Moody 7 month old

[Bunk78]

Hi there

Up until recently my LO was a very happy, fun, baby, and perhaps he still is now and I'm just worrying about nothing. He has become quite hard work of late, particularly in the mornings, fussing, crying, moaning, getting easily agitated and over demanding. I give him plenty of hugs, singing, chatting, toys, playmat time. He does it when we are out and about or in.

He still sleeps well and feeds very well, and he's not as hard work in the afternoon. I'm not sure tht it's seperation anxietyas he plays independently, it could be teething but he has two teeth already and they never affected him like this. He currently has a little cough, but no temperature. He flicks his ears sometimes but it isn't earache as he doesn't seem to be in ant pain. I should mention that he is not crawling yet or walking;

Any (useful!) advice would be really appreciated.

ear flicking can be tiredness. My DSs used to do this and if I didn't put them down immediately they'd get overtired and grumpy.

Even if he didn't have problems with his first teeth, that doesn't mean that the subsequent one won't be giving him grief. Try Anbesol on his gums. It also might be he's not getting enough of a morning sleep.

Thanks, I will try Anbesol. Re, the nap thing, I put him down at 9:00am every morning but recently he's been chatting away for about 15 mins son I've been assuming that he needs less sleep then I've been offering him.

Does anybody out there have any experience of baby temper tantrums at this age or are they still too young to be calculated in this way? Is it true babies can get irritated because they're frustrated they're not mobile yet?

DS (6 mo) is sweet, smiley and altogether gorgeous 99% of the time, BUT he can throw a tantrum and a half and boy does he know how to use those lungs of his. We never knew he had a voice for screaming/ crying until he was about 4 months old but i am certain he's beginning to throw tantrums, and i am equally certain that most of it is because he wants to do more than he is currently able to. They tend only to occur towards the end of the day though, so i reckon it's a build up of tiredness and excitement during the day that tips him over the edge and he gets very frustrated sometimes arching his back etc. Happily, all he usually needs to calm him down is a quiet cuddle and he returns to being totally chilled out again. But yes, i do think babies that age are capable of having tantrums though probably not the same kind of tantrum a toddler has.

DS used to get moody before a developmental jump. He was one of those who couldn't do somethng one day and became an expert the next. The two weeks before hand he was probably frustrated and knew what he wanted to in his head but couldn't quite work out what he was doing.
DD was very different and developed gradually and didn't seem to have the same frustrations.

My dd is now 10 months and goes through phases of tjis kind of moodiness, usually before she learns something new. She was like that for a couple of weeks before crawling and is now doing the same because she is ready to walk. Best way to cope was taking her out and about and encouraging her to develop her skills as much as possible. In a few weeks you qill hopefully have your happy baby back!

all my children have had awful personality changes due to teething at about that age. thankfully they recover after a couple of months and quickly return back to their lovely old selves.

my 8 year old recently had a tooth come through and was able to verbalise just how painful it was.

they can also get frustrated before any developmental changes like crawling or walking