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LO won't stop crying

Cadg0986Cadg0986 member
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I'm going slightly crazy. LO has always been vocal but nothing too extreme. Well wednesday she hit 6 weeks and started to become really fussy and it has progressively gotten worse. We figured it was the start of her 6 weeks growth spurt but it's been awfully hard. Today has been by far pretty much the roughest day thus far. She has been crying most of the day and nothing DH and I do can soothe her. I've tried so many things to try to soothe her....we've been feeding her on demand (like she's been wanting to eat every 1-2 hours all day), walking her around, using the pacifier, swing, bounced, tried a bath, tried everything we could think of. I just need to know if anyone else is in the same boat as us or if anyone has advise?

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  • jaymee1021jaymee1021 member
    Omgsh this is my life today. We have had the happiest, easiest little guy until last night. He turned 6 weeks today and has been crying NONSTOP. I feel so bad for him because nothing we do will appease him. Hope your lo gets happy soon!
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  • hollieandaaron2012hollieandaaron2012 member
    This is us today too! And she is six weeks today.

    I have been nursing every hour and for a long period of time too. I can't believe how much she had eaten.

    Could your LO be extra fussy from not getting a nap? Try to get him to sleep right after nursing.
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  • mammatoomcmammatoomc member
    I think my LO is hitting his 6 week spurt early. (5 weeks tomorrow). Slept most of yesterday and early on today. For the last 6 hours of tonight he's done nothing but cry. He's such an easy baby usually. But he does have "witching hours" which usually only last an hour to 2 at most and not every night.. I felt awful that I couldn't console him tonight. I think he's finally down for the night (fingers crossed he doesn't wake up now that I say this). I certainly hope we don't have a repeat tomorrow.
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  • egen78egen78 member
    Sounds like you've tried everything. The only thing I can think of is swaddling. Sounds like a growth spurt. Hang in there!!!
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  • Crystal7perryCrystal7perry member
    Mine was 6 weeks Wednesday and we've been going through periods of this since Monday. My doctor said that at 6 weeks babies often are starting to become more aware and it's like they get neurologically overwhelmed and have a period where they're super cranky. I guess we just have to tough it out and hope our food babies will be back soon. It's nice to see we aren't alone!
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  • OhBaby+2013OhBaby+2013 member
    Have you tried a car ride or stroller ride? For my kids getting in the car / stroller usually is an instant nap. As a pp suggested baby might be over tired now and that always means bad news! Goodnight luck and hang in there!
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  • ScarlettsMommy0515ScarlettsMommy0515 member
    I second going for a walk in the stroller! If all else has failed this works wonders for us!
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  • HollowstockHollowstock member
    Try the Happiest Baby on the Block techniques (you can YouTube it)... swaddling, white noise, holding her on her side when you rock her. And check for hair wrapped around toes as PP suggested. It will get better! (Right? I'm a FTM so what do I know!?)
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  • Cadg0986Cadg0986 member
    Thank you all. We tried a car ride and she just screamed through all 20 minutes that we tried. She's usually good with car rides too. :-/ We couldn't do a walk because we live in up-upstate NY so it's super cold. We also checked her toes and we made sure she wasn't too hot or cold. We also swaddled her--she loves it so that's one of the first things we try whenever she's really unhappy (if she's full and clean).
    She finally settled down around 1 and slept until 3:30, ate, then fell back to sleep until 6 and her screaming has started again. That sleeping pattern isn't normal for her so she is definitely feeling off--she's been pretty consistent since about week 2 at night of going every 3-4 hours. But she just fell asleep again so I'm hoping that she's just overtired now and will get some more rest and feel better. But who knows. This is exhausting and sad because I just want to help her. It's never been like this in her 6 and a half weeks of life so it was a shock.

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  • OhBaby+2013OhBaby+2013 member
    Glad your LO got some sleep. But hold on tight because the weeks and months ahead are going to rock your world. Just when you think little one has hit their stride...BAM...wonder week! With DS#1 he started sleeping 10-12 hrs at 8 weeks and he was such a great sleep then the 4 month wakefuls hit and it was 2 months of brutal nights. I'm more prepared for it this time so I'm hopeful it won't kick my ass quite as bad!
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  • Cadg0986Cadg0986 member
    I think we are gonna see about switching from Enfamil infant to Enfamil gentlease.

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  • melkeeneymelkeeney member
    We have an app on our phones that makes a vacuum sound! Works great!
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  • NerdyNurseNerdyNurse member
    https://youtu.be/PgkZf6jVdVg
    This "baby language" has really worked for us. It sounds crazy but I swear it totally works!
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  • mgk207mgk207 member
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    @Nerdy Nurse‌, that is really cool! Thanks for sharing!!

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  • egen78egen78 member
    Thank you so much for sharing this. So helpful!
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  • aaron&coreyaaron&corey member
    @NerdyNurse‌ that's awesome! Got the hungry talk down already- looking forward to learning the other ones!
    Thanks for sharing :)
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  • NerdyNurseNerdyNurse member
    There is also an app that helps you learn the 5 cries, it's called baby ears. It makes it easy to listen to them over and over again. It also has a quiz and a helpful tips page.
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  • PhDMommaPhDMomma member
    Cadg0986 said:
    I think we are gonna see about switching from Enfamil infant to Enfamil gentlease.
    We are using Similac Sensitive (same thing in the Similac line as the gentlease), and it's been a godsend for us. With DS (now 3), he hit a period of about a month where he was screaming through the night because his stomach hurt so much. At the time low lactose formulas (ie sensitive and gentlease) weren't as popular as they are now. And we ended up moving to soy because of a lactose intolerance (which he still has). And although he felt better, we then had constipation issues. 

    This time, with LO (2 weeks), we could move to the low-lactose formula. And it's been great. 

    There's no real harm in giving it a try. Although it often takes about 3 days or so to really see if it is helping or not. Good luck :)
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