My baby won't stop crying - help!

[GabbyChalice400]

I'm at my wits end, he's been like this all day 😭

He's probably had about 30 minutes sleep all day. He's not hungry because he's had his 7oz before we put him down, he's been winded and nappy changed.

He will stay asleep for a little while then wake up screaming. It's been like this for the past hour and we just don't know what to do now.

AIBU to ask what to bloody do!? He looks knackered but just won't sleep.

You can use infant ibuprofen from 3 months.
Hope you manage to get some rest op! DS who's now 5months screamed non-stop for 5 hours once, he only settled once I gave him calpol! It was hell so you have my sympathies!
You can use dentinox teething gel before 6 months and the nelson teething granules.
We also wrap an ice cube in a cloth and let DS suck at it to help his teeth, it really helps him!

Have you looked in his mouth?

Calpol - sounds like he’s teething

Just some info about teething - random but might put an adult perspective forward -

I have a peculiarity - an additional tooth, behind my fully erupted wisdom teeth.

It came through in my thirties 🙄. It isn’t PAIN it is like a really horrible mosquito bite that itches and throbs and of you catch it hurts like banging on an open wound. It’s frustrating and very uncomfortable but not “radiating” pain.

So try being under a year and communicating that with your whole
Mouth having that feeling 😩

Anyway OP I hope he settles, from experience it does come in waves of itch/ouch

I picked him up and he did 2 massive burps. Maybe it was wind irritating him. I took him off gripe water a while ago, now I'm thinking I should put him back on it. He's always been a terribly windy baby

Write I love you on his tummy in the same place 🙂 midwife recommended it for wind c

Best guess is teething.

Or possibly sore throat?

Good luck.

Teething makes them really dribbly

I had many days like this with my little boy it's absolutely awful you feel sad, he feels sad it's that not knowing what is wrong plus sleep deprivation! It's gruelling! I used to just sob as I didn't have a clue what to do. Can you take it in shifts with anyone else at home so you get a break from it. Me and my husband used to take it in shifts. Try bonjella on his gums or a teething chew in the fridge so it's cold and soothing just in case it is that he's teething.

Really feel for you I remember it well, it doesn't feel like it now but it will get easier and your happy little boy will be back xxx

I can't give any more advice, but I can give you some hope.
My LO was a screamer for months it seemed. Then something happened - not sure if it was teeth, getting bigger, talking or whether she was just a screamy baby, But she stopped and is now a delightful 10yo.

It will get better. The HV told me once if it was getting to much, to put her somewhere safe for a few mins (cot or pram) and just stand at the door and breathe some fresh air. I felt awful to leave her screaming, but occasionally, I just needed to breathe for a minute, and it only ever was for a minute - I used to use a timer

It exhausting looking after a baby that just screams, but it will pass

DP has been great and we've been taking it in turns trying to settle him. Looks like we're in for a long night!

I recall a night like that. In the end I put him in the bouncer and turned the vibrate feature on. He was asleep in two minutes flat. Worth a try if you have one?

Have you tried a walk outside? That always worked for us. At least to get off to sleep

My little one in 8 months now and 4 months ago I was right where you are now! It ended up being silent reflux and late development of colic. It is tough but I promise it gets better. Our doctor wasn't very helpful but we got Anti Colic Bottles and colief drops which seemed to help.
Hope things get better x

Sounds like teething more than anything else to me try some baby teething powder or calpol if still hasn't settled within two hours try another feed and if still hasn't settled maybe little one has a upset tummy or a ear infection or is just having a growth spurt so plenty of cuddles off mum try reading him a book worked one night when my dd2 was teething

Definitely give some pain relief. When my dc have had days like this (my dc3 is 5mo so I’m close to you in experience!) painkillers have so often helped. They won’t help if there’s nothing hurting so my conclusion is that if they’re better after calpol then something is hurting!

That's great that you can get a breather and a break from him crying etc.
I used to literally pop my little boy in the pram and walk for miles in the day just to not be stuck in with him screaming I think people in my village thought oh here she comes with the baby with the noisy voice lol.

I hope he settles down and you all get some rest.
Your doing a great job just take moments to yourself you really do need it. Sometimes they just cry and there's bugger all you can do!

xx

Have you tried bicycle pumps? My little one used to get extremely uncomfortable with trapped wind and be like this. Me and my husband would take turns “farting” him
You pump the legs like a bicycle then push them both gently onto the stomach, repeat, repeat, repeat.

Hope your ok OP, days/nights like this are tough.

Is there anywhere your LO sleeps really well? We used to find our DD would wake up quickly when overtired (usually within after finally dropping off) the trick was to get her though the first 15 mins. So id usually put her in the car seat and go for a drive. Once she’d been asleep for 15 mins I’d just transfer her. Not good for the environment but good for my sanity. I think she was often so overtired she wake up just before going into a deep sleep as her brain was doing overtime. Calpol probably won’t hurt but like others have said we found ibuprofen better for tooth ache. X

Op it's clearly a tooth cutting through, baby's can be quite irritable the night before in tooth first pops through. My children were like this, have you got some bonjela or teething gel to apply.

Baby could be taking bottles differently if there gum is sore therefore causing more wind also.

Poor thing, hope baby is ok (and you, the crying is tough)

It could be a number of things, teeth, reflux, growth spurt, something caught, nappy too tight, tiny shart.

Nappy change, calpol, another bottle, quick check over plus teething gel and you've covered all bases.

He's been asleep for a while now he did the two big burps and went straight back down in his basket!

Mummas I’m jumping on! Please tell me I’m not going mad with worry and anxiety! My 4 month old LG has been a dream since birth and was going 11-5.30/6 but the past week she will do an hour or so and just cry and won’t let me put her down 😩 usually she is the happiest smiley little girl ever and people would always comment about how happy and content she was- well this past week all she is doing is fussing and crying like nothing I do is good enough and I’m
Guessing it’s 4 month sleep regression but please please tell me she will go back to her happy little self and start sleeping soon, I don’t remember this with my first who is now 4 and this little one has spoilt me being so good! I guess I just want some comfort in knowing I will get my happy little pud back ASAP!