DS will be 6 months at the end of the month. He's never slept long stretches but has always gone off to sleep happily and peacefully and his wake windows have always been very clear. White noise goes on, he has a bit of comfort through breastfeeding, pops off, closes his eyes and let's himself be rocked to sleep for naps. For night sleep, he'd feed, roll away, and I'd pat his bum to sleep.
A few weeks ago, he started screaming before naps on his nursing pillow in my lap so I assumed he was uncomfortable and started putting him to sleep in his buggy. Worked fine. Until he started getting unhappy with that too. He started only accepting the wrap for naps.
He was ill this week (snotty nose, temp for one afternoon, cough). He's now screaming at every single sleep and gets furious. Last night, DH and I tried for 90 minutes through furious screaming to get him down. Eventually he went to sleep in the wrap after I walked through the flat and transferred him.
You'd think it was illness but this started before he got sick 🤷🏼♀️ I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but when he gets in these distressed states, nothing can get him to sleep so I have to get him in the fresh air to kind of snap him out of it.
Any insights would be great, I'm dreading when it's time for him to sleep now. He's still between 3-4 naps (transitioning, mainly 3 naps now) and I don't think I can wrap carry that much as it'll kill my back.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.