Surviving witching hour!

[greedyguts18]

My baby is 10 weeks old and I’m starting to find the evenings quite tough with him as he seems to constantly cry from about 6pm until we go up to bed at 8pm.

The only way to calm him down is by feeding him, but I can’t do that constantly as I need to get dinner ready and tidy up etc! DH is currently in the midst of his busiest time of year work wise and doesn’t get home until way after we go to bed so I’m on my own in the evenings.

We do bath time every night which he loves but 10 mins later he’s crying again. Most nights I’ll eat one handed and feed him at the same time but I’m starting to find it really draining - I can’t even put him down for 2 mins to brush my teeth without him screaming his head off !!

Does anyone have any tips on what I should be doing to stop him crying please ?

Keep doing what you’re doing. It won’t last forever and you’re doing a great job. xx

I used to take mine for a walk, as she shouted less when being pushed along. Appreciate that doesn't help you get things done at home though. My youngest just went in the sling, and if she screamed then we just had to put up with it, there was no choice as I needed to sort eldest.

As the first reply said, keep going. This stage won't last long so just do what you've got to do to survive it for now. Get some ready meals or things that are easy to cook and ignore the tidying up.
It's just a phase!
I also found getting outside helped. We're on a farm with stables so used to go for a walk to chat to the girls with the livery horses every evening.