DS the cling-on shouty baby.... arrrrrrggghhh

[QueenOfFlamingEverything]

DS is 6mo and generally delightful, smily, sociable - so long as I am holding him. If I put him down, he makes this infuriated frustrated noise, kind of like he is trying to do a huge poo, but more shrieky. If this is unanswered for more than a few minutes, he screams.

He will sometimes play with toys for maybe 10 minutes in his bumbo, and sometimes will deign to play in his bouncy-sproingy-jumpydoodle thing for 10 minutes. Then he screams again. If I put him on the floor, he rolls on his tummy then screams because he can't get back over or go forwards and its all very annoying for him. Highchair, well, he screams in that too. He is BLW and is offered food three times a day but only really eats any in the evening. He just cries at the food the rest of the time.

I have a variety of slings, all of which he will be ok in for a bit, then either fall asleep or more usually, you guessed it, scream. He won't tolerate being carried in a sling when awake for long, plus he is very big (in 12-18m clothes now) so its not great having to carry him all the time if he falls asleep.

He sleeps well at night (co-sleeping), only waking 1/2 times for a quick feed then back to sleep. He hates geting up early but we have to for the school run. But then, he is so tired in the day as he just doesn't nap much. On the very rare occasions he has a two hour nap in the day, he is so much better for it the rest of the day and even stops the frustrated shouting. But he will only nap in the car, occasionally the sling, or being bounced in his bouncy chair (which is breaking under his weight!), and only for 20 minutes or so at a time. If the movement stops, he wakes up. If there is a sound (even me coughing) he wakes up.

I am going mad here. I never ever get anything done anymore. The constant shouting is making my nerves somewhat fraught. I don't do letting babies cry themselves to sleep, but my god I am getting to that point now. I want to get him to have at least one decent daytime nap that doesn't require me to keep him asleep the whole time by bouncing/driving/holding... any suggestions?

my dd is nearly the same,
she is 16wks and has just decided she needs 3 naps a day!!!!!!!!!!!

all 1-2hours long the longest being from 1pm she will sleep for 2 hours straight and is so much less shouty for it!.

she just crashes so keep faith.
it will prob happen for you soon.

Hmm, sympathy from here - you said he sleeps in the car. Can you build in a nice 2 hour drive a day :)

Seriously though, does walking with him in the pram work? white noise? massage, rock, put down? Swing chair?

I think you need to sort out his day naps as he sounds tired. DS gets like this when he's tired. Can you try a different bouncy chair or getting him to nap in his cot? We got a baby bjorn balance which goes up to 2 years old. But DS actually naps in his cot now - took a month to do it but worth it. Basically his room is blacked out so very dark. We rocked him to sleep at 6 months then would put him down. If he wouldn't stay then I'd let him sleep on me. Kept trying every day and he got the hang of it. You could do that for one nap a day at home and take it from there?

I'd love a baby bjorn chair for him but they are way too expensive - am stalking them on Ebay though. We have no proper cot, a travel one somewhere though that I could dig out.

He is definitely tired during the day.

Thank you for the sympathy

Am realising I was a smug ignorant twat before having DS - DD was a sleep-anywhere-through-anything baby (you could practically plump her up like a sofa cushion!). I of course assumed this was down to my fabulous chilled attitude and would tell everyone how easy it was, just make a noise and they'll get used to it early on

Oh, Queen. My DS is exactly the same. I was reading your OP thinking "When the hell did I post this?" I thought I had gone mad

My DS is charming, delightful, utterly gorgeous etc... but he appears to require my constant attention. Nobody else will do, except for very short periods, and even then he is watching the door for my return. Bit of a pisser seeing as I am going back to work next week Gah!

We've been playing and interacting all morning, hes had breakfast and a 20 minute nap and he's currently sat in his Bumbo, fiddling about in his toy box, squawking at me every now and then but will only last a few more minutes before he is full on yelling at me. Then he will be all smiles and giggles once he has my undivided attention. He whinges like none of my other children did!

Mine is also a big lad so carting him around is a strain but I do manage to get him to sleep in his pram during the day, sometimes for as long as 45 minutes! Woohoo! Like yours, he sleeps well at night.

He is also BLW, but doing fine with that.

Will look back in on here to see if anyone has any words of wisdom but you are not alone! (DS has reached unignorable screechy stage in Bumbo...)

Agree with Iggly, he sound overtired to me. When my DS was 6 months old he would wake around 6:30ish and was ready for a nap by 9 and would then sleep up to an hour. Then ideally a long nap at lunchtime and maybe a very short one in the afternoon.
We started putting him down in the cot at 4 months and shush, bounce and pat him to sleep. Does not work perfectly straight away and took some patience but definitely worthwhile in the long run.