What the fuck is going on?..
My daughter is almost 4 months old and every day is getting really hard, she went from being happy and smiling a lot to being grumpy and screaming for no reason. Her feeding is all over the place and she refuses to nap - will only sleep when she’s so tired she just drops off..
Trying to settle her is becoming so difficult no matter what I try, she just seems whingey all the time and I can’t keep her happy for long. All I want to do is help and I don’t know how.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is it just a phase? How long will this last? What can I do to help?
*shes not teething
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She’s in her growth spurt era.
You may not notice, at this stage, teeth are starting to come out. Babies at this stage get fussy.
And definitely, just when you’re getting used to your baby’s current nap routine, it will now change. When your LO turns nearly 6 months, time for another rollercoaster haha
This is normal. Ours lasted off and on for around 4 days at a time. He’s now 4m3w and is settling back into a happy baby routine
This is happening with my LO and she's 6 weeks 😂
You'll find this happening periodically as it usually precedes them developing new skills. There is typically a period of frustration in which they are struggling, often more irritable with sleep disrupted due to brain development, but then they figure out the thing (rolling, babbling, crawling, whatever it is), and things go back to normal for a few weeks again. That's my guess, anyway.
Really normal - expect this for the rest of childhood 😂 every time you get used to them they change or go through a phase!
This could be the 4month regression. Pretty normal but definitely frustrating
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What the fuck is going on?..
My daughter is almost 4 months old and every day is getting really hard, she went from being happy and smiling a lot to being grumpy and screaming for no reason. Her feeding is all over the place and she refuses to nap - will only sleep when she’s so tired she just drops off..
Trying to settle her is becoming so difficult no matter what I try, she just seems whingey all the time and I can’t keep her happy for long. All I want to do is help and I don’t know how.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is it just a phase? How long will this last? What can I do to help?
*shes not teething
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