Dealing with crying???
My 5 week old has started to become very grumpy and restless in the evenings (4-8pm). He will just cry and cry whilst resisting most forms of comfort.
The only thing that will stop him crying is breastfeeding. Rocking, cuddling, singing, bath etc will only soothe him for a minute and then he will be crying again.
I suffer from severe migraines and the crying is really getting to me. My husband does take over but we also have a toddler, need to cook dinner, tidy up and do the nighttime routine. This means I cannot avoid all of the crying with a migraine.
What worked for your baby? We have tried so many things but open to suggestions as I’m really struggling.
I do not think this is reflux of silent reflux. I am dairy free due to my own personal allergies so doubt it’s CMPA as no milk protein is being passed thought my breastmilk.
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I’m sorry you’re going through this. My LO nursed so frequently in those first weeks, especially from 4pm onwards. I have memories of nursing for hours and I remember googling things like “can babies cluster feed for weeks”. I just had to keep putting him back in the boob and my husband had to cook dinner frequently. The only other thing I can think of is being overtired? At 6 weeks, my LO had a really bad day of sleep due to gas and he spent 4 hours screaming the house down because he was so tired by night time. Hope you figure it out xx
sundown scaries 😴 apparently they just get really tired and get funny tummies on the evening. i put white noise on really loud on my phone and it normally calms my 10 week old down and sends him to sleep
I struggled with my LO to, known as ‘witching hour’ although it’s longer than one hour! I used to have to take my LO for a walk in his pram it’s the only thing that would settle him, but if we wasn’t out for long enough he would wake and start again as soon as we hit home
I had similar, it started earlier than 5 weeks for us and has only just stopped (nearly 8 weeks) he still wants to be on the boob constantly, but the screaming isn’t as bad, think it was a mix between a bit of colic and witching hour, it started at 1pm ish until like 10-11pm, my partner had just went back to work as well so I was alone and felt like I couldn’t do anything right, but even when I knew I was. Always makes me think he’s not getting enough food from me cos he is always on the boob, I always see people say their babies breast feed 8-12 times roughly a day but my baby is on all day everyday, can’t even count as it’s just on and off, if he falls asleep wants to be back on asap
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Hi mums! I have an almost 6-month-old, and I think we’ve been pretty lucky with sleep so far.
We have a solid bedtime routine, and he’s getting better at going down drowsy but awake. He usually settles himself, and overnight he might stir once or twice, but a quick dummy replacement normally does the trick.
Our current struggle is this pesky early morning feed! For the last 2–3 weeks, he’s been waking anywhere between 4:30 and 6:30am. We try the dummy, but he spits it out and keeps stirring every 15 minutes until we eventually pick him up and give him a feed. He doesn’t always take a full feed, but after 15–20 minutes he goes straight back to sleep until around 8am.
He has three naps during the day, usually anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, and he’s feeding well throughout the day, so I don’t think it’s down to him not getting enough milk.
The problem is that by the time he’s back asleep, I’m pretty much up for the day, so it’s really affecting my sleep! Previously, he’d sleep until around 7am, which was much more manageable.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Do we keep offering the dummy and hope he eventually drops this feed, or is he genuinely hungry and we should just accept it for now? Would love to hear what worked for you! ❤️
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Dealing with crying???
My 5 week old has started to become very grumpy and restless in the evenings (4-8pm). He will just cry and cry whilst resisting most forms of comfort.
The only thing that will stop him crying is breastfeeding. Rocking, cuddling, singing, bath etc will only soothe him for a minute and then he will be crying again.
I suffer from severe migraines and the crying is really getting to me. My husband does take over but we also have a toddler, need to cook dinner, tidy up and do the nighttime routine. This means I cannot avoid all of the crying with a migraine.
What worked for your baby? We have tried so many things but open to suggestions as I’m really struggling.
I do not think this is reflux of silent reflux. I am dairy free due to my own personal allergies so doubt it’s CMPA as no milk protein is being passed thought my breastmilk.
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