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7 month constant whing/moan

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sparker22 · 08/10/2013 12:55

my 7 month DD is constantly moaning. moans when I pick her up, put her down, sit with her, stand with her.

I've been up all night with her as she suddenly decided she didn't like sleep at 2:30am. so with the lack if sleep and constant whining/moaning I've lost my rag and spent all morning crying with her and begging her to stop and give me a break and saying there's nothing wrong with u why are you still moaning? she moaned pretty much all day yesterday, all night and all this morning...I feel so crap coz she's only 7 months, surely as her mum I should be able to handle this and make her happy??

I'm shattered and feeling like crap mum....not sure what my question is really.....just really needed to have moan I suppose.

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haloflo · 08/10/2013 13:15

She sounds tired and so do you. Can you feed her to sleep and lay her next to you/in her cot and grab a nap yourself.

Take her for a walk if that won't work. The fresh air will help your mood and if she sleeps you will get some peace.

Its a frustrating age. My 7 mo often fights naps. Its more fun to try to crawl sit up and stand than sleep.

Not crap. Just tired and most of us have been there x

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sparker22 · 08/10/2013 13:18

I feel terrible for getting annoyed and upset with her, I feel shit for raising my voice to her

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sparker22 · 08/10/2013 13:19

I though of going for a walk but its hit or miss with whether that settles her down or not, sometimes she hates being in the pushchair and she's not keen with the baby carrier either....plus my face is all red and puffy from crying

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Stubbed · 08/10/2013 13:20

How do you know there's nothing wrong? Maybe she has toothache / ear ache etc. Does Calpol help?

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sparker22 · 08/10/2013 13:21

I'm getting no indication from her that she has earache or toothache or anything

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haloflo · 08/10/2013 13:24

I've walked down the street crying before. I'd leave her some place safe, wash your face and head out. If she whinging inside its no different to outside!

noblegiraffe · 08/10/2013 13:27

With my dd, constant whinging tends to be overtiredness so I pull out all the stops to get her to sleep.
If she's still whinging and she isn't hungry, tired, or with a full nappy, I'd crack out the calpol just to see if it made a difference. She could be teething without any obvious signs - my dd has just produced 4 teeth with no dribbling or chewing, but with disturbed sleep and being a clingy pain in the day.

peachypips · 08/10/2013 13:30

I would bet a million pounds it's teeth.

Artandco · 08/10/2013 13:40

Put sunglasses on, pop her in pram and def head out. If he's crying at home anyway it's not going to make any difference if crying outside.

Her crying wont affect anyone else out as they will only hear for odd moment you walk past. Pull the shade up, add blanket and maybe muslin over to darken a little and she should fall asleep.

Then head to a cafe yourself once she is asleep and you can eat/ drink/ read in peace a little while

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sparker22 · 08/10/2013 14:55

thanks everyone for taking the time to reply.

DD has just done a big poop and is now all smiles! so maybe it was a tummy ache.

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BotBotticelli · 09/10/2013 14:27

At 7mo I would say a couple of days of whining and clingyness is almost definitely teeth. My DS is now 10mo and he has 8 teeth. Every single one has come through with at least 4 days of horrid crying clinginess, and moany grizzling. No other symptoms. No red cheeks, not bad bum, no dribbling etc etc.

I always feel like a terrible mum for 'resorting' to calpol on these days but it ALWAYS makes him happier so i figure he must have been in pain. Baby nurofen is even better. Next time she is like this (esp atnight if she's usually a good sleeper) get some painkillers down her and see if it makes a difference.

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sparker22 · 09/10/2013 22:52

I'm think it was defiantly teething. she's been an angel today!
we did give her calpol last night and it calmed her down a bit. she doesn't like it though so think I'd have trouble getting it down here if I was on my own even with the syringe it came with! can you add it to their bottle or anything like that?

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peachypips · 10/10/2013 12:03

No sadly not- when my kids won't have it I tilt them back slightly, put the syringe down the side of their mouths to near the back then inject. I hold their chin closed if necessary. All sounds very brutal but I was told to do that by the nurse when DS2 was in hospital with a madly high temp!

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