What is going on with my baby??

mediaperuana · March 2014

I'm not discounting demonic possession. Last night he woke crying at 1a, wouldn't go back to sleep until 2:30, and then woke up several more times before being up for the day at 6:30. Thought maybe teeth, has been refusing even his favorite foods.
Tonight put him to bed at 7:30, and he's now been awake since 9:15p, crying on and off. Gave him Motrin before bed, so can't do more. Even tried putting him in our bed, no dice, he wouldn't even lay down.
I feel so lost, don't know what to do. Even as an infant he didn't do this much crying.

colinsfebmommy · March 2014

Do u have one of those nets to put fruit in? Try an ice cube in there and let the baby suck that hopefully it might help.

tamarar5 · March 2014

E did this exact thing and I thought he was coming down with a cold. Turns out he had TWO molars coming in. They broke through a few days later. And he developed an ear infection, but I don't know if that was legit sickness, or caused by crying, or as a result of teething. I'm sorry!

octobermama87 · March 2014

DS has started doing some of the same things. And also just generally fussy lately. (He's never fussy). Yesterday morning I was feeding him a banana and he just so happened to open his mouth wide enough for me to see the he has 3 of 4 of his molar coming in!!!! Wowza kid!!!! So tonight I gave him some Tylenol and put him to bed, but he's already woken up a couple times. Poor kid. :-(

mediaperuana · March 2014

thanks all. sounds like it's typical teething behavior, so i'll keep that as my "diagnosis" for now, and see how long it lasts. he ended up being awake until close to 11 last night. he had several more wake ups during the night, but all were quick. and he seems his usual playful self today, if a little tired.

i remember when one of my wisdom teeth was infected, the pain was tolerable during the day, but as soon as i would start to drift to sleep, it would flare up and be unbearable. and OTC pain med did nothing. perhaps something similar happens with teething. poor babies.

the crying just gets me because he's never been a big crier. he calmed down if i rocked him in the chair, and drift off. but as soon as i got up to put him in the crib, he'd start again. i would've just slept with him in the chair if i thought i could do it without dropping him. less room in my lap these days . . . how will i ever survive TWO of these guys?!?

Puck1182 · March 2014

My guess is teething. We're going through something similar. DD went from usually sleeping through the night to only doing so once or twice a week for the past month or so. Several times a week she will wake up in the middle of the night and cry for like 2 hours straight, even if we're holding her. She's got at least 8 teeth coming in right now, at least that I can see (WTF?! Poor kid!), so I know she's in pain.

I even gave in and took her into bed with me around 11 last night in the hopes of getting a good night's sleep, since she always sleeps better that way (I try not to make it a habit though, I don't want her to expect it to always be the case!) and she still woke up at 2:00am crying really hard and begging to nurse. It sucks, because I had her totally night weaned, but nursing is the only thing that seems to relieve her pain enough for her to fall back to sleep.

Unfortunately, I think this is one of those things that we may just need to suck it up and deal with, since no amount of sleep training is going to teach a baby to deal with teething pain on his or her own. :-(

kelly321 · March 2014

A while ago I posted about molars and definitely used the term "demon possession" as a description of how it was with DD1. DD2 hasn't gotten hers yet. I'm not looking forward to it. Anyway, if I hear a parent saying that there child all of a sudden started going absolutely nuts, and especially if they say "it's like s/he's possessed," I immediately think of molar teething. Good luck. It will pass.

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