Does anyone else’s baby scream loads when overtired?

My little one really can’t go more than 1.5-2 hours which means a lot of my day is trying to ensure she has great naps.

If she doesn’t nap well or is overtired, she absolutely screams the house down and can take an hour or so to calm down.

Are we the only ones? Does anyone have any tips?

Today we’d got her out for a sleep in the pram and she only slept for half an hour. I then couldn’t get her back to sleep and she was just screaming for an hour, even though you could I tell she was absolutely exhausted. We tried all sorts to calm her - feeding, winding, kisses and cuddles, dummy. Nothing works, she just cries herself to sleep basically.

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My LO is exactly the same, if she is overtired she screams and screams. I have found that swaddling her to nap has really helped her fall asleep and stay asleep so she has decent nap times. I've also found that hoover sounds help calm her when she is overtired and trying to nap.

Same here! My little one sometimes wakes up mid nap and is hysterical because he wants to stay asleep. Then it’s sometimes a battle to get him back down. Don’t really have any advice but you’re not alone

My little girl is the same and I swear by white noise for all naps and night time

Otherwise She will sleep for 20 mins max at a time without white noise

Exactly the same here, yesterday basically i ran out from the house with him because i couldn’t stop him from screaming , put him in the stroller and hoped will sleep but usually doesn’t get to much of naps outside either but it’s more calmer than in the house , it’s exhausting 🥹

oh bless her she looks too cute!!!! Do you swaddle just when she’s having screaming fits or every sleep time? X

Every time 😂 xxx

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