I'll definitely try the cat nap as lo was overtired last night and wailed! Poor babe.
Believe it or not, this is my third child but I seem to be struggling more with her. I have a 13 year old so I think I just forget what it was like and I have a 23 month old who is an "angel" baby so I never had any issues with her.
Also, the bedtime routine is as follows:
3:30pm Hang out
5-5:30pm Dinner. She usually sits in her chair to watch or I hold her.
5:30-6:30pm Play, hang out
6:30pmish - Start bath, cuddle, massage cream on her (I still swaddle her as she loves it so much. She actually gets a little smile on her face when I start it. She wiggles out of it in the middle of the night. Do you think I should stop swaddling?)
7:00pm Try to put her in her bed awake. Doesn't usually work so I rock her to sleep.
Then, as I said earlier, all hell breaks loose!!!
Thanks again, kendra