Crying

[mummyp33]

Hi there.

Anybody else's baby just cries and cries and cries? My LO cries no matter what, tired, hungry, on the boob, off the boob, in the buggy, in the car!!,Been told its colic. But I actually just think she's a whiny baby, she does that whiny little half pretend cry for no reason whatsoever.. and don't talk to me about nappy change time! You'd think I was trying to kill her the way she cries. Just a constant battle! Please tell me it gets better???? The ONLY time there's no crying Is during bath time as she loves her bath. She's 10 weeks old.

She's trying to communicate with you and if it's colic then she's in pain.

If you're getting anxious then she'll pick up on this.

Have you seen your gp looked at ways/devices to help colic.

Swaddled her and watched her whilst she is swaddled?

I'd take her to the gp or health visitor x

Mine went through a phase around that age where all day long he did the pretend cry thing - would just make this kind of repetitive 'wah' noise but clearly wasn't visibly upset. It was really weird and a bit frustrating but he seemed to grow out of it.

Been there. It gets better. The only thing that worked for us was carrying her in a sling as she fell to sleep most of the time it was quite content even if awake. Worth a try?

She hated the sling, kept wriggling around. I got so desperate the other day she burst into tears just as I was making dinner nothing would soothe her so I put her in pram and rocked her till she fell asleep . She's been labeled as colic by the doctors, also has silent reflux. We've tried everything, infacol, baby gaviscon. Ranitidine. Was going to try gripe water, anyone had any experience of this working?

Xx

Also we do swaddle her at night if she's hysterical it does the trick but can tell she hates it, she always sleeps with her arms above her head x

Try colief and the gripe water.

In my opinion, sometimes the reason why they are crying is they tend to find their comfort zone.

My baby was like this. It was horrendous and draining in every way. Honestly he's still pretty grumpy has some bad days, but after 12 weeks for sooo much better. It definitely gets better.

There is a swaddle that keeps their arms above their heads as my DS is the same. I can't remember what it is called. Bought it on amazon. Love to dream swaddle maybe??

Gripe water worked for us. We did gripe water and infacol together at one point. Does it get worse after a feed? Is she bottle or breast fed?

She's completely breast fed, she feeds very regularly probably every 1.5 hours.. I can tell when it's comfort because she comes on and off the breast not taking any milk. Her crying normally starts 20 minutes post feed.. she always cries during getting ready for bed probably through tiredness. We started gripe water today.. how did you give it to LO? We have a 5ml syringe but her mouth is so tiny even when I give it very slowly it comes out the side of her mouth bless her.. might use the smaller 1ml syringe instead.

Should I contact the doctors if my 7 week old baby has puked up yellow sick twice in 12 hours after breastfeeding? She’s not been sicky before now so a bit out of character. Or am I just over reacting?

DS1 cried all the time, he turned out to have a life-limiting illness. Has she been given a thorough check-up by the GP?

10 week old babies can not ‘pretend cry. For goodness sake.

Dd was a bit like that at that age. It gets better after 12 weeks, and keeps on improving. She's a happy, shining, smiley 6month old now, but I remember DH grumbling how it's no wonder he struggles to bond with dd as she moans/whines all the time. She's now the highlite of his life!

Try and rwmember, dc just arrived on this planet a mere 10 weeks ago. You try and move to a country where you don't speak the language, your sitting in your own wee a lotta the time and you can't figure out what the heck the people are doing to your arms every night! Wouldn't you get a bit groggy?

Think she's just a very clingy baby, which is lovely to an extent, she's seen the GP, had extra visits from HV, seen a pedi and they've all examined her and said she's just a typical colicky baby, we've trying the gripe water now, she's let out a lot of wind today which is good. I must admit, I'm a bit of a soft touch and just go to her when she's crying the longest I left her was three minutes and I couldn't stand hearing her cry :( OH is more militant than me due to a difficult upbringing, he's a bit tougher and i would let her cry but I tell him not to as she's just so little and not her fault and it's her only way of communicating with us. I'm not a believer of letting babies cry it out, it's too upsetting.

By the way TWINKLE when I say pretend cry I mean I can distinguish her crying for a reason to just a whiny little cry. I know a 10 week old baby isn't capable of pretending :)

My dd didn't grow out of silent reflux until nearly 2. I think the key is getting that sorted. Omeperazole is what finally made the difference (in addition to rantitidine). Comfort feeding is a sign the acid is still bothering her. My dd didn't like a sling but she loved being outwards facing in a carrier. It was a lifesaver. Don't get me wrong, she was still much less happy than 'normal' healthy babies, but it made it much easier.

Oh, and latching and unlatching is most often a sign baby needs winding. It's a myth that bf babies don't get wind!

DS was like this for 5 months - then he learned to crawl and things got better. I think he just hated being a tiny baby.

Yes I thought that also .. she's let out a few very resounding ones today with the gripe water!

Another thing she does is sometimes she can just wake herself up from the deepest sleep. She starts writhing then lifting her legs up and then bang she's awake.. it's not even to feed, I'm certain it's because she has trapped wind making her uncomfortable. I cycle her legs and bring them to her chest every time I change her nappy. She also doesn't do number 2 very often, she can easily go 6/7 days. Pedi said she wasn't constipated though and HV said that was perfectly normal ?

I believe it is normal for them to go a few days without going but I find my DS does become uncomfortable with it if he doesn't go every day (every other at the least). When I asked me HV she gave me some easy massages to do and said do them for a few mins every time you change his nappy. I have done and he now goes every day and is a lot more comfortable

My DS cried for 2 years solid. Nothing wrong with him, just cried all fucking day.

He's now a gorgeous, funny and clever 5 year old.

Hang in there

Are you ensuring she burps after every feed? Try to make sure she does burp before you lie her down after a feed. It could be tummy pains?

Yes, burped after every feed and kept upright for 15 minutes after to help her reflux. Today gave her gripe water and she was sitting on my lap.. all of a sudden felt something very warm! Needless to say her outfit was destroyed not even the washing machine could save it!