LO is 5 months and has no real nap schedule. Some days she takes a bunch of catnaps, sometimes a couple of long naps. She generally sleeps from 7pm - 6 am overnight with 1-2 wake ups - usually once at 3 to eat, sometimes another wakeup too. I'm fine with her nighttime sleep.

I'm getting a lot of pressure from family members that LO needs naptimes and a nap place. It's hard to know where to start - she is in day care twice a week where they just really let the babies fall asleep on their own until they are a little bigger. At home, it's hard to know when to out her down. She has a couple of different family member caregivers who are looking for set naptimes. She doesn't love her crib during the day, we have some success with the swing. Sometimes in her crib she just rolls around and squeals happily.

In the past week we have seen her lose it on a couple of sleep deprived days. I want to figure out a way to keep her well-rested, happy and healthy. I just don't know where to start since her days vary. I just want her to work with me and sleep at 2-3 set times a day, so I can tell people, ok, put her down at these times. I know it will never be that easy

Any advice, resources, commiseration? Am I screwed because I didn't get her on a routine earlier?? Thanks for any input!