my baby is 3 months and two weeks old, he has been a very very fussy/high needs baby from the start and always has to be carried around faceing out and walked and jiggled all day and he sleeps really crappy. he will sleep for about 30 mins for his day sleeps and he wakes constantly most nights. he is consoleable but has screaming fits all day unless i do the carrying bouncing thing. i am really at my witts end and am exhausted. i swaddle him to sleep and rock him but he just wakes up. ive tried routine. ive tried bath bottle bed but nothing works. i have tried swings bouncers walkers and any toys you can think of but i can hardly ever put him down. he is never content and happy for long. he has seen doctors and been in hospital for his reflux but he is on medication now and has been for a month so if it was that he would of calmed down now. he doesnt scream when he vomits now but is still very high needs. anyway, personal experiences? when do they stop this behaviour and get happy?
2007-03-24 22:52:52 · 4 answers · asked by lil_mika_0987 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you are having with your baby. My two year old has been a high needs baby since we brought her home from the hospital. She was 3lbs 12oz and stayed at the hospital for two weeks (until she was released at 4lbs). The fun started when we got her home. She was fussy all the time, obviously in pain. We changed her formula five or six times, had her treated for reflux, and spent a lot of time at hospitals for every test under the sun. She is now a little over two years old. She was finally diagnosed with failure to thrive and severe GERD. Last summer, the doctors wanted to put in a G-tube (coming out of her stomach). We had her put on three new medications to avoid the stomach surgery and she is doing much better now. He weight gain is still awful, but she's not acting as sick anymore. She is sleeping through most nights now (what a relief). Some days I thought it would never end. But I think she's finally on the mend. I hope your road isn't as long.
2007-03-24 23:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first child was like this & wouldn't sleep unless she was being held by me, would cry if i put her down or left her with anybody else & basically drove me insane. I even used to be rocking her while trying to sit on the toilet. Nothing got done around my house & I was a mess. Fortunately at 6mo i was able to practice controlled crying & it sorted out my baby girl who after 4 days of crying, screaming & being hysterical finally learned to put herself to sleep & then for the first time started sleeping as well as all the other dream babies i'd hear about. Your baby is too young to let cry so try & hang in there until she is 6mo, however i know a screaming, clingy baby can drive you absolutely crazy & sometimes to a point where you feel really angry with your baby. If this happens put your baby in her cot, close the door & walk away where you can't hear her until you get a grip on things again & can go back to dealing with the situation. Believe me babies are hard work but fortunately they are not little babies for long so please know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel & it is within reach for you very soon. Best of luck.
2007-03-24 23:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mishell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my experience with my first child was similar to yours. we finally figured out to put him to sleep in his car seat / carrier. we'd put rolled up blankets on his sides to make him feel like he was being held. we'd rock him in the carrier by putting our hands on him and pushing a little to get the carrier to rock. it really tricked him into thinking we were holding him! eventually he would fall asleep. because he was upright a little, it helped a lot with his reflux. he actually slept in his car seat (in his crib) until he was 6 months old!!! we were worried we'd have problems moving him from the carseat to a flat surface, but we did it gradually and he did OK.
he was still a very high-maintenance baby until he started walking at 9 months. after that, he was very happy! looking back, i think he was just frustrated that he wasn't able to move on his own. that's why he wanted us holding and bouncing him all the time!
anyway, i know it can be really hard and frustrating, but remember your baby WILL grow out of this phase!!! my 2nd baby is easy and very low-maintenance. hooray! good luck to you!
2007-03-25 00:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by Janci 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like colick. Normal, but fussy with food and grumpy.
2007-03-24 23:06:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋