DD 7 months - just hard work! Miserable all the time!

[chloemegjess]

Right, I know having a baby is never easy, but this is getting silly. Everybody that comes round omments on how much hard work my DD is and how they get tired just watching me etc etc.

I need to change something, or I am going to go mad! Please help me to do something right!

DD gets so bored, and wont sit and play with anything or anybody. She wants to be constantly doing something very exciting like being lifted in the air or jumping around. She can crawl, but very raily goes down on the floor for long without wingeing. She doesnt sleep well, which doesnt help and we are trying to address the sleep issues, but even if she has slept, she isn't "happy"

She will go from one extreme to the other. She is very very smily when she is seeing new people and new things, but as soon as we go back home, she is miserable. I work as a nanny at the moment, on an as and when needed basis, and now prefer working to being at home, as at least DD is happy as she has different toys, children to watch etc.

I am also pregnant again and extremly tired and have morning sickness all day, which is why I am so down about this at the moment. It is at the point where we spend hours walking outside, to the shops etc, because DD is quiet when walking and I need to get away from crying! She has tonnes of toys, but isn't interested.

She is happy when she has food in her hand to make a mess with, or when she is in the bath. Other than that, she wines all day when we are at home!

I can't have 2 babies like this! Please tell me where I have gone wrong her so I can try and change this before next DC comes along!

[chloemegjess]

Oh and I will look into the cranal therapy - any idea how I look it up and what they actually do?

[nappyaddict]

chloe - how far away are your baby groups/parks etc? are there not any less than 20 minutes walk away? my furthest one is 20 mins but there are loads nearer.

[chloemegjess]

There is nothing within walking distance but quite a few within driving distance. But all the groups are off fro the summer hols! We used to go twice a week till they broke up!

[nappyaddict]

it is a pain in the summer hols. we stick to the park, swimming and soft play. am amazed you don't have a park within 20 mins though! do you live in the countryside?

[Aitch]

'course i do, i took dd. they manipulate their spines etc, which in real terms means that the baby sits on your lap and the therapist makes the teeny tiniest touches to her back and neck and then ime the baby will drink her fill of milk (regardless of whether she's due or not) and then sleep like a catatonic...

as for who to go to, can't help. what about starting a thread asking if anyone can recommend a good baby specialist in your area?

[Aitch]

oh, and it's called cranio-sacral therapy.

[EyeballsintheSky]

LOL Aitch. D'you think I could book one every evening about 7?

[chloemegjess]

Sorry nappyadict - i didnt answer that question very well. I meant there were no baby groups within walking distance, and meant to go on and say there there are parks....

The one park within close walking distance doesnt have any baby swings or anything, we do walk there, but there isn't really anything to do. There is a bigger park about 20mins or so walk, which we do go to often.

We do ogo out at least once a day, usually several. But it doesnt matter what we have been doing, she will still cry as soon as I walk in the door. This is the problem that I need to resolve as I will soon be doing childminding from home, istead of doing nannying, and cant have her crying all day. We will of course be going out several times a day (scholl run is half hour walk each way twice a day, plus aim to do a toddler group or park etc every day) but that stiill doesnt change the fact that as soon as I get home, she is a total winge bag!lol

[nappyaddict]

Better for her only to be whinging for part of the day than all of it though. Does she not have daytime naps? The only time we are in the house is when ds has his nap.

[Aitch]

eyeballs. good luck cmj.

[TreeandMistleJoe]

Hi Chloemegjess, (formerly meandmyjoe with a new festive name, started the thread angel1976 linked to!!!) just came accross this thread, I know it's old now but just wonderedhow things are going? Seen any improvements and for what it's worth, you were right most 7 month olds can entertain themselves for 10 minutes with toys/ treasure baskets without crying, I've seen it at toddler groups although i never experienced it with my ds! Just wanted to say that I hope things have improved and that I wish I'd have found this thread when you first wrote it, our babies sounded very similar!!!