Baby cries all evening please help....

daveyjp

JBD - same here - last feed was at about 11pm which meant decent sleep for a few hours - it wasn't long before we were getting 5+hours. Infocol also helped.

A dummy debate could go on for pages, but we decided not to use one. Babies spit them out, get anxious and start screaming for it to be put back. Our daughter knew nothing better and improvised by sticking her tongue out slightly and sucking - at four she still does it!

tenmah

My friend took her daughter for a cranium massage and she found that really helped. It is supposed to ease the trauma of birth that the baby is reliving! It depends if you believe in all that but whether it is true or not, it helped her daughter to sleep in the evening and to stop screaming!

Lalaladybird

onlyroz wrote: »

I really wouldn't try to impose a proper bed-time routine for another few months yet - then their tummies will be big enough for them to go for most of the night without waking up starving hungry.

She has a feed at 10.30pm and 4am, I'm not trying to get her through without feeds I am just wanting her to sleep between feeds from 7pm-7am rather than feed, play, sleep.

I wouldn't even mind if she did want a bit of playtime between 7pm and 10pm but she just starts crying and won't stop and I'm convinced she is needing sleep because her last nap usually ended at 5pm.

Lalaladybird

daveyjp wrote: »

A dummy debate could go on for pages, but we decided not to use one. Babies spit them out, get anxious and start screaming for it to be put back.

That is exactly what she does!!! We didn't give my first dd one but this baby seemed to have such a need to suck I gave her one and wish I hadn't now!

parsonswife8

Try a bit of gentle massage and that lavender Johnsons stuff in her/his bathwater at night.
Make sure that the baby is not too hot or too cold.
And play a bit of very low sound, gentle relaxing music.
Worked for my son almost 40 years ago, a bit of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
:rotfl::rotfl: He would be out like a light:rotfl::rotfl:

happybaby

Oh sweetie I really feel for you.
My DD has never really been a good sleeper, and she's 4 now:eek: but I promise you it does get better and you learn to cope with it. DD used to cry and scream all night until about 11 then sleep until 4 when she was up and ready for the day. Even tho she is tired is she happier being down stairs with you in hte evening?, if so I'd say put her bed time back a pair of hours, it may help. I think at this age you just have to do what you feel is right for you and your family, my DD had a dummy (I was dead set against but DH gave it to her anyway) and once she's got used to being able to keep it in her mouth it ws actually a godsend (waiting for hte backlash of dummies now ) and she kept it until she was 2, and had no problems taking it off her.

I can't remeber if you said you were breast feeding or not, but with my DD, i did, but found that she was so hungry that every now and then I gave her a bottle at bed time (Health visitor wsn't very happy at me, but my other half works away so I was on my own alot, and when I went back to work I needed the sleep) and she slept a bit better.

Sorry I'm waffling, i have a habit of that, typing as tho I'm talking. But I'm sending you hugs and wishing you luck, and please remember no matter waht anyone says what ever you do is never wrong, you're the childs mother and you know what feels right, and loads of us have been there and are there for you. XXX

narabanekeater

sounds like my son was. There are other and even stronger reflux medicines thats a DR can give your child. My son is now almost 3 and has 4 different medicines for reflux. Most children grow out of it by afe 18 months I was told but sadly my sons now one of them. Perhaps a GP appoinment to rule this out may help?

pigpen

Classic colic.. try tummy massage.. it worked a treat with most of mine. They would start screaming as I needed to get the older ones in bed and stop just before my patience broke.. see how fine tuned they are! It usually starts a the back end of the 6 week growth spurt so about 8 weeks and occurs off and on until 3 months though sometimes up to 4 months.. It is just bubbles of trapped gas in the tummy that are painful.

Baby is usually inconsolable, won't feed or anything and just screams whatever you do.. Often a high pitched repetative cry which results in them being red in the face and sweaty and often, though not always accompanied by arching back and drawing up of knees.

Definitely try other methods before resorting to medication.

Cranial osteopathy worked wonders for DD5.. cost a fortune but did really help with her colic and sleeping and the pain from her reflux.. I was very dubious about it working because I am really not one for mumbo-jumbo stuff and it did..

SkintGypsy

My baby is also two months old, but I don't even try to put him to bed until after half nine/ten. He cluster feeds all evening currently, but when he is finally satisfied he just goes straight down. It helps that we have a swing, so that keeps him calm in between feeds and changes until bed. To be honest, I remember my DD going to bed a lot earlier and sleeping a lot longer, but not this greedy boy! It will pass, eventually.

meritaten

If its not colic, she may just need cuddle time. yes you have done what the books and the current wisdom says - but unfortunately the baby doesnt KNOW this and this may be the time she likes to cuddle. she may be quite happy to stay downstairs and cuddle while you are relaxing ......watching tv or whatever?