grumpy little bugger (xp from 3-6)

livalil319 · February 2012

Hi folks! I don't post on here very often, but I have a 3.5 year old and a 5 month old. For the last month and a half my 5 month old is insanely grumpy. Literally all day. And it's getting worse it seems. We get maybe 15 or 30 happy minutes after she wakes up but that's not even consistent. We've done sleep training since I thought she was so grumpy because of lack of sleep, but now her nights are pretty good and days are so-so on sleep, and she is still.grumpy. Anybody else? There is no sign of teeth to come, and I tried tylenol to no avail

. I've read that some babies get very irritable when they are learning new things...this is feasible since she has learned to roll both ways, is very close to crawling and has started sitting. It's making me bonkers though! She's not even happy when I am carrying her around. I thought my son was grumpy but he's not nothing on her. Every day I think I'll call her pedi, but then I laugh at myself because what would I tell the nurses when they ask why we need an appt... "Ummm because she's cranky." Right. Don't think that's a very good reason when everything else seems fine. Anybody else in the same boat? Tips?

Misty001 · February 2012

Owyn has been the same; just had our 6 month check up and they recomended supplimenting with formula and starting rice cereal. Also in the middle of a growth spurt...so lots of fun!

Mish2g · February 2012

We had the unhappiest baby ever from birth to about 5 months. Once he started sleeping more at night, he became much happier. This also coincided with us cutting his breast milk intake by 10 oz per day (went from 40 - 30). I think he was just too full...and maybe bloated. He's much much happier now!!

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