DD is 5 months and I am struggling putting her to bed for her afternoon nap. She has a morning nap around 10am which usually lasts 40 minutes (I know it is not very long but she does not want anymore after that). Sje wakes up at around 8am, somtimes a bit later so maybe this is the reason why she does not want to sleep longer naps in the morning.
After her morning nap we go for a long walk which she loves and is awake all the way. Rarely sleeps and if she does it's just 10 minutes, just when we arrive to our street and wakes up at the moment the pram is in the house (don't know how she manages!!!! ). Once at home she has her feed (EBF) and a bit of play time before I can see signs of being tired. The problem starts now, even being tired she won't settle down to sleep and will cry and cry. She just sleeps if I am in bed with her and again her nap is not very long 40 to 50 minutes, sometimes more but this is not normal.
I have tried differents things. At first she use to sleep downstairs in her travel cot. When she starting fighting her sleep I decided to put her in our bedroom on her cot, still sleeping with us because she demands a feed at night and I don't fancy going to the other room where she would be sleeping and feed her. I have also tried to put her in our bed which seemt to work for a while but not anymore.
At night she sleeps very well. She has a very good routine. Bath time at 7pm, massage which she loves after bath and then feed and bed. I always put her on her bed when she is still awake and she goes to sleep with no problem whatsoever.
The problem that we are finding is that in early evening she is very tired because she has not had enough sleep, which I am aware of it but she just won't go to sleep that easily in the afternoon at least not wihout a fight and crying. Sometimes I do let her cry for a bit but most of the times I just can't .
She just to have a very good naps just before Christmas. WE went to see my family in Spain and when we came back her routine was all crazy. After a few days in the house her routine came back but not her naps. I really believe that she should be sleeping more during the day but I don't have a clue how to do it.
Any advice would be very much appreciated . Thank you in advance