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I held her for a lot of her naps until she was 3.5 months old---then I did some light nap training. At that point, I got strict with myself about starting a nap routine and sticking to it. Before, I would always have her falling asleep with some kind of motion (baby carrier, stroller, bouncer) or being held and I stopped that.

I did the pick up/put down method for a while, and I would let her fuss a bit in her crib, as long as it didn't turn to full on scream cries (sometimes she would fuss for 10-15 minutes and I would force myself to do something like clean the kitchen counters).

Anyway, it worked and then she started talking all her naps in the crib and it was so FREEING.

I held one or both of my kids for most naps once the 4 month sleep regression hit up until 7.5 months old. I was spending all day long in the nursery trying to get them to sleep, then trying to keep one asleep, then the other. (I have twins) I did not have time to shower or do anything productive around the house. Honestly, it was starting to make me feel depressed. I went cold turkey the day my husband returned to work after 3 weeks off work at Christmas. I did the nap routine, put them in their cribs, and left the room. Blake screamed for 35 minutes, then fell asleep for 15 and woke up screaming again. Alice fell asleep quicker but not by much. I felt like a terrible mom and human being for making them cry like that. (When we did CIO for bedtime they cried 15 min tops) But when I put them down for their second nap they cried for 15 minutes and were done and slept for 1.5 hrs. The next day they only cried for a couple minutes and started sleeping for at least 1 hr. Since training I actually rarely make them cry at naps. I usually put them both to sleep nursing then put them down, but that's what I had to do to get it to work at first. They were chronically overtired from awful naps and terrible night sleep, so I had to do something drastic. They are really good nappers now and it's very nice to have some time to myself during the day now! It made me feel like a human again!

I held, wore, or pushed LO for all her naps until we daytime weaned at 15 months. There were several (5-6) attempts at nap training attempts in there but I never got it to work. Lo also went to three different daycares during that period and none of them got her to nap in a crib either. On the positive side LO has napped like a dream from 15 months to now at 25 months.

@Meridian: Yeah I've read that some babies just aren't ready when you ST and if you try the same thing weeks later it magically just works! I hope it will work or you later on!