my 4 month old wont stop crying

[Shez1981]

I need help my 4 month old crys all the time iv feed, changed, burped her made sure she's not to hot or cold given her toys used teething gel and cuddled her but still she crys what more can I do? Please help

Does she sleep much? Could she be tired? They still need a lot of sleep at this age.

Is she having plenty of wet/dirty nappies?
Could she just be tired but over stimulated?
If she has been awake for more than a couple of hours that might be it.
Can you take her out either in the pram or sling for a while - she might dose off.

Calpol?

It's so horrible - my ds has been like this since birth. He's got allergies and intolerances though. Can't really offer any advice just wanted to day you're not alone and offer a hug because it's such bloody hard work xx

someone who is in the same boat as me! my 4.5 month year old had colic and reflux and i think its still affecting him. i think he is now teething but since he was one month old its been screaming and crying for no reason. Been to the doctors, called the midwives and im just told i have a fussy baby. So no help there. Sometimes he doesnt even stop crying when i hold him, he just carries on. I do spend alot of my days walking with the pram or him in his baby carrier. I agree babies are really tired at this age and my one fights it so hard not to sleep. he is stubborn like his dad!so my best bit of advice is
walk lots with her and my saviour sometimes is baby TV! X

My 5 month old was exactly the same. It turns out he had silent reflux. I was advised to start weening at 17 weeks, we started at 18.5 weeks and he is now a different baby. I cannot believe what a difference it's made!

Obviously they advise to wait 6 months to wean and I don't know if your baby has this problem. I knew something was wrong as every time he had milk his stomach gurgled- he would whinge through it sometimes scream afterwards. He would scream when he pooed. He would wake up early and literally scream for sometimes hours- nothing would settle him. He would never vomit but always burped a lot. Since he's been eating he has started vomiting occasionally when full which apparently is a good thing as it shows that before he didn't seem to be able to.

Agree with Rosduk. What's the sleeping and weight gain like? If both are a bit of a worry go to your gp and get checked out for cows milk allergy (cma) and reflux/silent reflux.

DD was a terror early on. Really unsettled and just never stopped crying. turns out she had cma so paediatric dr prescribed nutramigen formula for the cma plus omeprazol for the reflux. She was happier overnight. Go ask your gp for help. Don't take no for an answer.

I spent too long being fobbed off by GPS and hvs - who said it was colic. It wasn't and my daughter suffered needlessly.

Hopefully it's not that for you but it's worth asking your gp.

Also, know that it gets better and easier. And so much fun

Meant to add that we weaned dd at 20 weeks. By 6 months she was happily taking meals a day. And we then introduced protein. She is such a happy little girl now and has a great appetite.

Thank you for your comments. She is a really bad sleeper she will go off when in her pram but as soon as I stop walking she wakes up. Health visitor say she is small but they are not worried ad she was small when born. I started weaning early as through she was hungry and she dose love her new foods. Having a bad one today no matter what I do she just crys done all the normal things and given her calpol in case its het teeth but still she screams just hope she grows out off this soon.

Poor you, it's so hard when you just don't know what to do to help. And exhausting too. I was beside myself when DD cried all the time. Carried her everywhere which helped but she was still v I unsettled. Think about going to dr about cma and maybe reflux. Just to rule them out.

It does get easier. DD is happy now and eats loads. And she rarely cries. Now I worry about he fact that she keeps turning the tumble dryer and oven on, so I spend all day following her and turning them off ! Honestly, these little ones will keep us busy forever

Have you tried neurofen instead of calpol? My HV recommended that instead as being ibroprofen it helps better with inflamed gums. Calpol never worked for my DS but neurofen really helped.

I feel your pain, I currently have 2 screamers and we are working our way through reflux and allergy stuff, some have made a difference some have made it worse. Please please please please go back to your drs and get them to start reflux meds.
Dd2 was also a screamer and I went to the drs I was told there was nothing wrong with her and it was all attention seeking, give her calpol to knock her out anyway because of that stupid Dr telling me I obviously wasn't coping and he'd send the hv round for support I never went back. I didn't know about reflux and milk allergies at the time, we struggled on until she grew out of it around 2 ish. I was able to see the type of foods that made her worse and remove them from her diet.
Don't be fobbed off go back and have a paddy at them till they listen. Good luck