2 month old baby starts fussing incessantly during early evenings?

Question

My 2-month old starts crying incessantly every day around 6pm. She would have all hunger signs (smacking her lips, opening her mouth) but would refuse to take the bottle. She would scream and cry even more if we force her to take the bottle. Usually this would last a couple hours. In the meantime, she would cry herself to sleep for less than half an hour, wake up hungry, and sometimes fuss more, or take the bottle. We have to hold her and rock/bounce her nonstsop so that she doesn't cry. The minute we stop doing it she would start screaming again. Does anyone have a solution to soothing babies like this?

Answer 1

My daughter also went through this. She was the same age. I talked to my doctor about Reflux and it was a possiblility. What we did was to make sure we put her upright as much as possible, especially after eating. We also tried to feed her more small meals, like 2 oz. or so, instead of a few big meals. This phase passed but it seemed like forever. Most babies go through it and come out of it just fine. Just remember, this too shall pass.

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Answer 3

My son, who is now 30, use to do that everyday too back in the day. They called it colic at that time. When he cried he acted like he was hungry and would draw his legs up a lot. The drawing of the legs up is an indicator that there is stomach/intestine pain. I am unsure if this is what your baby has as I am no doctor. At that time, I was told not to feed him because bascially what colic is, is gas on the belly. I was told to give him a pacifier or water. Now days, they have the stomach drops, Mylicon, over the counter. This might help with a bottle of water or just a pacifier. (This is what I do with my granddaughter now three months old) Not knowing then what I know now, I also think that my son's bowels were trying to move at that time. Most babies (bowels, hunger, sleep, play, etc) will start showing a pattern at this point. So if the bowels are trying to move and we add gas to this, we have a very unhappy baby. I also take my granddaughter and put her on her belly on a pillow on my lap, put her pacifier in her mouth and swing her while patting her butt and back gently. She will calm down and most of the time go to sleep. I found an article on Colic. Of course you should consult your Doctor and express your concerns first and foremost. Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Wow, do I sympathize with you. Your little one sound sexactly like my son at 2 months. The only thing that worked for us was a pacifier and it took several tries to figure out one that he liked. He ended up taking to the soothie pacifier (a lot of babies like this kind). During these very tiring hours I would sit and rock him (ended up brining the rocking chair down to the TV room). I would have to hold the pacifier in his mouth the whole time (sometimes 4-5 hours). He would still fuss and cry out some, but at least I could sit and get him to be quiet for 30 minutes or so at a time. It is so hard at this age because sometimes nothing works. I would suggest getting her on a schedule as soon as you think she is ready. We started when he was 3 months old (doing the cry ti out method since he was crying anyway). As it turned out, a lot of the crying early on was because he wasn't getting enough sleep. Good luck!

Answer 5

I am a mom to a 1 month old and am experiencing something similar myself. It sounds to me like colic, but it could be gas. Try using Mylicon drops, and if that doesn't work, think about switching her formula.

My 14 y/o daughter had horrible colic, and nothing seemed to work, until we switched her to a soy formula. Turns out she is lactose intolerant, which was causing her fussiness.

With my new baby, I am breastfeeding, and what I need to do is watch my diet for those types of things.

Sometimes what works for me is giving her a warm bath, swaddling her, rocking her, or putting her in the swing.

It's basically a process of trial and error. As long as she is having enough wet and dirty diapers (which indicate her food intake) and you know she's comfortable: i.e, not too hot/cold, no tags scratching her, etc... then I hate to say, it's something you just have to work through. Try different things and see what happens. If you find something that works, just stick with it. I know how frustrating it can be, just keep in mind it will get better! Good Luck!

Answer 6

i hate to say it, but your baby may be colichy. my daughter had the same bad habits, and all i could do was cry with her. i was so frustrated. but, thank god, it stopped at about three months. sometimes i would turn up the music on the stereo and rock her. it seemed like she needed a nap, and sometimes she would fall asleep, but wake up mad. my suggestion is to give your baby a nice warm bath and some gas drops. they are perfectly safe for use throughout the day. if you are formula feeding, try putting some in the bottle before you feed her. some of the formulas are so bubbly when you mix them, and this nips it before it causes her trouble. if she is still gassy try laying her down and moving her legs in a bicycle motion to let some gas out, if anything she'll be suprised that youre doing something different and stop crying for a moment. good luck.

Answer 7

I just wanted to let you know my 3 month old boy was doing the exact same thing when he was in his second month and I hate to say this but it lasted until he got into his third month..I don't know if its a phase or what. But my son would have a lot of gas and I believe that was causing him to fus at evenings.It was like pinned gas and when it came up, he was fine a little while after.But what I had to start doing was switch his bottles from gerber to avent and start giving him cereal by the ok from his Dr. because he was drinking 8 oz of milk 2-3 hrs which was leading up to 40 oz a day. But what I did to soothe him was give him Infacol before I knew his crying was going to start,rub\pat his back,walked with him,sang to him,and bounce him a little on my knee and by then all of his gas was up. So maybe your little one is having gas like mine and you should try Infacol or some other kind of gas drops.You and your partner hang in there cause I 've been there and I know its hard ,But it will pass. :) Good Luck.

Answer 8

Well this sounds exactly like my 2 month old and I've found a couple things that seem to help-sometimes at least...Enfamil Nutramigen is a formula for babies with colic. This helped some but she still is quite gassy and it's more expensive than the other formulas. I also found some homeopathic colic tablets made by hyland's (I got mine at K-Mart). They can really calm her down. Another thing suggested to me was to bring her to the chiropractor-sounds kinda scary because she's so small but I did and it seemed to help. She had some places out of whack in her neck, back and hips (I had a really hard delivery) but I know of some other people who have done this too and it has also done wonders! Hope this helps!

Answer 9

Your baby probably has acid reflux. Very common, but if you don't treat it now, it will get much much worse.

Here is what you do:
1. You MUST keep your baby sitting up during feeding, and keep them sitting up for 45 minutes AFTER they finish eating.

2. If she drinks formula, switch to similac advance with iron.

3. Put 1Tablespoon Gerber single grain baby rice cereal in every 2oz of prepared formula that you give her. Some people think this helps babies sleep, but it isn't proven. What it DOES do is keep the formula down by making it heavier and thicker.
(I started my baby on this per doc's instructions at 6weeks)

4. Don't bother with gas or acid medications. They oftentimes don't work on babies.

5. Even when baby is sleeping, make sure they are up at an angle. Put one end of the crib up on blocks, or put a wedge under the baby or mattress. Be careful that she doesn't slide down the bed though. Never lay her flat on her back...EVER, unless it is to change her diaper quickly.

6. Use Dr. Brown's brand baby bottles. They keep gas out of her tummy. Make sure you BURP your baby after each 4 oz of formula she drinks. Don't give up. It can take 5-10 minutes. She HAS to burp.

Within no time, you will have a quieter baby.

Answer 10

A lot of babies have a terribly fussy time at night when you just cant console them.. For my son it lasted from about 2-4 months, 7-8pm every night. I tried everything and the best thing that worked was to put him in a slightly warm bath with some lavender bath soap from Johnson's he would be too preoccupied with the water to fuss and would calm him enough for sleep.