My baby is 3 months old, he is such a happy little one in the morning and loves going on his play mat, happy to be put down for naps etc. then in the afternoon and evening he hates being put down on his play mat, will only nap when being held and has a good 2 hours of crying which nothing works to settle him. Any advice on how to help with this?
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Generally afternoons, evenings are hard on babies, sometimes even adults. Post partum mamas always share they experience anxiety always around the afternoon/evening time and I believe there's a correlation. Treat a baby exactly the way you would want to be treated if you felt anxious - warm bath, massage, a nice song, cuddles. It's normal. My son is also progressively needy from 4pm onwards. I think it's something to do with the built up of tiredness and the sun setting.

Could have written this myself! All three of mine are the same at the moment, I don’t have enough hands to soothe them all at the same time so from about 5:30pm until about 10:30 there’s at least one of them screaming 😭

My baby does this he naps for like 20 minutes after a bottle then just doesn’t settle x

Alot of babies have baby witching "hour" read that as difficulty settling in the afternoon. Why thry call it an hour is beyond me. Sometimes a day of stimulation takes its toll on a little brain so they communicate the way they can. It does improve x