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The witching hour...

JKGymnastJKGymnast member
in September 2011 Moms
I don't think I've seen anyone mention this yet.

Rylee now has a added a witching hour to her routine! It's soooo much fun! :-( It's been going on for four nights now. 1st night lasted 10-11pm, 2nd was 10-11pm, 3rd was 10-10:30pm, and last night... TWO stinking hours, 10-12am! Screaming her little head off.

I've tried everything I can think of... White noise, calming lotion, a bath prior to relax her prior to 10pm, gas drops, nursing, etc... Its our guess which 'trick' will finally calm her down...

So, who else is with me...? What works for you? When did it start? When will it end?;-)

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  • TheFannins729TheFannins729 member
    the 5 s's were our lifesaver with ds1.  I remember pacing with him in the living bawling my eyes out in the middle of the night while he cried in my arms.  then someone told me to try that and it actually worked.  let's see if I remember:  shhhing (really loud.  like, laugh at yourself kinda loud), sway, swaddle, sucking and being held on their side/stomach. 
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  • kenandlaura06kenandlaura06

    Just like TheFannins said, the 5s are key.  If you can get your hands on The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD, it does a great job of explaining it and has good sound extras you can play to calm the baby....it really works!

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  • VitaminCVitaminC member

    DS1 used to cry from like 4-7 pm every day for a while.  The vaccum really helped us.  We would turn it on and he would stop crying like someone flipped a switch.  I used to dance with him to hip hop/R+B too.  If you don't want to run an actual vaccum you can try https://yap2nap.com/. 

    DS2 has had a few fussy moments.  I've tried using Gripe Water.  That seems to calm him down a bit.  He's super gassy and I feel like it helped him.  It's just ginger and fennel.  So I like giving him that rather than gas drops.  But I do those too sometimes. 

    I've done the swaddle and shushing from the 5 S's. Only because those were the only two I could remember.  Other than swing and I needed to get more batteries for the swing.   

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  • hisaakhisaak
    our "hour" is from 7-9pm.  And as others have said, the Happiest Baby on the Block saved our house.  With DS and now with DD. 
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  • Mereou12Mereou12 member

    imagehisaak:
    our "hour" is from 7-9pm.  And as others have said, the Happiest Baby on the Block saved our house.  With DS and now with DD. 

    Same here. There's lots of shooshing and swaying a swaddled baby from 7-9 or 10 in this house.

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  • iahlgreniahlgren

    Our "hour" is from about 7 or 8 until 10 p.m. Ugh! At least she sleeps through the night, though.

    We use the 5 "s" techniques from Happiest Baby. It isn't the same thing that works each time, though, so you have to try a bunch of them. 

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