Fighting sleep

Why will my lo never just sleep when they’re tired?? Would rather get themselves overtired and scratch themselves to the point they bleed a tiredness thing

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How old are they?
What's the timings for waking, naps and bed?

It sounds like the sleep needs to be offered a bit earlier to give them chance to fall asleep before being overtired.

My little one fights sleep often too, although he doesn't scratch himself.
The past few days he's not really been settling after 4:30am, just constantly wriggling and tossing and turning even when in bed with me. I've tried to get him down for a nap at 8:30 this morning and he was having none of it, so we're still playing.
He's also been down to 1 nap and flat out refusing an afternoon nap, making bedtime either early 6:30 or an absolute battle 😅
I'm sure my first was similar at this age, although he did randomly start self settling and sleeping 12 hours straight afyer his first birthday so I'm hoping this baby will do similar. I do find this age a challenge when it comes to sleep, they suddenly don't want to miss out on things and will battle as long as they can. I hope it gets easier and you find the right balance. I'm definitely much more relaxed this time and just following babies lead x

The wake windows are really short for this age which could explain the fighting cos they aren't tired enough yet.

How long are the naps?

Waking at 5 suggests overtired by bedtime.

I'd be looking at the whole days routine and swap to something clock based so it's consistent.

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