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six week crying peak?

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Anyone going through this?  I read that crying peaks around 6 weeks and holy cow my baby has been cranky the last couple days.  I was just starting to get the hang of this mom-thing and I was good at soothing her when she cried.  Now none of those tricks work.  Luckily her cranky time tends to be in the afternoon, so at least I'm getting some rest at night...knock on wood.

I was just starting to get out of the house more, but now I feel like I need to stay at home with her.  I hear this can last a while too.  Is it just due to a growth spurt or is it colic?  Any suggestions?

 

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  • Scorpgirl444Scorpgirl444 member
    This makes sense to what I see at home with my son.  He's going through cranky time right now.  He's pretty good if I pick him up and he can fall asleep on me.  I just don't want to make that a habit.
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  • laurenhankeylaurenhankey member
    Oh yes! 6-7 weeks was the hardest time for us! Just as we thought we got a handle on it and were having fun being parents THAT happened! It was like having a 2 week old all over again! She is now almost 10 weeks and is soooooo much better :)
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  • khill86khill86 member
    Yep. Weeks 6 to 8 were miserable. DS didn't nap at all and I would spend all day trying to stop his crying or keep him from crying. At 8 weeks a switch flipped. He took 3 good naps every day, he hardly cries, he'll fuss but it takes a lot to get to a real cry. He's happy and smiles. But those 2 weeks, I stayed locked up in the house as much as possible. When we did go anywhere, one of us always ended up taking DS out to the car and sometimes, we didn't even make it out of the car! One of us just ran in and did the errand or shopping as fast as possible while the other occupied DS in the car!
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  • SunAndRainSunAndRain member

    We're in week 6 now and I have to say this is SO much better than what went through in week 5!  I was trying to wean off formula and exclusively breast feed so DD was latched ALL the time.  She was fussy.  I was exhausted.  DH was freaking out worried that she wasn't getting enough to eat (weight gain indicated she was).  AND there was mucus in her diaper leading to a food allergy diagnosis.  So upset tummy?  Growth spurt?  Adjustment tno more formula?  Who knows.  To top it all off MIL was visit that entire week and I was a basket case and all she wanted me to do was sit with her when all I wanted to do was to be alone with DD and get her sorted without being watched constantly.

    Speaking of..DD just started crying :)

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  • rsmidtisursmidtisu
    Totally.   The past 2-3 weeks were pretty rough with fussiness and crying.  Today he is 9 weeks and he is doing so much better. He is napping and is more content.  Hang in there!
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  • JinnifahJinnifah member
    67 week's were pretty bad for us too. He became a much happier baby after that. Now at 11 weeks, he fusses all of 30mins over the course if a normal day
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  • traveltheworldtraveltheworld member
    Oh yes.  DS just turned 6 weeks today and is like a switch - he was a pretty good baby, only cried when he was hungry/over-tired.  But all day today he'd wake up from his nap and cry, and needed to be held almost all day!  Glad to hear that others are going through this too.
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  • jasrun80jasrun80 member
    This post has become a life changer! My 6 wk old has been awful today & I didn't know about any of this peaking,,, I'm hopingnthatsvmy story too. Ugg! Thanks for this post! I'm reminded things will change! 
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  • JulieC418JulieC418
    How do you know if it's the 6 week peak vs. colic?

    My daughter will be 8 weeks on Friday and it's been miserable at least since week 5, if not before. Between each nap, I feed her then spend 3045 minutes getting her to sleep/stop crying. Her 6 week growth spurt was obvious because she ate so much more, but I don't think I ever got the hibernation that was supposed to follow...

    She has reflux, gas, runny bms and really bad congestion at night so she spends her naps in her swing and now we exclusively put her in her car seat for night sleep. Two nights ago, she slept 5.5 hours, but usually sleeps no more than three or four. I'm exhausted and I think it's hilarious how much time I spent thinking about how to get her to sleep through the night as quickly as possible when I was pregnant. If I could have her wake up only once during the night then get back into a deep sleep not a loud, fussy sleep that makes us think she's always about to wake up, that would be wonderful!
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