Hi all, I'd be really grateful if anyone has any suggestions as to how I can improve the sleeping habits of my almost 8 month old boy. He has always been a particularly bad napper, it is a nightmare to get him to nap as he fights it so much, and when he finally does fall asleep it is only ever for 30-45mins max. I think the reason for this is because he is overtired, after much googling the only advice I have found is "you need to put him down earlier,before he gets overtired", but this is IMPOSSIBLE. He doesn't show any of the typical sleepy cues (yes I know them all), he just seems to always be overtired. So I've tried going by the clock too but whether I put him down after 1.5 hours or 3 hours or anything in between, the result is always the same - fighting sleep like crazy, crying, and eventually falling asleep for 30-45mins. I also have to bounce/rock him a lot first to calm him down before putting him in his cot. I have tried to get rid of the bouncing/rocking but he becomes too hysterical and would never fall asleep in a million years. Night tine is a slightly different story. He always gives in his cot fully awake after his last feed, he then whinges/fusses a bit but falls asleep on his own within about 20mins. Sometimes he sleeps well only waking up twice in the night to feed, but most of the time he wakes up much more frequently (but not to feed) and again, I think this is down to his overtiredness not allowing him to sleep soundly. So does anyone have any advice as to how I can break this overtiredness cycle? He already goes to bed early (around 6pm) so I don't think an earlier bedtime is an option. Neither is a later bedtime, he is always exhausted by tea tinme. I'm sure if he took better daytime naps the situation would improve but I've been trying for months to get him to nap better and nothing works! Can anyone suggest anything? Thanks.