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DD has forgotten how to entertain herself

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alibobble · 19/10/2006 09:20

Now this may seem a bit over anxious but hey. DD is 17 weeks and used to sit happily in her bouncy chair/baby gym for a few mins at a time so I could get a few jobs done eg 10mins to put some washing on etc. (not just leaving her there for hours on end I hasten to add). She recently had a cold and was v wingey and upset and spent a lot of time being cuddled. Now since she's got better she refuses point blank to sit under baby gym and crieswhen i put her under it. If I sit her in her chair she starts grumbling after 2 mins which gets louder and louder to fullk scale wailing. It doesn't help that she's teething and so v unhappy in the afternoons when was previously v content. Tried to entertain her while I baked a cake yesterday and was giving full scale comentary and everything but to no avail. I can't even go to the loo without hearing the constant grumbling and it's riving me mad. Is it the teething or is it that she's forgotten how to be content for a few mins without me actively entertaining her? I can't get anything done. Literally nothing. I'm shattered from having to constantly entertain her every second she's awake. I know she's only tiny. AM I expecting too much? she wasn't like this before. She's slightly less grizzly on my knee but still cries lots. Have tried reading books, singing songs, going in the garden.. you name it I'm trying it. What am I doing wrong?

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colditz · 19/10/2006 09:23

Try giving her some calpol. If she is in pain she won't settle. She may also be trying her voice - grumbling isn't crying, at 17 weeks if she was very displeased you would me made aware of it, sharply.

alibobble · 19/10/2006 09:28

Was giving calpol but have been told by HV not to give on a regular basis as it can damage liver. Now am worried to give it her. Will the teethig go on for weeks (if so calpol not good for that long) or will it come and go? - if so will def return to calpol as when I gave it her lat time it cheered her up imensely.

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colditz · 19/10/2006 16:41

talk to the doctor about calpol, HV's are Jack of all trades really

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