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a jumpy baby??
Hi Girls,
Charlie is a very jumpy/sensitive baby and i wondered if there is anything we can do to help him be less so. We only have to clear our throat or sneeze and he jumps out of his skin, bottom lip starts trembling and then he crys, sometimes even the quietest noise will startle(sp?) him, this also happens when he's falling asleep, he'll just be drifiting off and something will startle him he suddenly outstretches his hands and does a 'jazz hand' action, (sorry only way i can think of to describe it,lol!). He is use to noise during the day, tv on, i potter around so not sure why he's like this.xx
Charlie is a very jumpy/sensitive baby and i wondered if there is anything we can do to help him be less so. We only have to clear our throat or sneeze and he jumps out of his skin, bottom lip starts trembling and then he crys, sometimes even the quietest noise will startle(sp?) him, this also happens when he's falling asleep, he'll just be drifiting off and something will startle him he suddenly outstretches his hands and does a 'jazz hand' action, (sorry only way i can think of to describe it,lol!). He is use to noise during the day, tv on, i potter around so not sure why he's like this.xx
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His startle reflex at night when he is falling asleep is still awful at 6 1/2 months though. We had trouble stopping swaddling him because he was so jumpy at night. We just bit the bullet and stopped a few weeks ago, but i can always hear him on the monitor waking himself up x