If DC1 was fussy...

RandiDeeAnn

Was DC2? I know I'm far away from having any more kids (minipill don't fail me know), but LO keeps having spurts of fussiness. I can barely take it now. I BF and she has a milk protien sensitivity. That seemed to improve her "colic" symptoms at first. Then she went crazy again. I don't really think we got it all straightened out, but now she is back to being crazy. She hasn't been sleeping well, nursing all night long, fussy at times during the day. I just keep thinking that there is no way I could do this again, especially not with a toddler. Please give me hope. Our "plan" was to have two children the old fashioned way and adopt a third, something DH is passionate about.

JenninMA

Based on your post she doesn't sound exceptionally fussy, she just sounds like a 5 month old. When DD was that age there were many nights when I vowed not to have any more kids, but clearly I changed my mind. I find the first 6-8 months with a baby to be pretty rough. It gets better. If it didn't no one in the world with access to birth control would ever have another child.

summerbrideDC

I only have one, and he was a tough infant--didnt' really stop screaming until he was 7-8 months old.  BUT I have a lot of friends who said that their 2nd baby was a DREAM compared to their first.  I hung out with three friends in the past week who have 2nd babies who were/are MUCH easier than their firsts.  I swear the universe must know there's only so much we can take & balances things out for us. LOL  

RandiDeeAnn

JenninMA:

Based on your post she doesn't sound exceptionally fussy, she just sounds like a 5 month old. When DD was that age there were many nights when I vowed not to have any more kids, but clearly I changed my mind. I find the first 6-8 months with a baby to be pretty rough. It gets better. If it didn't no one in the world with access to birth control would ever have another child.

Well....it is more that I have flashbacks to the four months where all she did was cry...all. day. long. She does well for a bit and then starts to regress again. Each time seems like it is less severe than the previous one.

JenninMA

RandiDeeAnn:

JenninMA:

Based on your post she doesn't sound exceptionally fussy, she just sounds like a 5 month old. When DD was that age there were many nights when I vowed not to have any more kids, but clearly I changed my mind. I find the first 6-8 months with a baby to be pretty rough. It gets better. If it didn't no one in the world with access to birth control would ever have another child.

Well....it is more that I have flashbacks to the four months where all she did was cry...all. day. long. She does well for a bit and then starts to regress again. Each time seems like it is less severe than the previous one.

 

Ouch, that does sound bad. DS was a more mellow baby than DD was but I think he's going to make up for it in toddlerhood.

shopgirl78

I think my first was the most fussy but I think that reasons are twofold: 

1.  I was a new mother and didn't know all the tricks of the trade & too caught up on "the rules" 

2.   My boy have to wait longer for mommy.  They had to cry longer so they are a bit more patient.  They know I will get there...eventually.

I never had a colic or reflux baby though.  

That being said, my youngest son is 6 months old and has his fussy moments.  He likes to be held but with three kids that isn't always possible. He does have to cry sometimes and wait his turn. 

No one can make you have another child but there are some great advantages...namely DC having a playmate which can take the burden (maybe not the right word) of being sole entertainer off you...the infant stage is relatively short compared to the rest of childhood, you don't have to make the decision now but know this stage will not last forever.

Lantaria

My first was a great baby.  My second was a nightmare.  I love him so much, but all he did was cry.  He is two now and he still whines ALL THE TIME.  I think it is just his personality.  Our daughter is more like my oldest (unless she is teething-then watch out).  

Zenya

both of mine had dairy/soy issues (And my second had egg intolerances, too).  If she's reacting to milk there's a good chance she's reacting to soy, too.

So, mine were fussy until I got my diet sorted out.