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CRYING

Someone please tell me I’m not alone. My baby will be 4 months old next week and for the past week or so, all she does is cry. And I mean that very literally. She’s been fed, burped, changed, she’s been played with, we sing to her, he walk around with her, sit down with her, we bounce her in our arms, we cuddle her. We put her in her bouncer chair, on her stomach, her back, we’ve even resorted to putting dancing fruits on the tv and she still won’t stop crying. She doesn’t have a temperature. Every single thing that we can think of we’ve checked, we’ve tried and the only thing that gets her to stop is to give her a bottle, but she isn’t always hungry. She had a 4oz bottle an hour ago (we made her 5oz and she only drank 4) she was quiet for 10 mins and then was screaming again to the point we caved and gave her a 4oz bottle again, which she polished off. When she naps, it’s only for 20 mins max and then she’s awake again crying and crying. I’m at a loss of what to do. It’s taking a huge toll on my mental health and my relationship, I already struggle with ppd quite badly and I have a headache disorder, and the crying and occasional screaming makes it worse. My partner and I snap at each other a lot without meaning to. Please any suggestions are welcome, and please tell me I’m not alone and that it’ll get better 😭

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Hello, sorry to hear about the stressful time you're going through. Her excess crying could potentially be due to teething? Is she chewing her hands at all, and or drooling? If so, a teether might help to give her some relief and distract from needing to cry. Failing that Calpol works wonders for teething also. I've found it helpful to keep a log of feed and nap times so I can know when little one might get fussy and need the next of either throughout each day too. Time sure passes quickly in-between sometimes! We all have good days and bad days. Sounds like you're doing everything right, it's just quite a busy and tricky age! Also I recommend Loop ear-plugs for overstimulation from cries. https://www.loopearplugs.com/collections/all

@Pippa thank you so much for your comment. She is always chewing her hands and the amount drool is crazy 😅 I didn’t even think about teething, I haven’t seen any signs in her gums or anything. I’ll try giving her some teethers!

Sorry to hear that you’re going through this - will she nap for longer if she’s in a carrier / pram / car? I know this isn’t always practical but might help to get her some longer naps in as she may be feeling a bit overtired - such a hard period of development but it will get better! X

Try teethers and gels, baby’s at this age often teeth with no obvious gum signs. But the chewing and drooling and being fussy are all signs. My LO is being grumpy atm and I think the same x

@Amy I’ll try this, thank you so much! Xx

@Emily Timbrell she naps for the longest if she’s on her stomach, but she won’t settle like that and if she falls asleep on us or elsewhere and we put her there, she often wakes up. I’ll try her with her carrier or her car seat and see if that helps, thank you! X

@Sarah I did buy some bonjela the other day but it says it’s on it for 5months + so I haven’t given her any yet. I’ll keep checking her gums and try her with teethers. Thank you x

Me too😂 so I bought a different one actually in the end but I find it so hard to apply x

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