Super fussy crying baby

Hi!

My baby is about to turn 9 months on the 12th of January, and the past couple of days he’s been a nightmare, crying at anything, he wakes about every 20 mins in the night crying, he won’t eat much at all, but he’s drinking a lot of milk.

Has anyone else had this? I thought it could be his top teeth cutting through but I can’t see any soreness on his gums

Thanks!

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Hey. Mine is 8 month old, and was acting the same way. Now the top tooth came out and she is eating again the solids. But before she completely refused for a while. However the crying and moaning constantly didn't stop yet. I'm going crazy 😫

he’s crying so bad I hate it, nothing will settle him unless it’s a bottle in his mouth or he holds onto one of our phones or something we don’t usually let him hold, it’s making me worry but I know he’s probably just teething and getting a bit grumpy about it :(

@Abi-Fredrica I get you. With mine the thing that she wants more is the dummy. We try to give just to sleep but now she is using it so much. I don't really like that, but it makes her feel a bit better. I guess is because it makes pressure in the gums so she feels less pain.

Ours won’t use a dummy as he had a tongue tie so he thinks that they’re toys :(

Mine is 8.5 months and super fussy and clingy, screams when getting ready, screams when changing nappy, screams when put on floor to play I don’t know if it’s her teeth separation anxiety or both

I thought that could be separation anxiety. I found some videos saying to play a lot of peekaboo. Millions of time.

My baby is also 9 months on the 12th and this is exactly what we are going through!!! I could have written this myself! Apparently a lot of other people are saying it's a sleep regression! It's driving me insane 😂😫 waking up all night crying and taking ages to be put to sleep in the first place!!

oh my gosh I’m so happy ( but not for you to deal with it ) that someone else had this, he’s even in his high chair right now just whinging away, it’s endless

Exactly same boat and my lo is 9 months on the 12th too, its so exhausting, the only time she's happy is when she's standing up feeding, or doing gymnastics whilst feeding! Fights naps, up all bloody night, sometimes I can feed her back to sleep others, she'll doze off then just sit straight up or find something to climb on or just straight up cry, the other regressions have been a piece of piss compared to this one! We bed share, and have now mastered the art of feeding lying down, so can doze off whilst she attends the breasturant!

Omg until when does this gonna last than? 😭 😫 how long is this phase? Because I'm feeling that is longer than the other sleep regression.

My little girl is also 9 months on the 12th and exactly the same! So frustrating the constant whinging and crying 😭

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Is it bad of me to think this or no?

My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

Post partum dad

I have a 2 month old. A few weeks ago my husband crashed out because he didn't feel like he was getting to bond with her. I started exclusively breastfeeding around that time and honestly didnt see the big deal. Baby and I left for a few days and when we got back home, everything was fine. He was extremely hands-on. He helped with my meals, her bedtime, bath, stories.....for a few weeks it was great. Then he randomly sounds depressed af. He says our lo is better off without him, he wants to sleep all day , he asks me not to watch tv then tried playing a video game. He refused to reply to me when i asked any follow-up questions. Then he woke up our baby trying to race me to the bathroom first thing in the morning . He's doing a weird mix of crying, trying, and giving up. Im starting to feel like I cant handle him not being able to handle life with baby and just want to be alone. Are there resources for men?

My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

Feeding

My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

Shift worker daddies - advice please?

My husband works shifts (6am-6pm days or 6pm-6am nights) so when he’s on shift we either get about an hour or 2 before he goes to work or an hour or 2 when we gets home with him.

I don’t think people who aren’t married/have babies with shift workers fully understand the impact of feeling like a solo parent sometimes.

Does anyone have any advice? I do have parents who can help but I struggle to leave my baby with others as I always feel like they don’t understand the need for tracking wake windows or feeds and our baby will not sleep unless we black out a room or go for a car drive . Everyone seems to think ‘if he’s tired he’ll drop off’ - no he’ll just get overtired and have to then pay for it during his night sleep. So I feel like it’s just easier for me to do it all myself.

When my husbands off work he is great but I do take the mental load of telling him what to do or even reminding him of wake windows etc because he’s not here and forgets routines. He’s also being tested for ADHD currently so there’s that on top of shift work.

Just looking for advice on how to stay sane/keep routines or share loads with shifts workers?

Thank you ❤️