First time break down

Girl I totally feel that! My son is turning one on the 26th but those first few months I done the same exact thing!!

Hey there, so I'm at 4 months and finally learned how to call them down right away when they won't stop crying when this happens.

1. Turn the lights out if possible and make the room completely dark with curtains if you can.

2. Turn on white noise loudly to drown out their thinking. Don't have it nearby? No problem, do a loud shush.

3. Bounce up and down vigorously on a yoga ball. You can rock them but this is like training wheels for you to learn how. Honestly, the yoga ball and the shush are the biggest part.

4. As soon as they stop crying for a second, shove a boob or a pacifier in their mouth. Not a must have.

That's it! Bounce and shush and baby will be completely out in a couple of minutes. This works for overtired baby, feverish baby though a treadmill and carrier for these is pro mode, and even for nap baby so you can reliably reclaim your nap time. After about five minutes, you can even lay them down in a bassinet, and they will stay out.

Then go get that break, momma!

My nurse told me 5 S, when baby is fussy.
Sway
Swaddle
Check diaper ( forgot how n S came here)
Shush
Food.
The first week post partum was hard. The stitches hurt, I cudnt more from bed when babe needed. Husband was asleep. And had to do calm the baby down. I thought of this period as the only 3-4 month period where baby will need me at night and then stop needing me. Tried to think like I should cherish them.

I feel you! one day my baby was fussy after a doctors visit so I read somewhere that laying him on his tummy and massaging him would soothe him and it worked. he ended up taking a 3hrs or so nap!

Hit me at that mark too and I had a little help with my partner but I couldn’t take it anymore it goes away but those moments are so important don’t neglect them find a solution the best you can

It gets easier

I’ve had to feed, diaper, soothe…etc my baby through tears multiple times in the last 2 months. It’s hard when my husband has been back to work at his part time job on the weekends for a while now. I’m exclusively pumping and bottle feeding. Sometimes if babe is really struggling to settle outside of my arms I can end up getting engorged because I can’t pump while I hold her. Then while I am holding her eventually my arms will start to fall asleep or my back gets store. And sometimes you just want 10 minutes where nobody and nothing needs you. But when you’re home alone with the babe sometimes that’s not an option. Just remember it is okay to put babe down someplace safe and step away for 5 minutes even if they will scream. If you need the space to regulate, it’s better to take it than to try and push through while you end up risking doing things you can’t take back.

Sorry ❤️ you’re a good mommy, just regroup. You are mommy forever and your baby will always love you even if there’s a night or two that you break… lord knows my baby has broken me so many times (she stays up from 10-4a screaming and only consoled by breast feeding basically) and life still goes on

I feel you. I am in the same boat right now have 10 days old girl who just doesn’t settle down. While typing I am trying to soothe her since past 4 hours. It is a day night cycle that seems to be endless sometimes. Hang in there.