Going mad here- Does anyone else's baby just cry.. and cry.. and cry.. and cry!??! Not newborn!!

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My dd2, is coming up to 10 months, and I can honestly say she has spent 90% of the time crying!!
It's become so bad, that I have become reluctant to actually take her anywhere, which is impossible when you have a vv active 2/5 year old! It is also putting a big strain on mine and DP relationship as I am constantly exhausted..

She cries in the morning, when we are all getting dressed, she cries in her highchair, she screams in the car (I have resorted to just 'switch off mode, listen to music' as it is simply unbearable), she cries in the pram.. etc.etc.

She is currently in her walker, with a dummy firmly in her mouth, which will probably entertain her for all of 10 minutes before the crying starts again!

It's just madness and I am at my wits end! Anyone have any suggestions!?

joppe- you poor thing, everything ok now??

It is absolutely soul destroying, to go in to a doctors, exhausted and mentally drained, only to be told babies cry and get over it. Makes you feel like some sort of failure.

Even had one family member say it must be my milk, it's like poison! Which was just awful and so not appreciated!

Funny enough, had family emergency couple of weeks ago, got caught up the hospital for four hours, and dd2 had to have formula as left her with family memeber. Family member was so proud that they had managed to get her to drink whole bottle of formula milk (didn't have any expressed to give her).. Funny coz when I called back 2 hours later, dd2 had screamed 10 minutes after having the milk non stop!

yes, GPs organise the referral which is why it's important to get one on your side!

All fine now. Once she was diagnosed I went on a dairy and soya product free diet (dd still fully breastfed then), and all was fine. She later developed a problem with egg protein. However by the age of 2 or 3 (I can't remember!) she'd grown out of it. I think that is very common - so if your dd has a allergies/intolerances it is very likely that she'll grow out of it in due time.

I'm so sorry to hear that things are difficult for you at the moment,and I do hope you find your answers soon.

Thank you, thanks for all your support. Will get dd2 booked in with one of the child specialist doctor things at the surgery. Armoured with my demands of getting her diagnosed!!

Thanks all (can happily go for a wee now as dd2 asleep

Haven't read the whole thread but some people on here swear by Cranial Osteopathy. My DD2 was (is) an angry child and from birth has had days when she has cried non stop. I took her when she was about 9 weeks old to The Cranial Osteopathy centre for Children in London (charity so was free {smile]) and whilst they didn't help her crying so much they certainly cleared my post pregnancy sciatica so I do think there's something in it.

Here's a link I posted then which gave me some interesting info.

FWIW now she's 18 months old and starting to talk and is a LOT more content.

Good luck! Glad to hear you got to wee in peace!

Do consider taking a back carrier on your holiday... Hope you get to enjoy yourselves.

yes, good luck and please let us know how it goes!

(Joppe, did you used to be someone else?)

Thanks for that pennies- did try it with her when she was 6 weeks, but at £40 a go, didn't go back after first session

Will try the one up in London, anything is worth it even if it helps only slighty

Hi,
I have not experienced exactly this, but you have to just be persistant with the doctor. My oldest was a really fussy eater, he ate very little, constantly complaining of tummy ache (from he could speak), would have bursts of sudden vomiting without being ill with tummy bugs or other illneses, had no energy, etc.

I kept going to the doctors saying it was not normal for a child to be that fussy, and they were just saying it was the terrible twos, all kids this age are fussy eaters, etc. Eventually he was hospitalized when we were abroad on holiday, and diagnosed with severe iron deficient aenemia. (Due to his fussy eating I suppose)

Everytime I went to the doctor about his tummy ache, I was told all children say they have tummy ache when they are not well as they cant pinpoint where it actually hurts. It was not true for my boy, as well and truly had tummy ache.

Getting his aenimia sorted was hard work with a fuzzy eater complaining of tummy ache, but eventually this was resolved on another holiday abroad and another hospitalization as he had appendicities. Turns out that an appendix infection can start really slowly and building up for a long time before it eventually becomes critical.

So we had more than 2 years of this. But in fact he had been a fussy eater since he was little, but we did not manage to get to the bottom of it until he started talking, and we were abroad at crunch times!

I hope you get it sorted, fingers crossed for you and you LO.

You have all my sympathies!

My DS was v similar. Remember leaving him in his cot to scream and sobbing on the bathroom floor!

My Health Visitor said he was "an adult trapped in a baby's body" and at the time I remember thinking WTF! I do think now there is something in that. Some children just seem to need to be able to talk, walk etc. etc. before they are meant to - does this makes sense?

I also took DS to Cranial Osteopath which did help a bit. He is still a whinger though and can pierce your eardrums with his crying!

My friend swears by homeopathy. They take their DS, age 4 who was put on elimination diet with special supplements etc. It worked for him.

Another friend has DC with food allergies/bowel condition which went undiagnosed for first couple of years when DC did not put on weight.

Hope you manage to find something to help.

Good luck!

Glad so many more people have been able to help. From some of the comments about her being frustrated you might want to consider signing with her. It takes a while but it is possible to teach her signs for the common things. DD is the same age and is signing several things now, but the main one you would find helpful is hurts. I have not taught mine this yet so not sure of what it is and how to do it. There is a great book/video set in most libraries called sign with your baby.

Good Luck!