Tackling nap time

How is everyone getting their babies down for naps without them crying and fighting sleep. Mine is now 20 weeks old and it's still a struggle even though I can see she's so tired and wants to sleep. I put white noise on it lullabies to help but she won't nod off unless I rock and pat her quite closely to me.

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We're mostly on contact naps, and even those are a struggle 😅

I have twins. Contact naps rarely. But using same bedtime routine minus bath.
Nappy change, lullabies, sleep sack, dark room with white noise. I use huckleberry which is working well for us.

My little one used to be like this. I know it sounds odd but have you tried covering her eyes with something to help her? My baby can get really overstimulated very easily so this really helps - plus she loves a muslin anyway! I also use huckleberry to help track naps and it’s so accurate with when she needs a nap and stops her becoming overtired at all.

these babies are little pickles! I don’t need to do it anymore as my girl will now go off without it

My girl signals pretty clearly when she's getting tired (cooing, blowing raspberries in a certain way); i feed her to sleep and contact nap as she won't sleep otherwise except at night.
When she is bored and not really tired she will scream bloody murder if I try to make her sleep.

Lots and lots of walks😂

I'm just here for solidarity because my 4-month-old never ever went to sleep (any sleep, naps, nighttime, etc). It’s almost like crying is part of her bedtime routine now because the moment she understands it’s bedtime she starts crying 😄

I just accepted the fact that I have a fomo baby just doesn't want to sleep

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