Wish leap 5 would just do one!

[Belle82]

Urghh, so we've only just recovered from leap 4 / 4 month regression, had a week of loveliness. Now we hit the 5th leap on Monday (yes only two days ago) and we knew about it the moment we woke up! Cranky every time I put her down for 2 seconds to do anything, last week she was happy to sit and play quietly at least for 10 minuets. If me or my husband aren't holding her all hell breaks loose. 27 more days of this! 😢😢😢
Please tell me I'm not alone here?xx

I think the parents that struggle with the ‘leaps’ are the ones who read about the ‘leaps’. My kids just have good days and bad days as far as I know - can’t be good for you to be dreading 27 days because an app tells you to?

Lol. Was saying to my SIL that I'm so glad that my children were born when we didn't have to label everything.

Children are individuals. For mine:
Dd1 played happily in the morning sitting on her own, wanted cuddling in the afternoon until nap time.
Dd2 never went down happily until she could move on her own, and even then needed holding a certain amount of the time until she was about a year.
Ds loved having time to pay on his own under the baby gym (that neither the others would touch) from birth.

Problem is if you look for these things you'll often see/blame them. She's cranky today. Fine. Maybe she's a bit under the weather, or just not feeling good tempered that morning. No one can possible predict that she'll be like that for 28 days. Unless of course for the next 28 days every time she fusses you say "oh, she's in leap 5, so she'll be fussy and just want holding" so pick her up. Then on day 29 you think "oh she'll be coming out of it, so I can leave her longer"

If you want one that goes by the manual stick with a virtual baby. If you want a real baby you have to accept that they're an individual as adults and have their own personality from birth.

Ouch. I think OP was just looking for some support... I do get that we have far more information than before... but for some it does help mentally with coping with certain behaviour. Whilst I agree that the leap stuff can't predict to the day things happening, I think there is something in it to explain certain behaviour. As we're all reminded 'this too shall pass', Whise to say That 'this' is not a keap? OP does feel that her baby has changed, not just having a fussy day. Let's give her some support and tell her that yes it's exhausting, yes we've been there, and yes this phase, leap, f*#@ing exhausting day, week, month, will pass.

Delete that bloody app and repeat to yourself that this too shall pass! Babies are hard work and I'm sorry you are suffering OP! Go have a glass of wine and watch some crap telly while your DH looks after the baby for an hour!