How to call down my 11month old..

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My daughter is 11 months old but just cries continuously. I know babies can go through phases but this has been going on for a few weeks now. I know its not hunger or tiredness most of the time. She cries when she is in her buggy she cries when shes in her walker she just cries all the time... Even when i pic her up she cries to get down then when she is down shes crying to get up. Im just wonderingif anyone has any good tips for soothing her..?

Teething or other pain? Give calpol. Boredom? Do something different. Over stimulation? Try to do something low key and stick with it for longer (I found Baby TV on Sky channel 623 brilliant). Maybe you are also a bit frustrated and bored and you're feeding off each other: can someone else have her, either for an hour or so each day, or several hours once a week?

Is she in pain? Teething or pulling her ears (ear infection) maybe.

My dd2 cries when she wants her own way through frustration and sometimes at not being able to communicate what she wants.

Is it all the time? Does she have any happy moments when distracted by toys/tv/silly faces etc...?

She is just purely crying when shes not happy.... But i cant figure out what it is... Its a frustrated cry, i think it possibly is that we are maybe just feeding off each other! Iv been feeling pretty anxious recently so thats possibly why.

Ok that meant calm down**

Could be a phase. Have you tried just ignoring rather than trying to placate her?

When dd2 has a meltdown because she doesn't get her own way or she is put in the buggy/playpen I often ignore her and once she realises that she will not get what she wants she occupies herself instead and stops crying.

Failing that distraction by singing nursery rhymes works for me.