7 month old baby- just driving me mad

[AmberM2022]

Now this is probs more of a moan and just a general wonder if anyone else’s 7 month old is the same!!
My LB has just turned 7m last week and some (most days) it’s just getting so draining. He can sit and wants to crawl desperatly he rises up but then goes flat like a pancake and refuses to do anything but lay and scream until i sit him up again - this is continuous my whole day long. He is quite needy (could be teething but no other signs) He will play on his own but as soon as he see’s me in the room he cries and cries until he’s picked up or i play with him. He gets so bored of things very easily, we seem to be buying new toys every single weekend just to keep him busy for what feels like 10 mins.
I just can’t keep him happy for long at all and it just makes me feel like rubbish sometimes. I try get out the house to the park or baby classes when i can, but he can just be so clingy it’s not fun.
There is just a constant moan and whinge from him ALL day long and the noise drives me insaneeee!
Anyone else have the same thing?

I didn't want to read and run but this was me.

LO would whinge ALL DAY LONG. Nothing entertained him for long and every day was an endless cycle of just trying to keep him happy. He would cry in the car and pushchair so we were stuck. For as long as I could I literally carried him for walks outside cause it was one of the few things that kept him quiet. He did like baby groups and we tried to go to something every day.

He has just turned a year and things are much better. He still has a tendency to whinge but he is much happier in general and we can get out and about in the pram and car. He much improved when he could crawl and I feel like he is understanding much more of what we say. I'm hoping he might be happier still when he can communicate back.

Hope this gives you some hope!

My kids can drive me crazy if we stay at home for too long. Get out and about - park, library, coffee shop, anywhere. Even the walk there and back with the buggy kills some time nicely. Good luck, for me things improved hugely at 11 months.

No advice but total sympathy, clingy babies are very trying. You're doing an amazing job.

OMG this phase was the most annoying. Don't worry. It doesn't last forever.

Find as many baby groups as you can and rotate them so you have things to get out of the house for and other people to see. It helps a lot.

Once he can crawl, he'll probably be more interested in playing by himself.

Definitely a phase and won't last forever even though it feels like it!! Plenty more phases to come unfortunately, its just all part of their development. I feel for you though, it's bloody awful

Thanks so much everyone!! It’s nice to know my little one is not the only one, you can feel like you have the unhappiest baby in the world sometimes! It’s the whinging that drives me mad, not a real cry, no tears just a noise 💀🤣
Now the weather is getting better that might help a lot!! I just really hope he starts to crawl soon (i know people will say i’ll regret saying that haha) But i hope he does. It actually seems like he’s never going to get the hang of it, it’s been the same for about 4 weeks now, he can’t seem to grasp it and just falls flat and waves his arms out to the side like an aeroplane, so any tips to help him are also welcome 🤣

Do you do much sensory play? You don't need to buy toys. You can use household and garden items combined with water play for example. Mine didn't go through this whinge until toddlers but you have my sympathy as the noise is maddening!

Have you got one of those inflatable play nests? They are good for keeping them propped up with their toys.
I found a good way to pass time is to have visitors rounds (with or without kids). You have another adult to talk to and coo over baby while you put the kettle on.

I remember this with my first. He was so frustrated and it was so draining! Once he could crawl it definitely improved things in terms of whinging!

So because he’s no longer a newborn that just sleeps all day you’re not enjoying it?

Do more with him!!!

@EJRB what a weird comment, just for your info i have never had a newborn that slept all day, was lucky to get an hour. I’m unsure why weird people like yourselves come on this forum to just make stupid comments? Must make you feel good or something.

@Jk987 no i haven’t got a play nest! i actually saw one in Aldi last week i might go back and take a look, he would absolutely be so much better if he could crawl! Thanks :)

Oh god I remember this phase so well - and she's almost a teenager now! I got really, properly skinny for the first and only time in my life when DD was about this age. She was super clingy and needy and only happy when either attached to a boob or in the sling and moving. Always had to be moving. And in arms, not a buggy. I got a really good supportive carrier (one where she was properly seated, not a 'crotch dangler' and we would just head out on foot. I walked for hours every day with her, mostly in a back carry so she could poke her head over my shoulder and have a good look at the world. And I didn't get much chance to eat, hence the weight loss! We'd walk into town, walk around town, walk around shops, anything that gave her things - especially people - to look at from the safety of the sling. Eventually she'd get tired and fall asleep, then I could let her rest in the sling.

Don't worry, it DOES end. Once they're more mobile they will be into everything, which is a whole other level of insanity as you realise that your childproofing hasn't been sufficient and you are forced to grow eyes in the back of your head. But they're not bored, and all you really need to do is watch them like a hawk to make sure they don't get themselves into any serious danger.

A phrase - DD was a real dickhead 6-10 months ! And we were in lockdown and so there was bugger all to do.