My 8 week old cries from about 5-9 every evening. Is this witching hours? Or something else? We don’t use dummies but she is calm sucking a finger but nothing else. It’s like she needs to sleep but won’t. Any tips, advice? Anyone going through the same thing?
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Same here - every night, must be hungry but doesn’t want to latch, gets over tired but won’t settle! Not sure what you can do really but hope it’s a phase that passes 😂

Have you tried swaddling baby and taking baby into a dark room with white noise? Helps mine when she is overstimulated and overtired

We were going through exactly the same thing, turns out my boy had colic! Two weeks of taking colic drops with every feed and our evenings have gotten a lot easier. Some evenings are still difficult don’t get me wrong but nowhere near as bad as they used to be!

I just put my baby in a carrier and bounce on the ball while watching tv and smacking his bum

Mine too crying randomly

Yes we have this fairly regularly at 6 weeks. I don't have any tips other than reassuring them through it, offering feeds, and waiting it out. After about 4 or 5 pretty failed feeds, he eventually gives in and will feed and fall asleep. This is usually the beginning of our first longer stretch of sleep.