Ahhh... my DS is not unique then!? Thanks for sharing ladies. Although madB, I'm not so sure I liked your sharing. 15 months??!

Does exactly the same thing when worn. And at already over 8kgs at 4 months and my shonky back, I'm almost relieved that this is not the solution - I'd break!

Today I just rolled with it. Combined a few strategies from above... let him stay awake until he was really tired rather than settle 'at the first sign of tiredness' like you're told which meant he passed out pretty easily - just rocked him in the pram... wish he'd still feed to sleep, little menace! And didn't bother with even trying to resettle except once while DD was asleep and he seemed drowsy enough to go with it.

Overall he had very slightly less sleep than usual but still went down tonight with the same degree of resistance and I certainly found that I was less stressed which in turn helps DD.

I remember a few months before DS was born someone asked me what I had learned from DD's babyhood that I hoped to apply this time around. My reply was "don't fight the baby". As in, don't try to resist what the baby naturally wants / does or you both end up unhappy and nobody 'wins'. Somewhere along the line I forgot this and had started to 'fight' again. Thanks all... letting go now.

oxoxox