my 6month old crys 24/7 and people think im liying when i tell them mil2b ect then they had him for 1 day and said i see what you mean no wonder you get stressed but some people say its because hes teething but no hes been like this from day one he was having a feed every 15 mins so changed him to hungry baby food still was waking every 15 mins took him to docs they said he was addicted to the bottle give him a dummy so we did but still now he crys 24/7 unless your holding him today for exaple he was crying i picked him upthought id change him as i had already feed and winded him so i knew nothing else could be wrong i put him down to undo his poppers and he was screaming tryed control crying but it upsets my daughter (nearly 2) expecially at bed times and in the day as he cry then changes to a scream the neighbours look a you funny but hes done this from day 1 my sister in law thought i hurt him once they way he was crying walked in the door he heard the door go so screamed and she shouted whata re you doing to him and i shouted back im in the bath whats wrong she said the way hes crying i thought you hit him or something i said hes always doing it not sure why. i also have a nearly 2 year old as i mentioned and shes pretty much perfect you do not hear her and never did as a baby she didnt cry when she woke for a bottle she just lay stairing at you she went to bed with no teeth woke up with 2 she is really helpful not even 2 years old (3 weeks till she is though) and she tidys her own room EVERYDAY as i suffer with arthrus and cant bend and do all the stuff i wish i could i say tidy up your toys so mammy or daddy can hoover and off she goes and does it. im begging doctors at the moe to let me have my womans parts away so theres no chance of having anymore as i feel preganat on the pill last time but they say im 2 young yet surly im not the only one with this any help would be appricated
CommentAuthorfelicity.h
edited
have they ever mentioned collic?
CommentAuthorHalloween_Bride
Colic doesnt last that long & doesnt cause babies to cry ALL the time, its only a certain time of night it effects them
Little Miss StressHead
I speak my mind if ya dont like it then tough
Men cant live with them, cant legally kill them
I'm like Marmite you either love me or hate me!!
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
yes we tired that when he was new born and it wasnt that hes on soilds now but they said wont be that as he was like it before shouldnt be teething as he was like it before im really unsure
CommentAuthorfelicity.h
It can deffinately last that long, even though i know it normally lasts less than that. He hasnt had any previous problems with his hips, or ears?
no his hips and ears are both fine we had thoose checked aswell as unlike most babys he didnt stop when health vistor was here so i showed her as she walked in he was crying i picked him up he stoped instantly waiting a few mins put him down and he screamed so she went through everything like that and said see if he grows out of it but he hasnt of yet
CommentAuthorfelicity.h
well i know 6months is normally when the seperation anxioty (sp? sorry im rubbish at spelling) occurs. Maybe you will just have to hang on a few months. Its hard i know as it upsets your daughter, but maybe he knows that and you will have to leave him to cry. My sons not a problem but my daughter i would have to leave for about 10 mins. just check her and then leave it longer. sometimes i would leave her to cry for 20-30 mins, but coming up to the door every now and again to make sure she was okay. It sucks but if hes still doing it in a few months you could think about seeing a child behaviour therapist and they might be able to help you divert his needy behaviour to say another object like a blanket. Is it just you he wants and stop crying with?
CommentAuthorkrisw86
it does sounds like he has a touch of seperation anxiety mixed in with teething pains. he's probably used to being picked up everytime he cries cos its an easier life for everyone at home, and stops u looking like ya harming him. my daughter's teething was so bad she needed neurofen and calpol alternated every 2 hours. doc said that was all i could give her and she became very attached to me and still (nearly 3) doesnt like going to bed. she screams, but after a few minutes gets back into bed and goes to sleep. all children have a few problems. i would suggest u seek a second opinion from ur usual doctor because there could be something causing him pain internally that u aren't aware of. just for precautions of course tho. hope he gets better tho abi xx
CommentAuthorfelicity.h
i agree with the last big kris just said. I didnt want to say it incase i worried you.
CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
I dont know what to say hun only that i am sending hugs. I hope you sort it all out soon. How old are you if you dont mind me asking as the doc might not do the op as you might be to younge
Cant wait to to marry Martyn
Wishes the wedding would come faster
XxX
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
no anyone he crys for lol he has a blanket he has to have it to go 2 sleep not a special one but anyone he has a dummy aswell i know it sound bad but hes never been holded alot being the 2nd child and me being ill i sometimes cant walk let alone pick him up and my h2b cant do both children at the same time so not sure at all why itlike this my daugthter was alot more fussed being 1st child ect and was not this needy could it be teething though as he has been like this since birth? and no its fine ill ask for a 2nd opion but i think most docs shrug it off as the dont like to diagonise anything with young children :D
CommentAuthorstressed to max b2b
i cant advise much that will make a difference as i can imagine how stressed and fed up u must be feeling, but u say he doesnt stop cryin untill u pick him up, my daughter used to cry for nothing and one day i got so fed up i threw a baby blanker to her in her pram and she shut up i couldnt belive it she stopped cryin and went to sleep, from that day on she allways had a blanki, and so have my other 2 kids, also try wrapin im tightly in a blanket or something that smells of you as if hes been held, there both worth a shot hun, good luck xxx
met him 25/8/97
he proposed 4/3/98
get married 21/4/12 then i will become mrs johnson
3 beautiful children together
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
he already has a blanket he strokes his face with it and crys as hes doing it lol and i tryed doing a blanket well the midwife did is it the swaddling they call it thats what we tryed he kicked and cryed that much till he had none left on him little monkey was thinking about having him christened if nothing else works
CommentAuthorAmy
Hi Abi,
My daughter was exactly the same for the first six months of her life too- nothing would stop her crying- you'd pick her up she'd cry- you put her down- she'd cry. She would wake about five times a night for an ounce of milk and then fall to sleep on you, so take her back to bed and she would wake up again straight away. It was only when I was getting so severly sleep deprived that I decided I'd had enough, so I went into the bookshop and bought two books on helping babies sleep better.
Also like you my First born was an absolute angel he would sleep when you put him down, feed when he was supposed to feed and was sleeping a stretch of around seven hours at a time at around 2 months old. So I thought my second would be a doddle! Boy was I wrong!?!
Anyway bought these books read them that day and decided on controlled crying (Gina Ford's method) And it was miraculous yes she cried for two hours the first night and my son was wondering why I was letting her cry, but I just busied myself- anyway that was the last night she woke during the night she woke at 1am and drunk a full bottle of milk- and then slept until 7am (just like the book says!) I stuck to the routine and that night she cried for around 45mins to an hour, but didn't wake during the night at all. And that was basically that. She is a happy, well-slept, well-fed, little girly now and that happened in the space of three days. All she needed was a routine- I just wish I'd done it sooner.
I know it's difficult to stay firm but it really, truly worked for me and I would recommend it to anyone- we havn't looked back since.
xxx
CommentAuthorfelicity.h
amy exactly what i did with my daughter. i really hope that will work for you Abi. its not just great for night times :)
CommentAuthorAbi4tomboy
amy yes thats what hes like but he has 9oz of milk each time if he wakes up once or every 15 mins 9oz get alot of arm ache lol i do the controlled crying but after about 3 hours he goes up at 7 my daughter about 9 ish then after her listening to it for 15-30mins she starts shouting at him to shut up covering her ears n telling me hes a naughty baby i have to let her come down stairs with me untill he falls asleep as its unfair on her but have been doing this controlled crying for ages sometimes 30mins and hes asleep sometime 5-6 hours later still awake. routine i was told was imporant with my 1st so when she was born i used to at 9pm run her bath then bath her dry her put on bay powder cream ect feed her and the straight down that was from the day she was born as i came out of hospital the same day then she slept right through till 8am always did and now i still bath her give her a bottle and put her to bed and she still sleeps right through so when my son was born i carryed on but started his at an earlyer time so me and my daughter still had time for cuddles so about 6 i bath him powder ect ect feed him then by 7 hes in bed then he cry and crys
