5month old screaming at nap&bed time!

[Samthomas01]

Hello, just looking for some help and advice!
since starting leap 5 my baby girl has had a real set back at sleeping. Every nap I put her down for and bedtime she just cries/screams when she’s first put down. I always sit with her until she falls asleep anyway but I’ve been trying to soothe her but it doesn’t work I try milk and her dummy and she also doesn’t want that. She stops when picked up but of course cries again when put down. Is there anything I can actually do?? It’s just sad when she goes to be so sad. Tia!

Don't stay with her while she falls asleep.
You'll still be doing it when she's five years old.
Break the habit now.

Had this with our first around the 4 month mark. We rocked her to sleep in our arms in the room and put her down asleep. (Sometimes she woke up when we put her down and we had to start the process again). It is exhausting and so hard to listen to so we took it in turns, one parents rocking until they had enough and needed a break, then the other would take over. Obviously if she was nearly asleep or settling that parent just stayed with her. All I can say is it didn't last too long and she grew out of it - no idea how! Sorry. But I empathise with you.

I've only just broken the rocking habit! I won't be going back to it lol I had to rock her at 4months as well and followed a sleep guide to get out of it. I agree very hard

Oh god that's the last thing I want lol it's just easier for me to stay with her because she just cries all the time

And that's a habit you'll find harder and harder to break as time goes on.

My baby was like this too, he's 5.5 months now, it went on for like 3 weeks and I tried everything. Rocking, swaddling, rocking him on my legs with a pillow, baby sling .. everything it was on every single nap and bed time. I was exhausted: I don't want to curse it but past 3-4 days he's been super good with his sleep. I EBF, usually feed to sleep lying on my side and cuddling him patting his bum and stroking him. Then I'll stick the dummy in. He's a bit of a gassy baby so I still burp him before putting him down. I also dropped one nap from 4 to 3 and still have to go in sometimes to put him back to sleep when he can't connect the sleep cycles. Hang in there it will get better. Maybe don't force it too much, baby could be under tired or over tired just really watch the sleepy cues. It's incredible how their sleep associations change all of a sudden. At night I also keep the lights very dim I found that helped too, and bath time before bed even if I just dipped him for a couple of minutes. I read that it's good to stick to a bedtime routine, dim lights, swaddle etc. It's hard to put an angry baby to sleep but eventually they get tired. Try and get the timing right, it's really hard I still struggle reading my baby's sleep cues. And I can't understand the difference of an under tired or over tired baby (my
First) I think it just takes practise.