My little girl is five months old and is my world. She can be such a sunshine baby. However, about a month ago, she started whining. Sunup to sundown with the exception of morning smiles are filled with whines, whines, whines. They build to crying easily. It’s constantly entertaining her until she whines three minutes later and we move onto the next thing and even through it, she whines intermittently. She whimpers for food, boredom, and when all her needs are met. All. Day. Long. Maybe a 25 second reprieve. I am constantly overstimulated. Please can anyone shed any insight? I am losing my mind.
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my girl is almost 7 months old!! i think with babies learning new things (crawling, sitting up independent, etc) it can be a lot for them and then PLUS the foresaken teethingggggg- don't get me started.
i defff am feeling the overstimulation because she either wants to constantly be held or me sitting right behind her. if she doesn't see me, cue the whining/crying
i love her to deathhhhhh but mommas gotta pee and eat and clean lol!! hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel is soon! we just gotta hang in there!

My son's about 8 months old and he's been like this all his life but it keeps getting worrssee. We don't know what to do either, we just consistently hold him, rub or pat his back, burp him, in and outt've feeding, playing and bouncing 🤷🏼♀️

They get to a certain age and they just want to know where you are. How do you feel about baby wearing? That was what I did.

I definitely second loop ear plugs. Check out there website to read about them. I think they made a slight difference on a whole.
Sensory overload is a thing and I never had it before I had my baby. Also if we heard a grown adult cry or whinge ALL day we’d find that really uncomfortable. So why do we think we’d handle it any better just because society tells us “babies cry and whinge, so it’s normal”. So do give yourself some grace.
On the positive side my daughter is 1 now and apart from when she’s ill or teething she hardly whinges, she’s too busy trying to baby babble and saying a few words. But that’s much nicer than a constant moan.

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