12 week old crying before naps
In the last week or so my 12 week old has suddenly started crying hysterically when trying to get her to sleep anywhere except the pram. In the pram she will only sleep for 20ish mins at a time but will sleep longer on us when we eventually get her down. She's otherwise always only contact napped but whilst she might fight it and take a while to go down she wouldn't get upset like this. Happens when using white noise and a dim room too. Otherwise she's a pretty happy baby. Has anyone else experienced this and have any tips?
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Exactly the same as my LO! He screams his head off before every nap pretty much, contact naps can be anything between 1-2 hours but the minute I put him down I’m lucky to get 30 mins! He does nap longer in his pram but only in the afternoons! Mega exhausting when all you want is a break 🥲
Mine go nuts and screaming like crazy only when I’m trying to put him to sleep when he is overtired. Other than that he goes quick and with no issue.
He only takes 30min naps though. Used to sleep easy 2 hours in the pram but now only half an hour. Contact naps same, only half an hour. Tried everything but nothing works and can’t get longer naps 🥲
This is all the same as me!! it’s a nightmare at the moment!!
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