When does it stop?

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I'm a FTM to a 2 month old little girl and she is lovely, she's starting to take more notice of the world, she smiles every day and she's looking at her hands all the time which I find adorable lol.

The one thing I find difficult and the thing that really stops me from enjoying being a mum is when she starts crying for no reason. I know it might sound stupid to some because that's just what babies do, but I didn't realise how much it would get to me.
We can be sat having a lovely time with her, she will be smiling away at us and her face will change all of a sudden then she will just start crying for no apparent reason. Sometimes there aren't any tears and it's like she's trying to force herself to cry! 😂

Is this just a phase she's going through? Did anyone else experience this and when did it stop for you or at least get better?

I always feel like I'm wishing her life away but I am looking forward to the days when she's mostly happy and we can interact and play with her.

Could be anything from overtiredness to overstimulation. Found when my DD was like that, I had to go into a darkish room with white noise on to calm her down.

Not what you asked but I would highly recommend doing some baby signing from about 6 months. I felt like it was a bit of a game changer when dd could sign "hungry" instead of just screaming

I was thinking about doing this, her being able to communicate with me in a way other than crying would be great.

It's probably wind. It's always wind at that stage.

I think the period where they cry A LOT and you have no idea why tends to end at about 3 months. Obviously it does continue a bit after that though. But they tend to be a bit more content in their own skin once the fourth trimester period is over. Rest assured we've all been there; with mine it was usually over-tiredness but sometimes hunger and I found a routine helped. But I still got the odd bout of screaming and had absolutely no idea what was wrong.

She does fart a LOT!

I'd argue that there must be a reason for the crying - they're trying to tell you they have a need (too hot, cold, nappy change, hungry, tired) but it.can be so hard to figure out what they want!

I agree with PP, signing is a game changer before they can talk especially for basic things like nappy, milk, more etc. Checkout YouTube and start doing it now, I know that seems crazy but it takes time and consistency for them to pick it up!