Good Lord!

[MissTwister]

What's happened to my baby. She was such a nice easy baby, only crying for a reason and pretty chilled. Suddenly over the last week she is now so demanding - wanting to be entertained every single second and then getting over stimulated and needing to be calmed for hours on end to sleep. And crying, the crying! For no discernible reason!

Your baby week by week informed me that this week, at 11 weeks (8 weeks adjusted), she will be much easier, crying less and feeding better. What's going on!?

I have to end this quickly as she's crying again - help!!

Your baby week by week was a load of old shit. The Wonder Weeks (book or app) is much better.

Unfortunately babies do this, just when you think you've got it all figured out they move the goalposts. She's a tiny person in a scary world, and growth spurts and changes in abilities and perceptions and minor illnesses and being a bit unsettled and a million other things can throw them out of whack. The only way they can communicate that they're scared or tired or confused or excited or anything else is by crying. Just keep cuddling, keep feeding, and keep some chocolate and wine handy

Thanks - I've been a bit ill so maybe she has a touch of that.

Is it possible she could be teething? She keeps bringing her hands to her mouth?

It could be, though she's very little. She could just like it - they learn mainly through their mouths a lot at the minute - or if she's sucking it could be a comfort thing, or she could be hungry if she's going through a bit of a growth spurt. I remember my nephew guzzled a full bottle then cried and cried, we couldn't figure out what was wrong and eventually he guzzled another full bottle, just having a hungry day! Is she bf or ff?

Yy to the wonder weeks app. Was very enlightening with DC2 as even though the windows of time for development leaps are pretty vague, the background info on how much they are learning etc was very reassuring.

Definitely make sure it's not hunger. I got very cocky with DC1 thinking I 'got' his routine and that he couldn't possibly be hungry. Spent hours trudging the pavements or rocking the pram - wish now i'd just stuck the telly on and settled in for a feeding day!

She is BF and far hungrier than normal. Kept feeding every 1-1.5 hrs today. Although I think some of it was comfort feeding as she posseted milk up after which she doesn't normally do.

She's just a bit out of sorts. Asleep now but whimpering and fidgeting. Poor thing

How are you today OP? Hope you got some sleep. Will you be able to get some fresh air today? Even 10 minutes will help.

I could have written this post! Ds is 11weeks and spent the whole of last week feeding hourly, crying for no reason and demanding to be held and entertained every minute. Fighting sleep and hands constantly in his mouth! Wonder weeks app says he was right in the middle of a leap and described all the signs perfectly- it really is a godsend! I just stuck it out for ten days or so. Feeding, feeding, feeding, dummy, lots of walks in the pram. and he's settled back to his usual self. Dh reminded me that we just had to put him in 3-6 month clothes and the last time he had a big growth spurt and we had to switch to 0-3 clothes he was about 5 weeks old and displayed the same fractious behaviour. Reminded me that that phase passed quickly and was just a distant memory!
Hope your wee one settles soon xx

Thanks both. She's still very fractious during the day but luckily she is still sleeping well at night so I do get a rest!

Sounds like a Wonder Week.
They pass.
When you know she's fed, changed, not in pain etc and needs a sleep just get her outside in the pram. Mine was like this, oh so frantic in the house, once round the block and she slept soundly for two hours whilst I had cups of tea in the sun outside the house :-)
It's a different matter entirely later in the day once the toddler is home from nursery and doesn't want to go for a walk to let the baby sleep!!
Alternatively, go for a duvet day and just let her feed as much and as often as she needs and you can lie down and rest too.