8 month old refusing naps

[Pinkchicken85]

DS 8 months has never been great with naps, However he will sleep from half seven in the evening until six in the morning. Before I could breastfeed him to sleepy/ asleep and put him down for two naps a day (on a very good day)
Recently it’s turned into a cycle of him crashing out on the breast and when I get him into his crib he wakes screaming. It’s like he’s a newborn again. The TV is off when he’s around to avoid over stimulating and he has a comforter.
I’ve even tried leaving him for a few minutes, which has miraculously worked before but now he gets really worked up, and I don’t feel comfortable leaving him like that.
He’s being incredibly clingy at the moment too, I can’t use the toilet without bringing him with me etc. Any advice would be appreciated, or is this just a phase I have to get through?

How's he doing now?

Sounds like it's time for him to start falling asleep were he stays asleep. So that's a decision for you, either:

• falls asleep on the breast and stays asleep in your arms. Or
• you teach him to go to sleep in the cot, separating feeding and sleeping.

Thank you FATEdestiny for the message.

I read “the baby sleep guide” by Stephanie Modell at a lightening rate. A lot of it I’ve seen before and have been doing but I still found some of it useful. I’ve been implementing a routine which doesn’t involve the breastfeeding as the last step. It’s seems to be working, no tears last night at bedtime and he slept in later this morning too, until 7:15, when before he could wake up as early as 5:15. Plus it means I can brush his teeth and others can put him to sleep when I’m not around.

I bit the bullet and We’ve been using the “controlled crying with reassurance” Outlined in the book and there actually hasn’t been much actual tears, just grizzling/ whinging, overall he’s a lot happier and sleeping a lot more, but I’m only on day 3!
It so nice that DH can take put him to sleep too.