AIBU to want to bang my head against a brick wall??

[Sammie101]

DD is very nearly 6 months and usually the most placid, lovely little girl! But for the past few days she's turned into the spawn of satan :(

She's teething pretty badly and has been extra clingy, had awful nappy rash, isn't settling well for naps and bedtime like she usually does and spends most of the day screaming at me!

I just don't know what to do to make this child happy! I pick her up for cuddles, she cries, I put her on her mat, she cries! She's been rubbing her eyes since her last nap so I know she's tired but she takes ages to fall asleep and then stays asleep for 30 minutes max. I'm dreading putting her down for her next nap.

Plus I just finished making my sausage sandwich which I have been looking forward to all day but I'm not allowed to eat it because all attention must be on DD. She's sitting on my knee positively screaming as I type this but I just feel like I've switched off.

All I want to do is sit with the biggest bar of galaxy and eat my feelings away. And right now I want to just scream as loudly as possible and bang my head against a brick wall!

Please can someone bring my beautiful content baby back???

Sympathy. Sounds obvious but are you giving her painkillers?

Have the chocolate.

This too shall pass. Really, it will.

YABU to have put this in 'AIBU' .

You need hand-holding and support, not your head against a wall.

If she screams even when held, put her down (she'll scream, no doubt) and walk away and count to 10. Take deep breaths. Then go back and pick her up again.
Or have your sandwich first.

If her mouth is sore from teething and her bum sore from nappy rash, maybe try giving her some Calpol?

and [hugs]

Yeah, I just gave her some calpol and some teething granules. She's in her cot now with her dummy in, thank god! My ears are ringing from the silence after all that screaming

Quick.
Have your sandwich

I wish I could have chocolate pacific, but we have none in the house :( and I really want to bake a cake (it's my new found relaxation hobby) but I'm missing some ingredients. Hopefully DD will stay asleep for at least an hour. I'm going to sack off the rest of the housework I desperately need to do and watch rubbish tv until DP gets in from work. And then I'm going for a walk!

I'm clinging to the knowledge that this won't last forever, it's just the constant screaming getting me down. We'd finally got into a happy little routine which has been turned upside down!

I inhaled the sandwich! So far so good, not a peep from her room. And breathe...

Get off MN and do your stuff .

Long may the peace continue...

Give her ibruprofen as well as calpol

Ibuprofen, calpol and teething powders all the way. I used to take the DC out for a walk whentheu were like that. I'd done all I could and so I escaped.

The noise of them screaming is awful. Am keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Oh I feel for you! have you tried metanium on that poor bottom - I swear by it!

I swore by Dentinox & frozen carrot batons which my dd chomped at & because they were ice cold the carrots provided welcome relief.

Give her neurofen instead of calpol. When my dcs were teething, calpol just didn't seem to be strong enough.

Are you sure it's teething? Not ear ache or tonsillitis or something? I think a lot gets blamed on teething that has nothing at all to do with it.

I shall have a look for neurofen when I go out!

Brettgirl I'm assuming it is (she's my first so this is all new to me!) Her gums are quite hard and she's drooling a lot. And I read that nappy rash can be a sign of teething? She's never had it before and it came all of a sudden. I changed her the other morning and her bum looked red raw sudacrem cleared it up by the next day.

I'm not sure what to do now, I don't want to make a doctors appointment if it's teething. I think i'll have a look and see if the doctors have a baby clinic I can take her in to. The health visitor drop in day is a Friday morning, I might not last that long

Cold cucumber was always my son's favourite, but anything that shakes up the routine and distracts your baby for a while is the main benefit to trying new things.

Sympathy OP! I remember those days only too well. Alternate Calpol and Ibuprofen every few hours. and while it can be hard to do, when/ if it gets to the point where you can't stand anymore, make sure she is fed, clean nappy, painkillers and safe in her cot and turn the tv/ music up in the living room while you chill for 20 minutes. She'll be finer! Good luck

I second metanium. My eldest was a prolific shitter and as a result suffered quite a bit with nappy rash. Metanium seemed to clear it up before my eyes!