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to expect my 5 week old to NOT cry most of the day???????

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Kaybeeand2boys · 05/06/2008 10:45

DS2 is 5 weeks and seems to spend most of his waking hours crying, maybe has a few 5 - 10 min periods of not crying, plus obviously is quiet when feeding! DS1 was like this too, but worse. Is this really normal??? Other people I know don't seem to have this problem......I just can't help thinking 'Why me? Why can't I have one of those happy smiley babies.......'

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posieparker · 06/06/2008 07:21

Mine did this until she was 8 months!! However someone suggested that it could have been caused by acid, worth a look???
My first two slept, fed, smiled and ate!

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Kaybeeand2boys · 06/06/2008 09:27

hi all, thanks again for your posts!

I was trying colief but it didnt seem to make any difference (and is bloody expensive if not working!)

He seemed a bit better last night, my SIL came over to help with ds1's bath and bedtime, and ds2 fell asleep in her arms! I guess we are lucky as he has been sleeping through the night (so exausted after all the crying i guess!) the last few days(from about 10pm - 6am)

I guess I was just feeling all emotional yesterday. I am not from the uk and although i have made some lovely friends here, sometimes i just miss my best friends back home as i know i could just pick up the phone and burst into tears, and i don't feel i can do that to anyone here...... except on mumsnet!

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posieparker · 06/06/2008 13:04

Kaybee, I thought at such a tender age such a gap between feeds is not good (I may be wrong) but I was under the understanding that they don't have the capacity to store/feed enough to go that long. Are you sure your baby isn't hungry?

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Kaybeeand2boys · 06/06/2008 16:47

When he wakes in the morning he doesn't seem starving, seems quite content for a bit... and he feeds heaps in the day. Today he has been heaps more content. He had a big poo last night, maybe feels better after that?!?

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posieparker · 07/06/2008 20:44

Maybe just check with a GP that a huge gap is okay between feeds??

kittywise · 07/06/2008 20:46

ds 3 is like this, cried from the second he popped out and has been at it pretty much since then. He's now 14 months old

Alambil · 07/06/2008 21:23

I think babies wake up if they're hungry, no? DS used to go from 11pm-7am (so same hours) from 3 weeks old...

I think cranial osteopathy may be something to look for? I have heard it works wonders for a lot of babies

DonDons · 07/06/2008 21:30

Kaybee - my DD is 6.5 weeks and has been sleeping from 10.30 until 6.30 since 5 weeks.

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Kaybeeand2boys · 08/06/2008 12:27

you poor thing kittywise, thats a very long time to have to deal with constant crying

I didn't think it was THAT unusual for young babies to sleep that long, and I figured if they are hungry they let you know don't they? So if they are tanking up on milk in the day maybe they don't need so much at night. And I suppose it depends on the size of the baby, bigger babies seem to be able to sleep for longer....

Anyway I am pleased to say, ds2 has been really good the last couple of days and we've hardly had any crying. I think I panicked after what we'd been through with ds1.

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PeachyWontLieToYou · 08/06/2008 12:47

its hard when they cry all day >

ds4 is happy... if never placed dow. I do mean never. he's in asling now, has to bath with me, sleeps in my arms at night, put him down for two minutes and he screeches and although people say he'll stop if i leave him theyre wrong, ive tried.

any form of intimacy with dh would be a joke atm.

its hard but it will pass i promise!

kittywise · 09/06/2008 07:37

Thanks kaybe, yes it has been an interminably long time. He is the clingiest, most boob/mummy focused child I have ever come across and his behaviour has adversely affected the whole family.

It has to stop at some point but I don't know when .

However, I would like to say that the vast majority of babies don't behave like this for such a long time.

I've had other screachers who seemed to improve A LOT at around three months old and certainly once they were sitting and eating solids by 6 months.

Kally · 09/06/2008 08:03

I had this with my DD1 (22 years ago) so I took to putting her in a sling and hauling her around with me. At Least I got to do housework, tidy up, and used to slide down on the sofa, her still close, to get naps. She also breast fed a lot, that was all she wanted all the time. She was colicky as well and I found if she was tightly up against me she was less fretful.
Its so hard, frustrating because you don't know why they won't be at peace. 5 weeks, altho is very individual, but its the uneven numbers of weeks when they seem to be more restless. (An old lady told me that and I began to notice a pattern) They cry more to be fed more as they are having a growth spurt. I felt mostly on those days that all I did was sit and feed. The hard thing is for you that you have another small child, mine was firstborn, so could accomodate. Lucky, for me that DS (2 years after) was a dream baby.It does pass (but you don't forget it!)

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