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HC18 · 19/05/2019 21:45

Every time my LG wants something, e.g a bottle, to sleep, to play, she just screams at me! Out of nowhere will just start screaming until she has whatever it is she wants. It's not a crying scream it's like a mad scream and she'll start pullingy hair, kicking, scratching me. Putting her to sleep is the worst! She will be yawning and rubbing her eyes so I'll start rocking her and she'll start screaming so I'll try all different positions including laying with her but my side and on my chest. I'll do all different things like tap her bum, rock her, bounce her, putting her down by herself and nothing works! She just screams and screams until she eventually cries herself to sleep. The worst part is this is only when shes with me or my partner! Anyone else she'll just fall asleep on and behave so well for them. I just don't know where we're going wrong or if she just hates me. She's only 3 and a half months old so I don't even know if she can have these feelings yet or so these things on purpose but it's really getting me down and I just don't know how to make her happy again. It's only been going on the past 2/3 weeks. Before that she was such an easy baby. I just don't know what to do

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Rosie16 · 19/05/2019 22:10

Maybe it is just a developmental leap that will pass. Could it be collic or something along those lines? Could you try swaddling her?
I remember having a hard time getting my baby to sleep from newborn until 3/4 months, but as I bf her she did fall asleep on the boob which I expect made it easier for me. She would scream and scream at the same time every night and I attributed that to collic. Swaddling helped, it would settle her. I’m just wondering if the screaming starts after a bottle or when you’re trying to get her to sleep it might be because she’s uncomfortable in some way. Are her outputs regular and normal?

I don’t think at 3.5 months she is hating you, she just knows who her mummy is I expect and so when she wants something or is unhappy she is trying to communicate with you.

HC18 · 20/05/2019 09:25

I don't think it's colic or anything like that, she had colic before and luckily anti colic bottles and a change of formula helped that. It's not like a painful cry, it's like she's really really angry and frustrated. But I'll definitely try swaddling and all your suggestions. Thank you

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Rosie16 · 20/05/2019 15:30

You could try white noise too. I used to play it in the cot, used to help loads when she was screaming.

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