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November 2012 Moms
Maebb
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MOTN inconsolable crying
Maebb
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DS is almost 13 months old, and this is the first night he has been absolutely inconsolable. I should probably consider myself lucky. But we are at my in-laws, and he has been crying for the past hour and probably waking everyone else up in the house.
Bottle (which I am trying to get rid of, but that is another story), rocking, rubbing his back, letting him lay with us, none of this is working. He will only stop crying momentarily if we walk around with him while he points to everything and says "This!" But then he starts crying again. We can't really let him CIO because we're in a house full of people, but he has been up and crying on and off for over an hour. He's obviously tired and doesn't have a fever. I'm almost at the point of putting him in the car and driving him around because he always stops crying that way. Ideas? Has anyone else experienced this? Maybe he's old enough to be freaked out that he's not at home in his own bed?
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Re: MOTN inconsolable crying
Traveling with kids is hard. ETA: I hope you guys are able to get some rest!
One night I tried getting him back to sleep for 2 hours then DH took him to our basement and they watched TV for two hours until DS fell asleep at 6am.
DS went back to the crib at 6:15 and was up by 7:30.
It was a rough day that day.
I suspect that DS is going to cut his molars soon. He's been gnawing on his fingers a lot this past month.
If it's not teeth, then I don't know what.
Good luck.
Makes me wish they could talk it out with us! Hope today is not too rough for you all
Me:36, DH:37
DS born 11/2012
BFP 7/26/14, Missed M/C at 8 weeks, discovered at 10 wks, 6 days, D&C 9/22/14, Dx: Partial molar pregnancy
For us the crying started at the beginning of this month. Like you, we noticed it when we were staying at someone else's house. We did all of the things you described here as well - and eventually assumed she must have an ear infection. We left the ER with a diagnosis of crankiness. She fell asleep in the car, thank god...and that put an end to that particular s#$%show. Since then, she has been getting up twice a night. On the second waking started giving her a bottle...so basically we now have a mid-night freak out a few times a week, and a regular going to bed s#$%show every night.
The only thing that has worked for me (because DH is the current favorite and has magical powers over LO...and I'm mud, by comparison), is placing her in a sitting position between my legs, facing outwards, breaking out a picture book and pointing to things while I rub her back or feet. She will start pointing at things too...and will, sometimes, topple over and go to bed.
...but..most of the time she screaming in our shared bedroom, and is only consoled by DH. Her top teeth aren't fully in...and there are no signs of her molars. I'm assuming that teething is the primary cause of her stress. Maybe your situation is similar?