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can anyone help :(

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baby1onway · 14/12/2009 19:09

my baby is 9weeks old..has mastered the sleeping all night from 930-730 which is just great!!but during the day he is a nightmare!!!screaming fits constantly if i put him down!real tears, hyperventilating the lot!!he's @ it right now :S the minute i pick him up he's fine!so i know he's not in pain or anything..though the screamin is different to when he's hungry its a lot more high pitched.he's in his bouncy chair that calms him down a tiny bit if i rock him.he HATES lying down.he's quite a big baby very chunky so sling isnt really an option. i just dont know what 2 do!!ROll on 930!!!
please give me any advice u can!

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nickytwotimes · 14/12/2009 19:12

Could it be wind/colic?
Ds had it and it mainly affected him during the day adn evening.

beesonmummyshead · 14/12/2009 19:16

could you tuck him up in his pram and take him out for a walk? Even round the block. dd was like this, and getting out of the house didn't always shut her up, but it did allow me to enjoy the walk. Are you in a town? walk round and admire people's christmas deccies, thats what I did 2 years ago when dd was only a few weeks old. (now, she doesn't cry hardly at all, but getting her to go to bed is a whole other story!)

fandango75 · 14/12/2009 22:59

poor you. i know you might not want to but despersate measures and all that have you tried a dummy? also my friend had same prob and as soon as they swithced her from breast milk to formula it stopped (they went to hospital many times to try and work out what it was as this went on nearly 6 months)

good luck - get some ear plugs. when our ds1 was like this i would stand in the kitchen by the extractor fan where i couldn't hear him just so as to try and keep calm. feel for you

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GrimmaTheNome · 14/12/2009 23:06

Oh I remember it well... my DD hated being put down. Fortunately for me she was small enough to stick into a front carrier a lot of the time. The pram helped; sometimes massage would calm a bit; then MIL, bless her, bought us one of those swinging chairs, it really did give me a bit of a break.

Plus my DD didn't sleep through the night till long after babyhood but still we survived it... hang in there, this phase does pass.

squashimodo · 14/12/2009 23:26

Ah yes, ds4 was like this until he could crawl.It is so hard, but it will pass. Could someone else hold him for you for a few hours, or maybe take him out for you.
Fwiw, I love thinking about those times, ds4 is so fiercely independant now. I like to remember that he really did love mummy the most. I have a dd now, 10 weeks old, and she is so happy go lucky, I kind of wish she was a bit more clingy. She won't even let me rock her to sleep, I miss the closeness.
Never satisfied, that is me.

acebaby · 15/12/2009 13:10

I feel your pain! DS1 was like this. The things that helped were fresh air and planned activities. We did baby massage, rhyme time, weighing every week, toddler group, NCT, postnatal fitness with creche - (my favourite )... all of which DS1 screamed or fed through. But it kept me sane. Every day, we had one or two structured activities - interspersed with walks and park and trips to the local shopping centre (whatever the weather). The key was never being at home for more than about an hour.

Things got better for us once DS1 was on solids. He could sit up by then, and it filled up a lot of time. He is still volatile at 4, but fantastic fun.

ChairmumMiaow · 15/12/2009 13:42

A sling might be more of an option than you think. I didn't really use a pushchair with DS until he was about 14mo and he's not a little boy.

I'm not a martyr to it or anything, I just found it easier with a very cuddly/chatty boy. It's just a case of finding the right sling for you! If you can get out, try finding a slingmeet near you so you can try some different things out.

Morloth · 15/12/2009 14:00

DS was still using the hugabub when he was 3 (when sick/tired/out and about). He just wants to close.

acebaby · 15/12/2009 18:57

Morloth and chairmum are right about the sling. I didn't get anywhere with DS1 (we had one, that he loved, but only DH could work it). With DS2, who was massive (10lbs at birth), I used a pikkolo sling until he was 6 months old and close to 9kg. I found that it distributed his weight more evenly than a conventional tomy type baby carrier. It was definitely easier than carrying him in one hand and pushing the buggy with the other, which is basically what I did with DS1.

Hope you're having a better day

BooHooo · 15/12/2009 19:01

Another vote for lots of fresh air and possibly a dummy.

I know this may sound mad but have you checked his clothes for sticking out labels or anything that could irritate his skin? DD was uncomfortable and distressed until we realised her skin was super sensitive to these things.

How are his feeds? Is he bringing wind up ok?

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