7 week old and CONSTANT crying until you pick him up!HELP

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my 7 week old is constantly crying and this has been going on since birth but has developed into a mammoth problem.after birth he used to cry but would settle after a while but now he just wont stop till he is picked up.his crying will turn hysterical and he will go all red and cough and choke etc!but as soon as he is carried he stops and nods off....it doesn't seem like he is in any pain but its driving me insane as i cannot even pop to the loo without him losing it...pls help

Cranial Osteopathy worked beautifully for us. My DS was like this, he screamed all the live long day and night until you picked him up and rocked him to sleep and it drove me insane too. We think he had silent reflux cos is happened as soon as you lay him down and when he was feeding too, poor little man. I had an evil birth and my DH read about cranial osteopathy on internet, we were sceptical but desperate, he was a different baby after about 4 sessions.

Bluesaphire - beautiful poem - just what I needed to read pre-night shit !! My 11 week old takes all of his daytime naps on me unless we are out and about - then he sleeps in the pram. Am being loaned a sling (very kindly fro a mnetter) but a lot of people have opinions about the amount of time ds spends 'on' me and I think your poem sums up pretty much how I feel

Ah..

But i did read it after having a terrible night once or twice with DS1 11 years ago and it did the trick for me, stopped me being so annoyed/angry which we all have to admit to feeling when walking around like a zombie, glaring at our partners who are oblivious / asleep lol

It made me think how those times were special even though i felt like death..how long are they babies after all?

Glad you all liked it though, hats off to the writer

Sod everyone else's opinions barb..my first 2 were shoved in front of the tv and only picked up to be fed or other things that HAD to be done, i did not appreciate them i was too young/impatient and was in bad relationships for them both. This time i appreciate my DS and spend time just holding or looking at him, if he cries, ok, i'm not in the unfortunate position of having a constantly crying baby, i see it as "He cries because he can't speak and ask for what he wants" And immediately i feel calmer. I say sod the fuffing housework, plenty of time for that (pre ds i was the most houseproud ever lol) ds is not going to be a baby forever and i don't want to look at him one day with regret and shock and wonderment of where the time has gone like i do with the other 2.

Hold them, breathe in their smell, listen to their cries, touch their skin and kiss them.
Then when you think you have had enough and your heart is going to burst with love.. do it some more

Cos soon they'll be teenagers and you won't want to do any of those things lol. xx

Hello. My little boy (now a lively 9-year old) was like this.

I found going with his needs was less stressful for both of us - the Baby Bjorn carrier helped (I can even remember hanging out washing when wearing him!). He did suffer from colic, which certainly didn't help.

Swaddling did work - but only when done by the midwife. So we ended up co-sleeping at night and wearing him during the day.

The other thing which he did like, that no-one else has suggested so far, was one of those baby swings - he would usually sit in that quite happily for a while. (Hated his swinging crib though - only slept in it twice.)

He is now a confident, happy little boy. 'Giving in' to his need for constant contact as a little baby really doesn't seem to have done too much harm. And we do have a lovely close, loving relationship as a lasting bonus.