8 week old crying in evenings

[Hannah321]

My 8 week old dd starts crying in the evenings and nothing we do will stop her for 2-3 hours. We've tried singing, walking, patting her, making silly noises. She is often too worked up to feed as well :( Any ideas on how to stop the crying?

What happens if you go somewhere quiet and just feed her, hannah? Sometimes babies get over-stimulated and wind themselves up, and the silly noises and singing make things worse :)
At this age, it's really common for babies to feed on and off all evening, and not not want to be put down in a crib/basket, and to prefer being snuggled in.

Could it be colic? Have you tried infacol / colief?

Sounds very much like colic. Both of mine suffered from it starting at about 6 weeks old. It should clear itself by 13 weeks but sometimes lasts longer. It is a classic symptom to be evenings only, inconsolable crying, though ds1 progressed on bad days to cry all day too.

Huuuuge sympathy. With ds1 we found that cranial osteopathy helped enormously. It is a lovely gentle head massage, and he became a different child immediately. He only needed 2 treatments but even after 1 we could see the difference.

With ds2 the cranial osteopathy made no difference at all, but then we found Colief, which as far as I am concerned is great. Not everyone finds that it helps, and it is a bit fiddly to give to the baby, but it saved my sanity.

Hope that helps. Best of luck.

Didn't mean to imply that the crying always lasts until 13 weeks - just to say that babies between 6 and 13 weeks seem most vulnerable.

It can be a tough time if it goes on for a while - it seemed to last forever with ds1 - but it is one of those phases which does pass, honest.

I saw the thread title and thought - I remember it well! Colic! Infacol helped a lot in our case.
My SiL swore by craniel osteopathy, but I think the Infacol was a LOT easier and cheaper

Could it be tiredness/overtiredness? We had this with DD2 and I (eventually) realised that she wasn't having a nap after about 2pm as I'd be busy doing dinner for DD1 at the time she needed one, then by 8pm she would just scream for 2 to 3 hours. Making sure of an afternoon nap helped immensely

My first child was a night owl who never got tired or cried for hours. I didn't know what to do when his younger brother started crying inconsolably in the evenings at about a month old. My mum told me it was colic and to give him gripe water (!!) but nothing worked. This went on for about three weeks. One evening while he was crying I put him down in his cot as I was desperate for the toilet, feeling terrible when I did it. When I got back he was sound asleep. Duh, I thought, the poor thing was exhausted and I was keeping him up with all my singing and rocking! After that I stuck to a regular nap and bedtime routine and always took him upstairs early away from the noise of the rest of the family so he could wind down. I never had hours of crying after that from either from him or his younger sister.

Sounds like colic (unexplained crying in a newborn is what colic actually is)

It will pass, just keep doing what you're doing - it's not forever. DD had it, bloody horrible.

My baby didn't suffer from colic but a friends did and she switched to dr brown bottles and used infocol and her baby stopped the crying sessions within a day or so.
My baby did go through crying burst around the 6 week growth spurt. I found swaddling a god send.i bought a swaddle pod and it worked a treat. I put her in it at night and she slept for 7hrs straight. Hope things get better soon!

This is just what lots of babies do. In the past I tried everything, talked endlessly about colic, infacol etc. now I would say its called 'being a baby', put the screaming baby in a sling and carry it around until it settles. It's a nightmare I remember but just a phase and battling to get the baby to stop/settle makes it more annoying.