How to make it through the witching hours!

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 😂

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

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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!

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

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Mine too crying randomly

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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.

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