7 months
Did anyone else’s baby just change when they turned 7 months old? My little girl turned 7 months a week ago and since then it’s like a switch has flipped.
She was usually a happy baby and now all she does is whinge. Even after being fed, changed, burped, checked shes not too hot or cold etc. After all that I’ll put her down on her mat to play with her and she just whinges.
Her sleep has also completely gone out the window. She used to sleep from around 8:30-7 and has done so since a couple of months old so we have been so so lucky. But all of a sudden she’s been waking multiple times in the night and being very hard to settle. For example the other night she woke up at 12 and didn’t go back to sleep until 3am despite trying everything.
She’s also been really off her milk - she used to have a bottle every 3-4 hours but yesterday she went nearly 6 hours and just wasn’t interested. I’m having to fight her to get her to drink.
I thought maybe all this was signs of teething but she cut her two bottom teeth a few weeks ago and it doesn’t seem like she’s getting any more yet. Can’t feel any more teeth. No red cheeks. Not very dribbly etc
Im honestly exhausted and although I feel like an awful mum saying it, I’ve genuinely hated this past week and found myself wanting my old life back. All I hear day in day out is a whinging baby and then I’m awake all night with her while my partner sleeps through it. I can’t do this anymore.
Anyone else had this? Any advice?
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No advice but on the same boat, no idea what has happened. Son is usually a happy boy, loves to play and loves going outside, as soon as he turned 7 months my has turned into opposite of everything.
My husbands sleeps through everything and doesn’t understand why I am so angry and tired all the time. My son refuses to nap as well.
My son refused a bottle for 5 and half hours until I got back from work, he woke up every hour on the hour yesterday. I feel like it’s my fault something I am not doing right
I could of wrote this! I’ve put it down to teething, my lo is off her bottles and sick off some of them and she’s never been like that also slept 7-7 now she’ll only do that if I surrender and put her in my bed after trying and trying to get her back in her cot. It might be a mix of teething and regression I think we just have to ride it out 🥲
My LO went through this phase of just not wanting to do anything clingy and fussy etc and then went back to herself. It might just be a phase
Sounds like “the three c’s” happens around 29 weeks/7 months. It’s short lived, lasts around 2 weeks, mine was only 1 week. It means increased clinginess, crying and crankiness. Just been through it myself and it was hard but they get through it and he’s back to his usual self🫶🏼hang in there x
Yep. My girl just turned 8 months (7 corrected) and is the same. I don’t know if it’s because she has a cold or what is going on but I hope she gets over it soon!
My girl did this for about 2 weeks. It was so so frustrating. Then her two teeth popped up very quickly! She's back to normal now but I can see her top two coming through so ready for round two 😅. Good thing is there is an end in sight!
Same here but no teeth 😭
I could have written this post! She used to be the most chilled baby but now she just cries and won’t take any bottles
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