8 week old ratty at night

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Hey!
My 8 week old is an absolute diamond. She is happy all day. The issue is the hours between 7 -10pm. She's a demon lol, cries and will only be held until she finally falls asleep at 10 ish.
She has a dream feed at 12 ans then sleeps until 6-7am which I know is amazing. I just wondered did anyone have the same experience? Any tips on how to make her happier in the evening!?
Thanks x

Depends on your routine, but I would hazard a guess at being overtired as a possibility. (DD1 was much the same, and I hadn't realised quite how much sleep such a young baby needs. I was merrily trying to occupy her during the day so she would sleep at night, but in reality it was having the opposite effect, resulting in an over-stimulated and over - tired baby who desperately needed sleep but struggled to fall asleep.)
How much /how long are they napping during the day?

Absolutely normal, but hard. Known as witching hour, hours. Could be colic, overtired, purple crying or just good old witching. Just don't know what to do with themselves. Cuddles, bath, cuddles. Sounds like she's happy overall and you are doing great. Just one of those many, many stages!!

@bookh

Absolutely normal, but hard. Known as witching hour, hours. Could be colic, overtired, purple crying or just good old witching. Just don't know what to do with themselves. Cuddles, bath, cuddles. Sounds like she's happy overall and you are doing great. Just one of those many, many stages!!

I thought it might be colic but then she's fine throughout the day... so I'm not sure?! She doesn't really nap that much in the afternoon but she's impossible to get to sleep. Should she have set nap times by now?! Ahhhh so much to think about HHa xx

Yes my second is like this still at 9 months. My first was fine in the evening. No advice but sympathy

The witching hours. Ugh it's hell when you're in it. It will settle down - probably at about 4 months

Witching hour. My first done this like clockwork every evening for months. I assumed all babies done it but my second hasn’t.
In hindsight, I think she was colicky. But nothing helped, we tried all the so called remedies but we just had to ride it out.

Witching hour. Both mine did it. Perfectly normal and she still grow out of it in a few more weeks.

My two both screamed between 7-10 pm like clockwork.

My tips are to make sure you've eaten before it starts.

Set yourself up on the sofa with a drink and snacks

Go to the loo before they kick off

Get a good box set going

Make no plans for the evenings until it's passed

Then cuddle, breastfeed, rock whatever through it.

It helped me loads knowing it was normal and it was coming. No need to do anything else

Ahhh thank you all! Don't feel so alone now! 🥰

Sounds like witching hour(s). Mine LO started to grow out of it around three months. Very hard grafting required (heck of a lot of bouncing and rocking) but it passed eventually. Good tip above to have dinner first. My DP did most of the leg work for us . It's great now we have some evening time back.

Definitely sounds like the witching hours. Both of mine were exactly like this too.

Do whatever you need to do to get through it, ear plugs, head phones, eat before it starts, cuddle, bounce, rock etc.

It settled down a lot for us by 4.5 months and by 6 months both of mine were reliably going to bed by 7pm so it absolutely gets easier. Just one of many stages...

Ahhh thank you all! This is my second and you really do forget how things work don't you! Lol! I find myself stressing so much about nap times ect , need to just chill out and go with the flow