Finding my teething four month old unbearable

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Can someone please tell me jt gets better, and soon?! Stuck at home with a screeching, angry baby who won't be left alone for 30 seconds. I think she might be teething as she's ear pulling, gnawing on things, refusing breastfeeds (will only take bottle) and just generally miserable. I'm doing everything I can, including calpol. But it's doing my head in! The final straw was looking at my "baby week by week" book this morning and seeing "Your baby is in a relatively easy period at the moment". WHAT? Did anyone else find 3-4 months a really challenging age?

Oh thank you so much for starting this post I was beginning to think everyone but me had biddable smiley 4 month olds.

He's been lets say uncooperative since leaving the adorable newborn stage at about 3 weeks. He screams, is grumpy has colic and now to add to his delightfully miserable nature we're currently knee deep in the delight that is teething with a just turned 4 month old. He's so mardy and gets even more frustrated as he cannot hold a teether for long enough to chew on it. I cannot wait until he can sit up and move around I genuinely think he hates being a baby.

On a separate note I also call utter baloney on the 4 month old sleep regression. That implies he should have slept at some point prior to 4 months for his sleep to regress.

Sorry to hear you are also finding it tough but it's so refreshing to see other babies are not all smiley and content. It seems like everyone I know has the adorable kind.

So much sympathy to everyone who is in this stage right now - all my coping mechanisms involved leaving the house so it must be so much harder at the moment. This too will pass!

I loved the newborn stage, then he hit about 3 months and almost overnight changed into a super grumpy frustrated baby. Coupled with the 4 month sleep regression and cutting his first teeth a few weeks later that whole period I remember as a sleep deprived fog of pacing the streets and trying to palm him off to anyone that would hold him! You have my upmost sympathies, not really possible to do that at the moment! But yes it was definitely the most difficult stage so far. It got better at about 5.5 months when he learnt to sit up so could do a bit more and started eating solids so he wasn't feeding every 2 hours! Now almost a year and much happier to potter about on his own pulling everything out of cupboards

I'm so happy i've found this thread, currently going through teething and 4 month sleep regression and its nice to know (well not nice but you know) that people are going through the same! When will this end?!

I didn't really enjoy 4-6 months, it was just one long slog. Much better when he could sit up and play more!

@thunderthighsohwoe thank you - yes it's so hard to know at this age what's pain, tiredness or general frustration, especially as a first time mum!

Hi @Marieo - thanks for this, I've bought some Anbesol so hopefully that will help.

Thanks @Sipperskipper - and congratulations!

Haha @PippaPegg - fuck it worth a shot is very much my current approach to parenting, so I'll try it. Thanks!

@PleaseStopCrying I 100% hear you - did a video call with some of my NCT crew the other day and they're babies were all merrily playing in the background, I couldn't believe it! Maybe we will have really easy toddlers?!

@chipnightisthenestnight @Colouringinbook Thank you - the thought that she might improve within the next couple of month is very consoling.

@basicwitches It's horrible, and being in lockdown makes it so much worse! Rest assured you're not the only one.

they're babies were all merrily playing in the background, I couldn't believe it!,

Yep, pre lockdown you always knew if we were at a group because you could hear him screaming. Everyone used to give me pitiful eyes whilst they played with their super placid babies.

Maybe we will have really easy toddlers?!

If he doesn't turn into an easy toddler then he will only have himself to blame at having no siblings. I shall not be doing it again in the optimistic hope the next one is not as miserbale. (I'm only half joking on this point)

Haha @PleaseStopCrying I've absolutely sworn that I'm sticking at one - unless I suddenly find the money for a full time nanny from birth!