Please help - my 3 month old baby will only go down for naps if she is rocked or fed to sleep and then put down. I keep being told that this is poor sleep hygiene and that I need to put her down when she is sleepy but awake, but I literally cannot. She just screams and screams no matter how long I shhh and pat her for.
Tonight I was determined to try her last nap before bedtime in her moses basket from the beginning. I darkened the room, warmed the basket with a hot water bottle, put white noise on and laid her down after about an hour and a half of wake time. She was fed, dry and perfectly happy before being put down. However she just screamed and screamed and I felt so terrible that I gave up, scooped her up for a cuddle and my husband ended up rocking her to sleep (she went off almost instantly). I feel so bad that she got so upset, does it count as letting her cry it out if I was there with her? I swore I'd never do that 
Does anybody have any tips for how I can encourage her to fall asleep in her crib or do I just need to suck it up and do what works for the moment?
Thanks