Frantic 7 month old driving me nuts

[JeniN]

Any ideas on what might be causing this or how to cope gratefully appreciated. Basically dd is sleeping beautifully at night (at the mo, phew) but during the day for the last 4 days she's been really hard to entertain. She's recently learnt to sit up unaided, but suddenly she doesn't want to - she leans backwards and then cries/struggles until I go to sit her up again, but then she locks her legs so that I can only pick her up or stand her up (she seems to like the standing up, but its not very practical without a baby walker!). She's arching her back all the time when lying down. I think she is teething a bit, but she's not really chewing on teethers or anything, so it doesn't seem that bad. Her tummy seems a bit bloated, but then she does eat a lot. Daytime sleeps have pretty much gone by the by, though she will go off for a bit in a quiet dark room (she used to go off anywhere). I just wish i knew what was wrong or how to make our days a bit easier

Firstly, very jealous, my 7 month old ds wakes about every 1 1/2 hours through the night.

Mine have both become 'not themselves' for quite a while when teething started. That was at 4 months so I can't comment on the sitting up bit but they did seem really grumpy, I wasn't sure why and then a few weeks later a tooth would pop out. For mine, the really sore bit seems to have been when the tooth is still quite high in the gum and nothing is to be seen in the mouth so teethers weren't much use either.

It has also affected their ability to go to sleep (the little bit they had!), I find a dose of Calpol or brufen does the trick for ds/ did for dd.

Not sure if any of this is any use, hopefully someone else has more ideas?

jenin let me reasure you your daughter is doing the norm mines the same age and he can be a handful i wouldnt advise putting her into a walker yet unless shes very tall for her age because ds is very tall for his age but his feet cant touch the ground yet i found the best buys i have brought
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is a travel cot a graco one i got mine seound hand for £25 because it was bigger than the norm and a beanbag chair
if shes eating fine which from what you said she is which is great and drinking fine she sounds like a normal 7 month old if you can find the trick to make life easier please tell me as i am shattered by the end of the day
and clay head my deapest sympathies my ds has cut six teeth so far without to much problem and plenty of calgel
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6 teeth without too much of a problem??? Noooooooooo!!! I have a friend whose kids are like that, she just wakes up and out a tooth has popped, I get screaming, rancid nappies, dribbling, general grumpiness... ds has 6 teeth too and how we've earned every one and I seem to remember from dd that the molars were worse...

Sorry for the hijack JeniN, only excuse is sleep deprivation.

dh has reminded me that dd was unsettled at this age, do you think it's just frustrating for them as they can see what they want/where they want to be but can't get to it? dd never crawled but I remember that, once she started to bottom shuffle, she was a different child. I was more knackered though!

clay head we never get it easy its just ds always seems to be ill when the teeth are up the top above the gum so were spending so much time wondering whas wrong with him then he gets better and we see the tooth just poking through the gum so then its calgel galore you can give it every 20 minuites and its a life saver but we are lucky in a way hes teething two at a time so even though it gets hard when there coming through it getting it over quicker and i do sent my deapest sympathys clayhead and i hope you littl ones anr better soon

Hi Jenin. My ds was like this. I think that with him it was frustration - and it could be with your dd. Until he could walk he was very moody. It was like he was so fed up with trying and not getting anywhere.
Also, like everyone has said, teething could be making her ratty. when ds is teething he is really irritable. You will probably find that she will snap out of it within the next couple of days. good luck x

jenin does your daughter roll over yet as mine is and that when they start getting realy into mischeif and i agree about her getting bored mines getting bored all the time but sadly to say theres nothing you can realy do for them if anything like mine play with a toy for about 5 minuites tops then bored again

It's a big step to make a developmental leap like learning to sit - I think it can really unsettle a child. It probably feels very strange to sit like that. I'm sure it will pass. Tooth pain can be tough too, but Calpol or baby Nurofen will help. Put her down to sleep in a dark room two hours after she wakes up and see how it goes - that's when my ds learned to sleep in the day. Then put her down again at 11ish. More sleep might make you all feel happier.

thanks for the comments..mummytojames, she can only roll over from front to back, not the other way, so not getting into too much trouble, but impossible to get her to spend any time on her front either...we had a better day today, partly because out and about all day, she was laughing and giggling so much in sainsbury's that everyone stopped to look. Clayhead (or anyone), is the rancid nappies really normal with teething? nursery made me keep her off one day last week because of runny nappies, and they're bad again just now (she's due to go back tomorrow) but i don't think it's a tummy upset. Hope you get some sleep soon ch. I was also reading the other thread about separation anxiety at 8 months and I think there's a lot of that for dd too at the mo. Oh well, glad to know its normal (I think )

to JeniN
My little boy was teh same when he first learnt to sit up ( he is now 9 months) he is now almost walking as he has never been very happy on tummy, he will sit and play for a while then get bored and as soon as I see to him he just stiffens his legs to stand, then he is all smiles. The saver I found was a door bouncer, ours is a Lindam one, It hangs over the door frame and they can stand on their own feet and bounce in it, don't worry they are very safe, i swung on ours and it with stood my weight. The other thing I found for teething is a homeopathic remedy called chamomilla, Boots do the pillules and a small dispenser they instantly cam my son down when his teeth are bothering him. Hope this helps. Summermum

Thanks Summermum, that sounds just like dd..we were wondering if she was going to bother with crawling at all, doesn't seem a bit interested. She hasn't been that interested in the door bouncer, but we've just fixed it up somewhere where she will be able to see us a bit better so I think that might help.