April 2015 Moms
alexis95
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6 mo fussy and clingy?
alexis95
member
I have no idea what's going on, but I'm at my wits end with this kid. It might be teething or a growth spurt from what I've read, but I'm not even sure. He was such a good baby up until about 5 months, and then he gradually started getting more difficult. The past couple of weeks (even more so this past week) whenever I put him in his pack and play with a bunch of his toys, he just pulls up and stands and whines till I pick him up. And he used to just sit in there and play for a good 20 minutes or so without getting fussy! But now especially if he's hungry, I'll put him down and he'll automatically start crying and want out. And he cries like crazy if I dare leave the room for a few seconds to make a bottle or go to the bathroom. And then when I do pick him up he wants to be down on the floor, but even though he can sit up really well and rarely falls, I'm hesitant about letting him crawl around on the floor since we have hard tile.
At night time we used to be able to put him down to sleep at around 8:30-9 pm, and he would get up once at 4 and then 7:30. But now he's very difficult to get to sleep for both naps and bed time, and will wake up every 3 hours. And whenever he used to wake up in the middle of the night he would just move around a bunch and then start talking and would go back to sleep after we fed him. But now he cries as soon as he wakes up and doesn't stop till he gets a bottle. Then he cries again when I put him down to change him. And, since he's learned to pull up on things and stand, he tries to stand in the bath tub and cries non stop when we keep making him sit down, so it's been very difficult to give him baths as well.
I have no idea what's going on or why this is happening, but if someone could even just tell me I'm not alone I would feel a lot better! My dad always says he doesn't remember any of us (my siblings and I) being like this, and it makes me feel like my baby isn't normal. I'm exhausted and stressed to the max, and am starting to get in a depression again with him acting out on top of everything else going on.
I'm sorry this was such a long post, I just don't know what to do anymore.
At night time we used to be able to put him down to sleep at around 8:30-9 pm, and he would get up once at 4 and then 7:30. But now he's very difficult to get to sleep for both naps and bed time, and will wake up every 3 hours. And whenever he used to wake up in the middle of the night he would just move around a bunch and then start talking and would go back to sleep after we fed him. But now he cries as soon as he wakes up and doesn't stop till he gets a bottle. Then he cries again when I put him down to change him. And, since he's learned to pull up on things and stand, he tries to stand in the bath tub and cries non stop when we keep making him sit down, so it's been very difficult to give him baths as well.
I have no idea what's going on or why this is happening, but if someone could even just tell me I'm not alone I would feel a lot better! My dad always says he doesn't remember any of us (my siblings and I) being like this, and it makes me feel like my baby isn't normal. I'm exhausted and stressed to the max, and am starting to get in a depression again with him acting out on top of everything else going on.
I'm sorry this was such a long post, I just don't know what to do anymore.
Re: 6 mo fussy and clingy?
My mom and in laws also continue to tell me how none of their children were like this... As if this makes me feel any better?!
My LO also is difficult to nap at times and will need her pacifier replaced 20 times before its lights out.
It takes a lot of patience and slows down a lot of my routine having to constantly be with her giving her attention, but at the end of the day this is merely temporary. In just a little while our babies will be running around the house trying to explore on their own !
It could be the object permanence. I stay at home with him all day every day except for when I have school at night. He doesn't have a problem with my parents or husband watching him, but when I'm home it doesn't matter who he's with or where he is, if he sees me leave the room he starts crying. Every once in a while he's fine if he's occupied with his toys or someone playing with him, but mostly he wants me to bring him everywhere with me. I hope it is just a phase that he grows out of because it's exhausting.
But like many of you have said, it does get better! Hang in there for any of you who are going through a fussy period (: I will definitely have to check out the wonder weeks!