There Will Be No Happys.

mollyxcate · June 2013

Seriously, running out of ideas with Chloe lately. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with teething/growth spurts but unless she is in the water (tub or pool) or eating she is fussing. Actually she grunts and fusses while shes eating (usually because she wants me to feed her faster and I'm waiting for her to swallow the previous bite).

I'm home all day with a baby who whines at me. She whines when I play with her, or when I don't play with her. She whines at her toys, non-toys are cool for 5 minutes, then she hates them too.

The only thing I can do other than feeding her or shoving her in the tub is taking her out for a run. But after 45 minutes I can't run/jog any more and she is not a huge fan of walking slow and by 9 am its too warm.

Anyone else going through this? Will this end before shes 5?

mollyxcate · June 2013

It could be? But shes always been a talker and this is pretty different sounding. I mean she may just be trying new things too.

Most of the time she just lays on her belly while flailing her arms and legs, stares at me disapprovingly, and makes a whiny toddler sound.

mindymaske · June 2013

shes not crawling yet right?

alot changed for us when Scarlet started crawling. She could go where ever she wanted and she is a super happy girl now. If she fusses now, its because shes either tired or hungry.

Good luck, hopefully she'll be happy soon

JulieMarie21 · June 2013

I've basically had 10 months of this behavior. I hope what pp said is true, that once she becomes mobile she'll be more content.

bigbootyjudi · June 2013

kikimo327:
Are you sure she's fussing and not "vocalizing"? A lot of the noises Leo makes sounds like he's in pain or angry, but really, it's just tickling his throat.

Yep, this is G too. He just screams all of the time...but he's not mad. He has just realized that he can.

If he truly is bored with something, he'll crawl away from it.

Honestly, the best thing we do here is dump out his toy basket and let him dig through it. It keeps him occupied for quite a bit.

Have you looked into any mom groups on Meetup or anything?

mollyxcate · June 2013

I need to look up mom groups but I have such social anxiety it's hard. I need to suck it up and do it though.

She can army crawl now and get where she wants and I thought that would fix the fussy problem but it seems to only make it worse? I don't understand.

She has terrible timing to be fussy. I'm very stressed and tired.

PaisleyRuth · June 2013

I can't give you much hope. I have 2 like that, one of whom is 2.5. It seems like it is just one fussy stage after another. Fussy til they can sit up, then fussy til they can crawl, then til they can walk, then til they can say words, then til they can communicate in sentences... I haven't gotten past that yet. I've heard age 3 is worse than 2, but that 4 is great. Ugh.

JayandEmm · June 2013

There's a wonder week somewhere between 40 and 46 weeks or something like that. Ds hasn't eaten solid food, or slept longer than an hour [if I'm lucky] in 6 days. He basically just wants me to hold him and carry him around all day, if I'm not, he's fussing/crying. This.shizz.is.rough.

I just keep reminding myself that these phases don't last forever, and he'll be back to being a happy baby before I know it.

latnprincess · June 2013

Liam is also perfecting his "this does not make me happy" sounds. We cannot tell the boy no without him making this grunting/pushing sound and looking at us like "I don't like what you said". Don't take it personal, its this stage I think. Don't stress it. Let her learn and you just keep smiling at her!

If its teething related, maybe give motrin? I'm all about motrin for teething girl! Why make both of you suffer??

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