Sweet Jesus the screaming

[fruityb]

DS has just woken up from a nap and is screaming the house down. He's had a 6oz bottle two hours ago, he's brought up wind, his nappy is clean and he's not too hot. The screaming started earlier when I put him in his car seat and it was as if I'd abandoned him in the driveway!!

He's seven weeks old and is just getting louder!! I realise a lot of this is just temper but ye gods it's just so loud. When does the crying subside any!! Before his nap I'd read him three books and he was giggling and cooing and smiling. He nodded off in his swing and I did a bit of ironing then half an hour later wakes the whole street up! Back in his swing listening to his beach noises and he's laid there happily now. He's not asleep but is silent.

I know ten minutes can seem like an hour when it's just the two of you. And he's so good when we go out! He's awesome in the evenings as well. I just cop for it in the day times it seems.

I am in desperate need of an afternoon off. I've been away from him to get my hair cut since he was born - about 90 minutes. All other time I've been in the house when OH has been in charge or with him out of the house.

Sorry I just needed a vent. I love this boy so much and my OH is great as well, though seems to manage to get out on his own somehow!, but it's so draining emotionally! Going to brave a mummy and baby group I think - i need more human interaction.

Tiny babies don't have a temper ffs. They have needs.

I'd he's still crying after change etc he is hungry and/or tired.

Maybe just don't over think it and just feed as required as previous poster suggested. :) If you can offer a bf is not even like you have to make up bottles every time.

Also ask your DH how he'd react if he was made to wait for food and drink when he needed it, then ask why the feck he's trying that with a newborn! Might make him realise. ..

Fruity - one thing I have learnt (I sound patronising with that but I don't mean it to be, I'm also ftm but to an older baby) is that just as you find something that works, it all changes. Hope you find a way to keep you all happier.

Mine could be heard screaming at the other end of the ( quite long) street and the road called him by the name of a well known opera star.

A wise cousin said, if you've done all the things you've done (up thread) and he doesn't appear to be in pain, let him scream. Exercises the lungs, tires him out.

But mine fed every hour. For 40 mins. And then threw up.

lol I expect that! He is a much happier chappy today and that's been happening all week. I'm BFing as I write this as I don't want my supply to dry up completely just yet. He's sleeping through the night still and is so happy and alert for a lot of the time. I think the other night was a blip really - it sounds far worse than it was and actually DS goes for that length of time easily between feeds. He does get grumpy when he's tired and it can be hard to remedy that as I'm sure everyone knows!

A wise cousin said, if you've done all the things you've done (up thread) and he doesn't appear to be in pain, let him scream. Exercises the lungs, tires him out.

Horrible advice from your 'wise cousin' :(

Yes sometimes they get overtired and it's a bloody nightmare to settle them back down. (Flashbacks to feeding while pacing the room, or dh pacing then chucking the baby at the boob as soon as they calmed )

Tiny babies don't need lung exercise though.

No, I agree, that was now I think about it quite a bit later on. Even so, mine screamed and screamed and screamed, and none if the HCPs had any advice " some babies do, some don't". At 8 weeks I think he could only be heard about 4 doors down...but by gosh it extended. He survived. I am not sure we did. And it wasn't just colic or teething.

It's not temper!

They can get a bit of reflux too and sometimes milk helps ease the pain of the acid burning. They get growth spurts also and can eat round the clock for a few days and the next thing they are bursting out of their clothes.

It's not temper!