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Suddenly unsettled 19 week-old DD - normal??

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ExistentialistCat · 15/11/2009 20:59

Until a few days ago, 19 week-old DD was pretty placid and was sleeping 7pm until 6.30 am (FF, and she just did this by herself - refused all offers of nighttime feeds from about 3 months).

Suddenly, she has become unsettled (if she were older, I'd be tempted to say 'clingy') during the day, cries much more and is not happy to be left in her bouncer/babygym etc. Over the last couple of days she's been eating much less during the day. At night, she wriggles and flails and cries, yet often seems fast asleep when I go to check on her. Or she'll be wide awake for an hour or two. Sometimes she'll take a little night feed and settle down, sometimes she won't and just goes on wriggling.

What is going on?!

(Possibly) relevant information:

  • She rolled over for the first time last week but hasn't done so since; maybe she's just consolidating a lot of developmental changes?
  • She had her third set of injections a few days ago; a delayed reaction to these?
  • She's had very runny nappies. Injections? Teething? Tummy bug?
  • She's always been a VERY dribbly baby and bites/sucks at everything. Teething pains?

Any thoughts on how I can help her to settle (and get better sleep and more enjoyable days myself!) would be very much appreciated.

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thingamajig · 15/11/2009 22:54

Yes, this all sounds perfectly normal. Babies are known for suddenly going loopy at around four months old. She sounds like she may be starting to teeth, though putting everything in the mouth is what babies do as they like to investigate things with their mouths.
I'm afraid theres not much I can say about helping her settle, bear with it and it will pass. If she seems really under the weather try some calpol.

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