Day and night sleep advice for 5 month old please!

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Hi!
DS (23 weeks) has never gone to sleep on own in day. USed sling lots & car in early days and now use pram pushing. Also settling him with dummy in arms till eyes start to close than can put him in his cot. This is not working so well now.
He seems to get tired every couple of hours but only sleeps 30mins.(can resettle him with dummy in middle of day - do this a few times and get an hour or so out of him)
Any tips as to how to improve daytime naps (as he wakes in night and am sure it is cos he is overtired and needs dummy to go back off).
Want to move on and not feel absorbed/obsessed/anxious about his sleep.
Has anyone used CC for day naps? How does it work? Don't they get hungry from crying?
Has anyone used CC on a baby that gets giggly and overexcited when tired (everyone else looks at him and thinks he is cute and I'm thinking - he'll be a nightmare to get to sleep)? Did CC work for your baby?
I have never liked idea of leaving him to cry it out but am now at nearly 6 month mark and feel like it maybe kinder for DS and us in long run.
Are there any other options?
Any thoughts/advice for a Mum who wants to enjoy her very cute and happy baby more than she is!?!

my dd (22 weeks) was just the same until i worked my way through the no-cry sleep solution. have you tried that?

Hi.
No not tried it. What does it involve?
Did you use it for day and night sleep.
Thanks

it covers everything, naps and night time sleep. it's all about setting up new sleep associations for your baby without leaving them to cry. there is a big thread on here somewhere about it where a few people talk about how it's going following the book. good luck!