The screaming stage-please tell me it's a phase or I may throw DS out the window.

[Inapickle123]

Ugh.

DS is 15 weeks on Friday and has recently started screaming all the time.

He screams when he's hungry and tired-no surprises there, but this has recently evolved into screaming when he's happy, sad, bored, wanting attention (which is ALL the time), wants picked up, wants a cuddle...you get the picture.

He's always been high needs (reflux was horrendous until medicated) and we've finally for nights sort of under control (doing 1030-4-430 then back down til 7-8 after a feed) but getting him to nap during the day is awful. I thought we'd cracked it but he's become a banshee in the last week or so; up to hour of high pitched (and I mean high pitched!) screaming for a 45m nap.

I'm going spare. I've had a constant headache for a week. He's definitely not in pain because the second-and I mean the second-I pick him up, the 'tears' stop and he starts smiling. Little shit.

He's too young to be left to cry but I couldn't deal with him this afternoon. I left him for 10 minutes and I felt hideous.

Until I picked him up and he starting laughing. If he wasn't so gorgeous, I would have punched him in the face. :)

Please, please PLEASE tell me this clinginess and screaming is just a terrible phase. He's always clingy but this new found inability to be on his own for longer than 5 minutes (no exaggeration ) is killing me.

Apologies for any typos. I'm currently dealing with DS's Kate-Bush esque meltdown; we're on the eleventh of the day.
Kill me.

That does sound very stressful. Could a sling work? So he can be snuggled up close to you, but you can move around and have hands free.

It is much better to walk away and leave him for 10 mins, than stay and risk losing your temper. So don't beat yourself up about that, I think it was the right decision at that point in time.

Mine's been clingy since the day she was born. I can only put her down when she's asleep. Some days I get lucky and can put her in her swing for more than 15 minutes at a time.

I felt bad the other day. Hubby finally got home and I was so tired of being next to another human I didn't even want a hug. He surprised me with coffee and everything because he had to stay late. I just couldn't do it. Put the baby in his arms, went into the bedroom, closed the door and took a nap. I apologized the next day and was extra affectionate to him when he got home. Some days are just like that.

Do you have someone you can just give the baby to for a bit while you take a breather?

It's his age. Google wonder weeks. He's having a developmental leap. The grumpiness lasts 1-3 weeks and unfortunately sometimes sleep regression accompanies it. But it will pass!

Ds was so bad around 3 or 4 months I said to DP I was just going to go back to work coz he must hate me since he was trying to make my life miserable and so i'm as well leaving him with a stranger maybe he won't hate her!

At the time I really meant it but he started sitting up a couple of weeks later and got so so much better he improved with every physical milestone and by the time he was 12mo was running about happy as larry. He's 2 now and everyone comments how good natured and lovable he is i'm convinced he just hated being a baby he wanted to be big and running abound. Try a baby walker it worked wonders for us he was in it from 15wk he liked being able to sit up (blankets wedged in for support) and could move it around the laminate for by about 5 months he just followed me around in it until he could crawl then crawled after me.