Babies: 3 - 6 Months

So tired of the screaming!

Does anyone else's little one wake up like the fricken sky is falling? I've tried everything every book suggests and we only get 30 to 45 minute naps, and at that point there is no slow wake up, or just laying and cooing till I come in. He wakes up screaming bloody murder. I spend a half hour calming him down, which pits any hope of hom gping back to sleep out the window. Then I spend a half hour attempting to entertain him while he is fussy and cranky and screams the second he isn't entertained. Then I spend a half hour trying to get him back to sleep while he fussed and screams. The cycle continues from after his first nap at 9:30 until bedtime at 8ish. Since moving to crib he wakes 3 times a night screaming better than the 8 times he woke up whole cosleeping. The ONLY time he doesn't wake up screaming is if I intervene before he actually wakes up, such as if he is sleeping or napping with me. Ugh. Sorry to vent. Does anyone else go through this? I'm exhausted!
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Re: So tired of the screaming!

  • Does he maybe have reflux? Maybe that is what's waking him. The burning really hurts them.

    That's my only thought.
    Hang in there!!
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  • Hmm yeah he does have reflux. Sadly he reacts badly to the medications they've offered. I do tummy sleeping at an incline. Which seemed to cut down on his reflux. I alsp do all the reflux suggestions, such as keeping up right, etc.
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  • IMO it's the reflux bothering him.  What kind of bad reactions is he having to the reflux meds? Which is worse: his reaction to the meds or him screaming from the reflux?  We give LO (pedi's advice) rice cereal in her bottle for reflux.  It's helped out SO much!  She has terrible reflux and even with the meds she was still having symptoms.  Maybe talk to your pedi, this may be an option for you.  Have you seeked out other alternatives for his reflux?
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  • This absolutely is the case in our house.  First off, I think the need to be entertained and fussy cranky time is because they are still tired...my LO does this too.  She also wakes from naps after 30 minutes to the second and can't settle again...I know she's not getting enough sleep I just don't know how to fix it.  We too have tried every suggestion in the book! Also the waking up screaming (from like 0-60 in no time at all) happens here too. Again I have no clue but I just wanted you to know your not alone....in this house it has nothing to do with reflux so I'm completely at a loss!
  • Same non-reflux screaming here. It's so hard. A few days ago, I screamed into a pillow. Today, I was pounding the bed. I had to lay him down in the bathroom and turn the fan on so I could go cry on the bed. Oddly enough, he enjoyed that and laid in there and talked to himself for at least 10 minutes while I cried it out. Then he went back to fussing, but I had my sanity back and I could go and get him. It's been worse these past two weeks than anything I went through in the first three and a half months. 

    He's happy enough in the morning. He screams all afternoon long. Then he's relatively happy again in the evening. Every time I start to think "he's got to be in pain, I should call the pedi" he calms down or finally falls asleep for a while. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with him but I just can't listen to the screaming and I can't figure out how to make him happy in the afternoons. 

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  • I dont know if you are using a binky or not. My LO would wake and cry a million times a night when it would fall out. It was horrible. I was also luck if I could get a half hour nap out of her. We tried just taking the binky away. I has been hard. We have done four nights without it. She still cries off and on the first two or three hours after we get her to bed but has been having very few wake ups at night. She also has reflex and our Dr has us put some rice in her bottle at night to thicken the milk. It has helped. I do one tablespoon rice in 4-6 oz of milk. Its so hard to hear your baby cry nonstop. I am so sorry. You are a great mom! I hope you are able to get some rest soon.
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