Baby can't nap - hysterical

[EllaWt]

Hello
I have posted on this before but am at my wits end.
My 5 month old was never a great napper she only naps in her pram or in our bed after much much persuasion.
Starting last week, she is really struggling to nap at all even though you can see she is exhausted.
I have tried everything from letting her be in her cot and visiting her every few minutes (she cries and cries and cries until it's a full blown crisis) , to going for endless walks, to cuddling her in our bed. She has a dummy but she gets so upset that she just spits it out.
Aside from it being obviously very hard to see her like that , i am getting really concerned because this is impacting her milk intake as well.
Any tips?

That sounds really tough for you could there be something else going on if this is continuing? Mine was never a great napper at all but didn't get hysterical like you've described, so might be worth getting some advice off the gp it health visitor, just to rule anything out?

It sounds as though you are trying to get her to sleep when she is far too tired.

Babies tend to get increasingly worked-up and hysterical the more sleep deprived they are. So this makes getting to sleep (and staying asleep) much harder for them.

How long is she napping for?

And generally how long between waking from one nap and being asleep the next nap?