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Question from a new tired mummy
My baby Luen is 6 days old and so perfect i know i would say that i'm bias. He sleeps well at night and i hope he stays this way.
Since sunday we have noticed him having a crying/unsettled period from about 5 at night until about 10 or 11 and i dont like to moan as he so good all day long. Have been told this all normal and i know this. But would just like to ask other mummy's how long did your babies crying/unsettled period last for? Any tips to help me and my lo xxxx
Since sunday we have noticed him having a crying/unsettled period from about 5 at night until about 10 or 11 and i dont like to moan as he so good all day long. Have been told this all normal and i know this. But would just like to ask other mummy's how long did your babies crying/unsettled period last for? Any tips to help me and my lo xxxx
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My lo was really unsettled like this for approx 6 weeks, we did take her to see a cranial osteopath this really helped. By the evening everything is just too much for them they become over stimulated and hence get really upset. You could try tiger in the tree, put your little one face down over your arm head in front of elbow so you arm is under tummy and hand is is joining other hand and gently rock, this can help relieve any trapped wind.
It does get better I never thought it would, now my little girl is very happy and smiles loads
good luck
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Its horrid, and even harder when you have to let one cry because you cant hold 2 at the same time on your own. Are you breast feeding? I was told that they can cluster feed at this time and find that feeding them each hour between 5-10ish works (although its a pain in the backside as I cant move for best part of 5 hours!)
Im also desperately hoping it eases too! lol!
Gemma, Ryan and Alfie (3 weeks 2 days)
I have tried tiger in tree position and he does like it sometimes and yesterday my hubbys work brought him some pressies and we now have a rainforest musical swing which Luen seemed to love and it has quite soothing noises.
Have decided today we'll, have a calm day with fairly little over-stimulation and he due a bath so may bathe him later as this could relax him (he loved his 1st on sunday) xx
Im not sure you can over feed as I dont think they would take it if they werent hungry. I hop not as my boys are both gannets and eat like theres no tomorrow most days!! I said about bf as wasnt sure if ff babies did cluster feed but interesting to hear that they do. Means im not only doing it coz boys are bf! lol!
It is good excuse to give bath probably after we've both had tea and i hope it'll be calming. I wanted to do in day but hubby at work and i cant lift due to c section plus Luen actually sleeps more in day so it'll probably be best in evenin when he alert/awake. xxx
Hope it improves soon
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I really notice she cries loads more on days where we've been out so I think she's quite sensitive to too much stimulation. If I think she's too wired I just leave her alone on her changing mat rather than stimulate her more. Quite often she's happier like that than if we rock, jiggle etc You'll learn what works for your baby. Most important thing I would say is don't let him get overtired. Once you're down that road it's v hard to get off as they just fight sleep more and get EVEN more tired!
Beth's 7 weeks now and it gets better/easier everyday.
My lo was like this from about 3 weeks old up until about 7 weeks. He was really unsettled up until about 9.30pm and would then drop off to sleep. We started bathing him every evening at about 4 weeks using the johnsons bedtime bath and that seemed to help. He is now 11 weeks old and after his bath and milk we put him in his cot with the mobile on and he sends himself to sleep. Try not to worry as i think its something that they grow out of.
My ds was also grizzly in the evenings - I've found that if I express a bottle of milk for him (rather than bf him direct from me) and then give him a bath (and if necessary another feed from a bottle after his bath) he then goes down down in his crib and goes to sleep on his own.
So basically I give him as much milk as he wants and a bath, then a cuddle and put him down awake. He then settles himself. Also from last night we put a musical toy in his room that plays music and projects pictures on to the ceiling for about 10 minutes. We left this running when we put him down.
Hopefully this might work for you - but I know I'm very lucky with ds - he's such a good boy. x