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Tell me I'm not alone!!!

Tch4lfeTch4lfe member
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I haven't seen this posted in awhile...so please tell me I'm not the only one still dealing with the witching hour!!! My dd is almost 12 weeks and every SINGLE night when we try to put her down she screams bloody murder! My DH and I have to take turns every 10 minutes or so rocking her so we don't completely loose our patience. We have tried every bedtime routine possible and still no luck! Please give me suggestions! How do yall calm down a hysterical baby at that time of night?! I bf and she will fall asleep eating but the minute I move she either screams again or will continue to look for the boob even though I know she's full. Help!
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  • CUBBIESMAMA3CUBBIESMAMA3 member
    I wish I knew what to do too. DD didn't scream, but she makes it obvious that something is going on. She fidgits, scratches my chest, & lets out little half cries. She tosses her head back and forth real suddenly and kicks me in the incision area. Its annoying. I usually ends up putting her down b/c I have no patience for that. She will usually go to asleep after that if she's not still hungry. You're not alone mama. She'll get over it soon.
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    withagrainofsalt said:

    Have you tried a pacifier after feeding? Pop one in and if she still seems hungry after 20-30 mins, offer again. That's what we do with my FF girl and 9/10 times she just wants to comfort suck.



    She will take the pacifier early in the day, but in the evening she pops it out and screams if you try.
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  • Tch4lfeTch4lfe member
    We've played around with it but have yet to find the perfect time. We have put her to be as early as 6:30 and she still screams!!
    withagrainofsalt said:


    Tch4lfe said:

    withagrainofsalt said:

    Have you tried a pacifier after feeding? Pop one in and if she still seems hungry after 20-30 mins, offer again. That's what we do with my FF girl and 9/10 times she just wants to comfort suck.



    She will take the pacifier early in the day, but in the evening she pops it out and screams if you try.

    Another thought...is it possible that by the time you're putting her to bed, she's just way too overly tired/overly stimulated? We had a few nights recently where LO just cried and fussed and couldn't be sated. Finally I started putting her down for the night at 7:30/8 versus 8:30/9 like we've done since she was born. It might be worth it to try and play with her bedtime a little. 

    We've played around with it but have yet to find the perfect time. We have put her to be as early as 6:30 and she still screams!!
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  • pshaortaopshaortao member
    How long do you wait to move her when she falls asleep after nursing? I used to have that problem then I started waiting at least 10, 15 minutes then touch her face and shift her body to see if she react really easily or not. Most of the time when she's really out of it, I don't have a problem putting her down anymore.


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    pshaortao said:

    How long do you wait to move her when she falls asleep after nursing? I used to have that problem then I started waiting at least 10, 15 minutes then touch her face and shift her body to see if she react really easily or not. Most of the time when she's really out of it, I don't have a problem putting her down anymore.

    My husband actually brought this up tonight. We have 2 school aged kids, so during the day it's just me and dd and I have no reason to rush so will sit with her awhile when she naps. In the evening though, I'd much rather be hanging out with them, then spending an hour getting her to go to sleep, so I don't wait as long to put her down. I guess I just need to suck it up for my own sanity.

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    criscbish said:

    Have you tried infant massage to calm her down? It'll help if she's got gas/stomach issues too. Just learned how to do a full body one tonight and couldn't believe how much LO loved it.

    I actually just bought lotion earlier in the day and worked that into her routing after bath tonight. I didn't have any special movement, but she did seem to like it!
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    wingardiumleviosa said:

    We were dealing with this again this week. We started focusing less on getting her to sleep and more on getting her to stop crying. We'd turn on some music and dance by the open window, or rock her by the stovetop fan on high. This usually stops her crying and shortly after, gets her to sleep as well.

    Good luck and hopefully it will end soon! Usually the worst of the witching hour passes around 3-4 months.

    That's probably a good idea to give her a change of scenery when she gets hysterical.

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  • ConversationFearConversationFear member

    Jiggling, bouncing, walk (fast pace, back and forth across the room), shushing, singing - we've done it all.

    Then we found the winner - RUNNING THE VACUUM. Works every time - but run it for a good 10 minutes at least. Just think - clean floors AND a calm baby. If she starts to cry when you stop, start it up again.

    Our LOs witching hour is starting to dissipate significantly (he's 3 months and has maybe 1-2 spells a week), but he's also taken to staring at the blinking lights on the Christmas tree too. That might work.

     

     

     

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  • anewadventureanewadventure member
    we still have the witching hour here, too. it started to be less terrible, but now we're in the midst of leap three. i'm hopeful for once this leap is over.

    pp's gave good advice. good luck.
                          
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  • meganmccrmeganmccr member
    DS is still sleeping in the swing so no problem getting him to sleep here. This isn't my first rodeo so I say do whatever works. He is 11 weeks and once I get my miracle suit I will try the transition into the crib
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  • TinkL0verTinkL0ver member
    E's witching hour is getting shorter. I've found taking her outside and swaying for about 10 minutes usually works. 
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  • herecomesthesun086herecomesthesun086 member
    My LO would scream everytime we tried the crib what ended up working for us was giving her a binky we read her a story while rocking her turn on her sound machine slip her into her crib and give her something to cuddle against most often my favorite cardigan that I wear around the house or one particular blanket (she doesn't like all blankets) and then we usually slip the blanket out after she's in a deep sleep we started this at the beginning of the month when I returned to work it's been working great
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  • herecomesthesun086herecomesthesun086 member
    Oh no my LO occasionally does this too ... Usually around six ...it's getting better as were forming a better routine but tonight she was a little terror I think because she was out and about with us today and then missed her evening nap because we had dinner with friends ... I KNOW she was exhausted by the time we got home but she was fighting it she was awful took almost three hours to get her in a deep sleep
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