i have a question about my 0-3 month old

Califlorida · February 2010

but i prefer to ask it here. :P every night at around 8 or 9, Penny gets ridiculous. she cries and cries and nothing we do (mylicon, gripe water, nursing, tummy, rocking, front pack, swing, bouncy, paci, etc etc ad nauseum) nothing works.

and then when she's done her best crying for an hour, she finally settles and goes to sleep. it can't be colic, right? i thought that was an all day thing. this is just an hour every night thing.

userdeleted · February 2010

I think it's normal for babies to have a "witching hour." Usually they grow out of it around 3 months (although Charlie seems to be ramping his up even more which is really confusing me). I think they usually say that to be colic it has to go on for 3 or more hours per day.

Hopefully she stops soon! I know it can be nerve wracking!

NicoleWI · February 2010

Our baby had those rough evenings, too, without it really being the textbook "colic." It goes away!!

abrtpk1 · February 2010

I don't know much about colic but I do think it tends to flare up at night (from my understanding, it lasts more than an hour...around 3 or so hours)

Sorry:( That's so sad...Emmerson used to get fussy too...not colicky but def. fussy for extended periods of time (she did have reflux) and we would just bounce and shoosh...and bounce and shoosh. Our yoga ball was the best thing. Could it be reflux?

kelbrian · February 2010

It's her 'witching hour.' Liliana had the same exact thing at the same exact time for months too.

Mrs.Hizzo · February 2010

I think this is really common. And I always thought that colic is typically in the evening. My niece had a horrible case of it, and for her it was 5:00 - 9:00 every single night. I hope it resolves for you soon.

1MusicMaker · February 2010

I have heard of babies going through this. I hope she grows out of it quickly!!

I wrote you back already, too!

whitless · February 2010

like the other replies have said, it's probably just her bad time of day. However, if she's been awake for a while at that point in the evening, then she could be overtired. When my DS was that little, he could really only be awake for about 1 hour (including eating) before needing to go back to sleep. Not sure what your schedule is like, but if necessary you may consider trying to get her to sleep much earlier (if that's even the case!)

faBriezy · February 2010

Ugh, sorry Cali. When Asher was a NB he cried for 1-2 hours every evening. The thing that worked was holding him upright on my lap while bouncing on an exercise ball, sometimes with the dustbuster going. This was the magic combo, it had to be vigorous bouncing, nothing else worked. And then we figured out that he needed to go to bed at that time. Around 6-8 weeks we started putting him to bed at 7:30-8 (still do) and that was the end of the witching hour.

Califlorida · February 2010

fab- dh and i were just discussing this. maybe this means the end of keeping her up on the couch with us till we're ready? i guess she could be telling us she needs to go to bed. we'll give it a go tomorrow night.

megd06 · February 2010

Our son did that up until 3 or 4 months--every night from about 6 to 7, he'd scream. and scream. We figured out that if we walked outside with him (it was warm) he would instantly stop. We'd sometimes put his swing on the porch and let him sit out there while we just sat by him and he'd just hang out. Baths also helped.

KarBear · February 2010

Like the pp said, our DD went through the exact same thing from about 6-12 weeks she would cry from about 5-9pm. It was a nightmare! I wish I could tell you how to fix it.

1MusicMaker · February 2010

megd06:
Our son did that up until 3 or 4 months--every night from about 6 to 7, he'd scream. and scream. We figured out that if we walked outside with him (it was warm) he would instantly stop. We'd sometimes put his swing on the porch and let him sit out there while we just sat by him and he'd just hang out. Baths also helped.

Oh yeah! Walking outside always helped for us, too!

macchiatto · February 2010

kelbrian:
It's her 'witching hour.' Liliana had the same exact thing at the same exact time for months too.

Yep, this.

Fortunately the evening fussiness usually peaks around 6 weeks so hopefully the worst will be behind you soon.

Jessibell · February 2010

That sounds exactly like colic. Colic lasts less than 3 hours a day and usually happens in the evening.

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