Nearly 7months screams going in cot

[EmW1987]

Hey everyone

Dd is now nearly 7 months and has started to really protest going in her cot. Once she's asleep she tends to wake only once or twice for a feed but literally screams blue murder going in to her cot and refusing naps in there.
I know it's not hunger, she has a dummy and has since a young age been placed in the cot awake to go to sleep. I've tried changing her awake times, but nothing seems to be helping.
I don't think it's a separation anxiety as she doesn't seem bothered at any other time of the day if we leave the room etc but goes absolutely bonkers when we put her in the cot.
Anyone else been through something similar?
Thanks

Is she due across motor skill development?

There's often a phase of refusal to lie down and sleep when the key physical skills develop - rolling, rocking on all fours (precursor to crawling), pulling to standing position.

What are you doing to get her to go to sleep while she's screaming?

How long has this been happening for?

What is her daytime routine like?

How is weaning going? Newly weaned babies don't generally want a reduction in milk intake in the early months, given that early weaning foods are low calorie. There's also the possibility of digestion issues developing and/or food intolerance.

Is she due any gross motor skill development? (autocorrect error)

Hi @fatedestiny thanks for taking the time to reply to me.

She's definitely trying to crawl, pushing herself up onto all fours so maybe it's that?

She's a very active baby, everyone always comments how alert she is so daytime naps have always had to be managed. She's up between 6:30-7 then I try and put her down for a nap 2.5hours after being awake, she has a milk feed when she wakes in the morning and breakfast about an hour after. Then it's either a case of one or two naps later in the day depending on how long she naps for. She doesn't really get grumpy if she doesn't nap, just so massively overtired you can see her eyes struggling to stay awake but she doesn't really grizzle from it.

Interesting you say about food intolerance as she did potentially have cmpi and I've been trying to give her small traces of dairy to gauge it (doctors tell me the only way is to see if she reacts) she has eczema but doesn't seem unsettled at any other part of the day. Would she be unsettled during day as well?

When we place her into the cot I try and avoid her seeing me as I find she then gets excited, so if she cries I'll leave her to see whether she'll settle herself. If she cries for a couple of minutes, I'll check she still has the dummy in, place my hand on her chest (then she'll try and grab my fingers as she's obsessed with playing with them) to calm her. I'll then try and take my hand away before she falls asleep. If she is still unsettled ill then pick her up until she calms down and then place her back in the cot. Admittedly I have often resorted to feeding her to calm her down and then putting her in the cot - so don't know whether she's associating that with some form of comfort?

Getting up onto all-fours is indeed the beginnings of crawling - sleep usually goes rubbish at this stage.

But given you have a history of CMPI and you've just started weaning, that is a distinct cause. I can't say I know mych about this, it might be worth making a new thread with CMPI in the title, to attach those with experience. From my limited knowledge though, it can cause reflux-like symptoms, which will be worse when lying flat on back.