Witching hour

Anyone else’s baby going through witching hour every night? I’ve tried everything to avoid it - naps every 30-90 minutes after waking, feeding her, white noise, rocking, walking around. Tonight she screamed & yelled until I put her in my solly wrap & walked back and fourth in a dark room for 45 minutes. It’s so overwhelming to hear her scream. Any suggestions??? I am tired. She’s a great calm baby during the day but 6 pm hits & its a different baby til she falls asleep for the night. My husband cannot console her so it’s left to me every night. Helppp.

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Have you tried weird things like placing her on top of the dryer once it’s on or turning a vacuum on or turning a hairdryer on? Mine did this for a while until I tested her for a dairy sensitivity. During the day she seemed to be fine, but at night time between five and midnight she got inconsolable I took out dairy from my diet since I breast feed and the witching hour is not as bad anymore.

Yes yes yes!!! Absolutely nothing helps us. Asked the doctor and apparently they’ll grow out of it but for now we just have to suffer unfortunately

I have not tried any of that stuff. I’m hoping this last feed will put her to sleep for the evening. I breastfeed too & have wondered if she has an intolerance. Maybe I’ll try cutting dairy

Been through it, mine was everyday at 7pm, I tried so many things was so overwhelming it get worse when she was 6 weeks, I changed my diet, stoped eating anything with diary and switched to Bobbie gentle, and I saw online about chamomile tea I gave her mixing it with formula that helped a lot for her colic (just half an ounce) now she is 8 weeks and no more witching hour thank God.

ugh, it’s so awful. I read it peaks at 6 weeks (she’s 5 weeks) and will dissipate by 12. Sounds like such a long time still ha

I tried establishing a routine with mine seems to work. Once she wakes up I feed her then play with her I then do tummy time, on the nights that I don't bathe her I put lotion on her just a bit to relax her put on her pj's feed her some more and rock her to sleep. She will still wake up but after 2-3 hours lucky if its 3½,that is a huge win 😅😅😅 point is get her busy tire the baby out and feed bada Bing bada boom! Good luck mamma :)

what time do you put her down for the night?

I put her down by 10 asleep I start my routine around 7-8 giving my 2-3 hours of baby routine focus.

My babe is almost past the witching hour, she is 8 weeks and is just some nights now. I'm pretty sure for her it's gas/tummy hurting, it often helps to do firm patting just above her butt, hold her upright like not leaned back on my chest at all, or bicycle kicks. Gripe water sometimes helps? Hard to tell

gotcha. My daughter consistently goes down by 730-830 and is up by 530-630!

yes! I try to remind myself of that. I use gripe water too. I think it’s gas for her too. I’m not going to have dairy today & see if that helps. Noise canceling headphones is smart ;)

Yes! It got better now at 9 weeks. It was bad between 6-8 weeks

With my 5 week old, I wore her and vacuumed the house. She immediately passed out.

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Over supply of milk

I am nearly 5weeks postpartum and I have such a big over supply of BM.
Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

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Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

Car seat

No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?