Day time naps

[SiTay]

Hi everyone (I am new to mumsnet)

I have a 6 & half month old baby boy who is driving me crazy with his day time naps.

So he self settled at night and sleeps through 7:30 - 7. We have a solid bedtime routine, (bottle, bath, bed) we put him down awake and he'll fall asleep.

It all went wrong when he went through the 4 month sleep regression and I started taking him for walks for his naps, it worked well for both of us for a couple of weeks. Now I realise what I've done and created a motion addict! I've tried him in his cot and he literally gets so worked up and cries, I've tried cry it out today and he didn't calm when I went in to him and got worse, and I don't really want to do that again.

He won't take a dummy, he has a teddy he has for all naps. He'll settle for a nap if I shush and pat him but no self settling, and he visits the in-laws for the day and they can't do that.

Please HELP!! I've cried and felt like I'm losing the plot today.

TIA x

Why can't they shush/pat him? X

Patience. If you don't hold his arm down he'll swing it around and generally hits you on the face (laughing face)
If I say he's tired they see that he's awake and think he's not tired, if that makes sense?

@crazycatlady5 DS had silent reflux and cried a lot so I think he got used to mine and husbands comfort so I think to wean him off that I took him for walks and that's what happened...