mindful that if we continue giving her the dummy it could become a crutch and cause her to wake further down the line! sigh
What to do? It's horrible seeing her so distressed!

Katie-I do have a sling and used to use it daily when LO was small however she is a very mosey so and so and she now really dislikes being in the sling facing me and just wants to be facing outward looking at everything that's going on!

*nosey!

I rock my ds to sleep in the pushchair for his naps and have done since he was born (now 14months). It takes 5mins. He has always taken long naps (I on,y rock til he falls asleep). He self settles in his cot at night and sleeps through.
Just give the dummy during the day if it works.

Why would you take away a source of comfort during an already upset time?