Fussy Time

cori514 · December 2010

I know it's normal for babies to be fussy at around the same time every day, but listening to a crying baby during dinner every.single.night is getting old...when will she outgrow this? I hate it because it starts the second DH walks in from work and she stops as soon as I put her to bed. I really try hard to keep her up until 7, but I want to put her to bed at 5.30 Confused

hendy02 · December 2010

maybe she needs longer naps during the day? dd wasn't napping well and we were keeping her up until 8 at night and it was miserable. so i started setting a good nap schedule and we put her down around 7 now and she's much happier. we'd love to have her up later but not if she's tired -- then no ones happy! now that she has some good naps during the day, she is in much better shape. i'd thought that she'd sleep if she needed to and would figure out her own nap schedule, but she's a baby

that's what we are there for... lesson learned.

cori514 · December 2010

Hmmm...I dont really have her on a schedule, but she does take a 2-3 hour nap in the morning and usually 2, 1 hour naps in the afternoon. I really have no idea how long a baby needs to sleep during the day, but she sleeps from 7pm until 6am too. I usually just put her down when she is fussy and she passes out. Maybe I should read up on that. Thanks!

starlettedir · December 2010

The witching hour? ;-)

I've found that feeding her right before that time helps out a lot.

RosesRRed · December 2010

Kyle was doing that at 2 months and we attributed it to him not sleeping enough during the day. I am not sure if he out grew it or we just got the hang of the schedule he needed. Around 3 months we started putting him down between 7-8 depending on how tired he is and he has been a very happy baby.

step2mom2010 · December 2010

RosesRRed:
Kyle was doing that at 2 months and we attributed it to him not sleeping enough during the day. I am not sure if he out grew it or we just got the hang of the schedule he needed. Around 3 months we started putting him down between 7-8 depending on how tired he is and he has been a very happy baby.

This was us as well. Kolby wasn't sleeping at daycare and by the time we got home with him it was a nightmare. We would have a screaming child thru dinner. Now he has gotten better at sleeping at school (took almost two months!) He takes a long nap in the morning then a long nap in the afternoon and a 45 minute nap when we get home from school and then sleeps from 8p to 6a. I agree with the other post, might look at a nap schedule. See if that helps.

erica_kaspar · December 2010

Olivia used to do this alot and Dylan would be so upset when he got home saying, she is always so grumpy when he came home.

I think she outgrew it at about 2 months.

ayersfam20 · December 2010

Collin does the same thing at night right around 7:30. I started giving him his bath between 7-7:30, swaddling him, feeding him (even if it's just a "top off") and then putting him to bed.

He used to do it around 5pm and I tried to make him stay up b/c I was afraid he wouldn't sleep if it was that close to bed time. I've begun letting him nap around 5-ish and he's a peach. He still sleeps from 8p-between 6&8am so it hasn't messed with his STTN.

CareBear01 · December 2010

I would say similar to ayers. Do you think you think you can put LO down right when you get home for a mini-nap, then maybe not put down for the night until around 8:30? You might be surprised that it might work fine.

erica_kaspar · December 2010

CareBear01:
I would say similar to ayers. Do you think you think you can put LO down right when you get home for a mini-nap, then maybe not put down for the night until around 8:30? You might be surprised that it might work fine.

This is what we do sorry I should have said that earlier. We let her take a mini nap between 4-7 just to get her through bedtime. I read that in Baby Whisper and really think it helps.

cori514 · December 2010

erica_kaspar:

CareBear01:
I would say similar to ayers. Do you think you think you can put LO down right when you get home for a mini-nap, then maybe not put down for the night until around 8:30? You might be surprised that it might work fine.

This is what we do sorry I should have said that earlier. We let her take a mini nap between 4-7 just to get her through bedtime. I read that in Baby Whisper and really think it helps.

I always try to put her down around 4.30, but she wont have it. She will cry and cry and cry. I guess I should try putting her down BEFORE the meltdown starts...but the weird thing is that if I walk outside with her, she stops crying immediately and then as soon as I walk back in, it starts again. Yesterday I sat outside with her for an hour (during her fussy time) and she was happy as could be.

Suzi-G- · December 2010

cori514:
erica_kaspar:

CareBear01:
I would say similar to ayers. Do you think you think you can put LO down right when you get home for a mini-nap, then maybe not put down for the night until around 8:30? You might be surprised that it might work fine.

This is what we do sorry I should have said that earlier. We let her take a mini nap between 4-7 just to get her through bedtime. I read that in Baby Whisper and really think it helps.

I always try to put her down around 4.30, but she wont have it. She will cry and cry and cry. I guess I should try putting her down BEFORE the meltdown starts...but the weird thing is that if I walk outside with her, she stops crying immediately and then as soon as I walk back in, it starts again. Yesterday I sat outside with her for an hour (during her fussy time) and she was happy as could be.

I won't give sleep advice because my kid doesn't sleep well and I've tried everything. But I wanted to say Cooper always did that--- he could be screaming his head off but if you walked outside he stopped instantly. It was almost like a party trick because it was so instantaneous. My parents kept him during the day from about 10 weeks to 6 months and that was always their failsafe-nothing-else-works solution--- sitting out back with Grandad!

Unfortunately I think the fussy period is just something they go through. You may or may not find a solution but in time she'll definitely outgrow it. Sorry, it sucks.

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