Okay, Im really hoping people have suggestions for me, as Im at the end of my rope here. My daughter is 7 months old and HATES to take naps. She obviously needs them, but HATES them and fights me on them, literally. She takes a nap in the morning for about an hour and 15 minutes, another in the afternoon for about an hour and a half, and another in the late afternoon around 3ish for about 30 minutes. Bedtime is 7pm. Whenever I try to put her down for a nap, she flails her arms and legs, cries, pushes, and tries to get out of my arms. She knows the signs of nap time (curtains drawn, dark room, me beginning to rock her). The SECOND she realizes that its nap time, she flips out. Finally after about 15 minutes or so (sometimes more), she calms down, and gives in and falls asleep. If I place her in her crib awake, she REFUSES to nap, she will cry hysterically until I come and get her. So, I have resorted to rocking her. This used to work for a short time, however now I cant rock her AT ALL because she associates it with nap time and she flips out if I begin to rock her. So, its sad because I cant rock her anymore. 
Now, I put lullabies on, read a story, and get her to wind down. She begins to yawn and rub her eyes, but then when I try to rock her, she flips out. I have tried everything that I can think of to not get her to get hysterical on me for naps. I hold her close to me and snuggle her, again, this used to work briefly until she realized it was me trying to prime her up for nap time. Now I cannot snuggle her close because she thinks Im trying to put her to bed. ;( I then tried other things, like just putting her in her crib to cry it out, but Ive waited up to 30 minutes and she doesnt stop crying, so I just go in and get her and try for a nap later when shes way overtired. Ive tried putting her in her swing, rocker, nothing works. She wont go to bed on her own. At night, I nurse her to sleep, and then put her in her crib after shes in a deep sleep. A few times during the day Ive nursed her to sleep, but I shouldnt have to do that every time! Currently, I cradle her, draw the curtains, dim the lights, put lullabies or white noise on and walk around the house with her while she flails, cries, and fights me. This goes on for about 15-20 minutes until she finally gives up and falls asleep in my arms, which I then place her in her crib. Problem is, shes getting bigger. Im a very petite woman and her flailing and pushing and kicking are beginning to hurt me. My back hurts, my arms hurt from trying to hold her, and my ribs her from her trying to push me away. I cant do this much longer. I feel like I am getting beat up every day, 3 times per day. I wish I could just place her in her crib and have her go to bed! I have tried waiting until shes REALLY tired to put her down for a nap, and she doesnt fight me as badly, but shes WAY overtired and then shes really grouchy at night because she didnt nap enough during the day. Ive tried putting her down the FIRST signs of fatigue (rubbing eyes, yawning, crabby
) and she still fights me. She will not go to sleep by herself. I have to be the one to put her to sleep, or she will stay awake the whole darn day, despite being dead tired! I have looked into trying the Ferber method, which is crying it out with periodic checking intervals. A lot of people swear by it. Im desperate. I hate having my baby daughter push me away and fight me with every nap, and honestly my body cant take it too much longer, She gets bigger every week and Im afraid I wont be able to contain her any longer. I dont want to endanger her by dropping her because shes flailing so hard. Please, I would love to hear some suggestions! Thank you!
Now, I put lullabies on, read a story, and get her to wind down. She begins to yawn and rub her eyes, but then when I try to rock her, she flips out. I have tried everything that I can think of to not get her to get hysterical on me for naps. I hold her close to me and snuggle her, again, this used to work briefly until she realized it was me trying to prime her up for nap time. Now I cannot snuggle her close because she thinks Im trying to put her to bed. ;( I then tried other things, like just putting her in her crib to cry it out, but Ive waited up to 30 minutes and she doesnt stop crying, so I just go in and get her and try for a nap later when shes way overtired. Ive tried putting her in her swing, rocker, nothing works. She wont go to bed on her own. At night, I nurse her to sleep, and then put her in her crib after shes in a deep sleep. A few times during the day Ive nursed her to sleep, but I shouldnt have to do that every time! Currently, I cradle her, draw the curtains, dim the lights, put lullabies or white noise on and walk around the house with her while she flails, cries, and fights me. This goes on for about 15-20 minutes until she finally gives up and falls asleep in my arms, which I then place her in her crib. Problem is, shes getting bigger. Im a very petite woman and her flailing and pushing and kicking are beginning to hurt me. My back hurts, my arms hurt from trying to hold her, and my ribs her from her trying to push me away. I cant do this much longer. I feel like I am getting beat up every day, 3 times per day. I wish I could just place her in her crib and have her go to bed! I have tried waiting until shes REALLY tired to put her down for a nap, and she doesnt fight me as badly, but shes WAY overtired and then shes really grouchy at night because she didnt nap enough during the day. Ive tried putting her down the FIRST signs of fatigue (rubbing eyes, yawning, crabby
) and she still fights me. She will not go to sleep by herself. I have to be the one to put her to sleep, or she will stay awake the whole darn day, despite being dead tired! I have looked into trying the Ferber method, which is crying it out with periodic checking intervals. A lot of people swear by it. Im desperate. I hate having my baby daughter push me away and fight me with every nap, and honestly my body cant take it too much longer, She gets bigger every week and Im afraid I wont be able to contain her any longer. I dont want to endanger her by dropping her because shes flailing so hard. Please, I would love to hear some suggestions! Thank you!
