Older mum looking for advice

moggins

I do feel a bit silly asking this but in 25 years of parenting I've never come across this before

DS2 (5 months old) rarely cries (only if he's been scared by something) instead when he is hungry or tired (or frustrated) he growls! It's that very ticked off, frustrated uuuuuggghh sound that teenagers usually use.

He's normally a very happy contented baby, smiling from the moment he wakes up, has a wonderful belly laugh, has passed his hearing test and is surpassing most of his milestones. At the moment his frustration levels are manic as he is rolling over and trying to crawl but of course at 5 months he can't manage that yet and is getting truly ticked off about it.

On top of that he snores like a trooper and has incredibly smelly feet, do I have a 5 month old teenager or is this normal? I love this little fella to bits but the growling noise really grates on your nerves, I could cope with crying far more than this.

tiamai_d

My nephew used to do this right annoying thing, not quite a cry, it was 'aaaaa- hahahahahaaaagrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr', irritating as heck!

Crying is more bearable I think.

DS1 had smelly feet, they got better and now its back aged 8. The room is also stinky tonight because he's farting like mad too!

PinkLipgloss

You might be interested in this:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=303267

elisebutt65

LOL at the growling - My Ds(now 10) used to quack!!! He was so quiet that I used to nearly miss his night feeds as I could barely hear him but he was always a happy babe and never seemed to mind much

Unlike now and he never blinking shuts up - he even talks in his sleep!!!:rotfl:

moggins

Thanks for that link, it's nice to know he's not a freak but how those mums can say they love the noise I don't know. It's irritating beyond belief. We don't have a dog so he's certainly not copying anything.

It works for him though, I'll jump to attention and do anything to stop that noise whereas if he cried I might just leave him to it for a little while.

vaio

moggins wrote: »

.......It works for him though, I'll jump to attention and do anything to stop that noise whereas if he cried I might just leave him to it for a little while.

I'd guess that explains it, they can be clever little bug gers even at that age

(clever = manipulative)

Enjoy it whilst you can, before you know it he'll be mobile and vocal and whilst I think that 18 months to 9 or 10 years are the very best ages there will be times when you long for the old days when all he could do was lie there and growl

nzmegs

My mum used to tell me that I didn't cry for the first few months of my life. She put it down to having two very doting big brothers who basically went to me at he slightest sound. I didn't need to cry to get what I wanted. Perhaps you should try leaving him a while and see if that growl turns into something more distressed. If you really want to of course. You might be biting off your nose....

brians_daughter

yep, i have one of these monsters too!
He never really cried when he was younger just kinda made a mad squealing sound when he wanted anything or was frustrated (i used to call him piggy as he sounded like a little piglet - not the most endearing term i know lol) He got to about 11 months and discovered words and sounds...goodness, as much as the piggy noises annoyed me i would sometimes do anything for them to replace 'mmmmmmuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyy' and 'nnnnnoooooo'.
Now, he doesnt only snore he also taks in his sleep..mainly (yep you guessed it) mummy!! My HV told me that if they have older siblings , or alot of people pandering to their every need (or even justa mummy who is there at the 1st sound) they may grunt/squeal as it takes a lot less effort than crying and they know they will get what they want/need with minimal effort on their part!