Fighting sleep / naps

Yes and yes. I almost lost the plot the other night...some days he is lovely and some.. nightmare.
I'm afraid to try to leave him to nap on his own, I have to rock him for 20/30 mins, it's exhausting.
You're not alone!!!

Yep same here, we're down to 3 x 30min naps a day but we have to fight for them (and lots of hitting and hair pulling 🙈) and then we definitely can't put him down. The fighting isn't fun, but I've decided I can choose my attitude towards the fact he'll only contact nap - and so the way I see it now is it's the universe telling me to rest. So I get a guilt free 30min sit down during the days, knowing I'm doing what's best for my little man. It won't always be this way, hard to believe now, but everything is just a phase and you're not alone 💛

It’s so hard! Have you looked into wake windows and nap times? Following approximate timings for wake windows and going off your babies sleep cues helps massively! For an August baby (mine was born on 3rd) we are doing first nap 2h after waking, then wake windows of 3h during the day, with the last window 4h before bed. We know she’s tired when she rubs her eyes, yawns and/or gets whingey. Avoiding under tiredness and overtiredness is key otherwise they fight it. Hope that helps and good luck!