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So many questions - 5 month behaviour

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LJSY · 19/09/2019 07:22

My 5mo daughter us a bit of a handful at the mo.
She is such a hyper baby and needs constantly entertaining. I’m struggling with her as she gets fed up in the pram after 5 minutes and I love walking! She also hates the car and 9/10 journeys she screams the whole way which gets me and her in an awful state!!
She’s been swaddled from birth and now we’re transitioning with one arm out which she seemed ok with but now she’s up 3/4 times a night and refusing to be put back down, kicking her legs and thrashing. She’s exclusively bf which I love but seems to want to breast all the time at the minute. I feel like every aspect is difficult.
Does anyone have any advice to make any of it easier? Is it normal behaviour? I just need it to start getting easier!!

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Harrysmummy246 · 19/09/2019 16:15

It's normal to wake a lot at this age- 4(ish) mo sleep regression

Is she big enough to go into the pushchair rather than pram- we did when DS was about 4.5 mo and he loved it (he was a BIG baby though and was outgrowing carrycot by weight anyway)

surreygirl1987 · 19/09/2019 20:45

My son was / is very hard work and sounds similar to your daughter. Google 'high needs' baby. Some babies are easier than others... mine is pretty feisty! The good news is, he got easier with every month that passed. He's bloody hard work but also a delight now in many ways. Eveey milestone he hit (e.g. sitting, crawling) seemed to make him.a bit more chilled out. I think a lot of it was frustration.

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