Baby fighting naps

[Emmax93]

My 1 month old is fighting her daily naps and gets very overtired but refuses to nap. She started when she was about 2 weeks old and no matter what i try she fights it for hours and hours until finally giving in ( for a short period) I have tried catching it before she gets overtired but 4 hours later she is still going strong, i can see shes tired and she gets very upset about it but no matter what i do nothing seems to work and i'm at my whits end. Advice needed. Thanks in advance

I have sympathy for you - I have a five month old who fights his naps so badly! What do you currently do to try and get her to nap currently?

Everything from bouncing, swaddling, white noise etc but nothing seems to be working. I just have to battle on until she finally gives in

Try a Walk. Fresh air should knock her out

Yep I second trying fresh air. Get her in a pram or in a sling and go outside. My DS pretty much always falls asleep about 10mins into a pram walk. Or a dummy? I don't think I would manage naps at all without the dummy! Also, might be worth doing a final feed before naps in case baby is a bit peckish. If none of this works I promise it will get easier. As I said my DS is a nap fighter but at 5 months I can consistently get around 3 hours of naps a day through a variety of methods! Practice (and time) makes it all a bit easier.

How long is she awake before you try and put her down for a nap?

Not long. I try change, feed, and settle down but it's the daytime naps she struggles to have

I have an 8 month old who used to be good at sleeping when he was born but as soon as he hit 3 months he's been fighting it and only sleeping for 20-30mins even at night and waking up 2-3 time at night, I have been trying to get him into a routine but it's just not happening, people say it's teething which he is chewing on his hands but he's not in pain with it and others say it's sleep regression but he's been like it for 4 months and I don't know what to do, I'm back at work tomorrow and I'm tired out so some advice would be nice thanks

Mine is 5 weeks old and the night times arn't too bad it's just all day and evening i battle with. I always feel like i'm the only parent with a baby who refuses to sleep no matter how tired they seem and it's a stressful place to be. Glad i'm not the only one going through sleepless battles

Have you tried on you in a sling or just cuddling?