4 Months and EXTREMELY Fussy all of the sudden....

cchaarlie · April 2013

My daughter was a NICU Baby for the first 3 weeks she was alive, when we finally got to take her home, she was relatively fussy for about 3 weeks, wouldn't sleep without us holding her, not for more then 2 hours etc...very standard baby stuff. Then we got lucky, and I admitted it every time somebody asked about her, but she consecutively slept through the night from about 2 and a half months on, for a minimum of 6 hours.

These past couple of days, maybe about 4 or 5, she has been RIDICULOUSLY fussy at night time. Once about 8 o'clock hits, she's screaming and yelling, she won't take a bottle without a huge fuss, she won't lie down, she doesn't want to swing, she doesn't want to sit, she doesn't want to be held. Literally there is nothing we can do for her except maybe walking around....what the heck is happening??? I realize some people are dealing with this every day and it's totally normal, it's just not for my LO and I was wondering if anybody knew what could be going on? I checked for teething and didn't really see anything so I'm not sure if that's it or not, but she has been chewing on this a lot more lately.

If anybody has had similar experiences, ANY advice would help, I'm just feeling helpless not knowing what is wrong or how to help her!!

cchaarlie · April 2013

Also, I was just reading other posts, apparently it's quite normal to have a Mommy-only phase. It seems when I'm around, she wants Dad to do nothing, and she gives him the hardest time possible, but once I got upstairs to bed and close the door, she will

kjsmith9 · April 2013

cchaarlie:
Also, I was just reading other posts, apparently it's quite normal to have a Mommyonly phase. It seems when I'm around,

kjsmith9 · April 2013

MichieU79:
I am not there yet, but read that between 34 months some babies push up their slep time naturally on their own. What you

jobiann · April 2013

Here too, DS used to go to bed around 9:00 or 9:30pm every night up until he was about 6 weeks old, then we started reading his cues and put him to bed around 7 or 7:30pm and he is so much better. STTN until 6am usually.

Wild_flower25 · April 2013

I think she might be over-tired because you're putting her to bed too late. Try moving up bedtime to 7:30/8.

gnomemom · April 2013

Welcome to the 4 month wakeful. All of this is totally normal. Babies go temporarily insane at 4 months and forget how to sleep, become fussy and extra clingy. The good news is, it's temporary. You may have some teething issues soon, but the fussiness

sweetsteddybear · April 2013

Ok so my DS has just started this as well. Just the last few nights. He wants his dad until I walk in the room as well. But from 6-9 he cry's and cries and screams and cries. I check to make sure he is not hungry (breastfeeding he cries on the breast.)