Baby not napping like used to

Hey all! My baby has all of a sudden been an absolute pain to get to nap anywhere out the house, she was always the kind of baby that would be happy to just nap and doze pretty much anywhere but now all of a sudden she needs to be in a dark room and in her cot to fully go to sleep, and this is fine for when we are home but going round peoples houses is such a pain now where she just can’t settle and nap then get overtired and just cries for ages! I’m not really sure what to do, I’ve tried to rock her, put her in her pram in another room and play white noise but she just literally won’t settle.

Any advice or is this just a normal part of her age and development?

Thanks!

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Are they about 4 to 6 months by chance? As the 4 month sleep regression hit us in exactly the same way. So many people told me that I should just take baby out and about and she'd fall asleep if she was tired. Tried that, nope hahah.
If they are that age, it could just be that they have woken up to the world and are a bit of a FOMO baby! I found it really hard to accept at first, as I really wanted to be an "out and about" kinda mum. But at a certain point someone gave me the term "radical acceptance" and it really helped. I couldn't change my baby's temperament and I felt much happier leaning into that than when I was trying to force her to be different.

Aww girl I feel you… my baby was exactly like that.. sadly for us it never got better. In the sense that , for her to nap she needs to be in a dark room in a bed with no noise.. otherwise she won’t sleep/nap. No matter how tired she is, she won’t nap.. unless she is the car. But I feel you. Just like said I just accepted it. She just turned 1 now which is easier cause she has a 2 hour nap and that’s it. So after nap time we are free to do whatever we want. You will find your way xxx

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