How do I get this baby to stop crying?!!!!?

Question

I'm babysitting a two month old baby and she wont stop crying. everytime she wakes up from a nap or anything she starts screaming. she wont eat for me and she just cries and cries. I swing her in her swing. i jiggle her. ive done everything on her mom's list. HELP!!!!!

Answer 1

If you have done everything - tried to feed her, changed her diaper, held her, bounced her, burped her, what ever, there comes a point in time where you can't do anything more, and need to put her in her in her crib or seatie and let her cry it out. It's annoying, but let her exercise her lungs for a while and just make noise. She will eventually get tired and HUNGRY and will eat for you and then sleep again. You might also want to lay her on her tummy and rub her back for a while and put some headphones on to drown out the cries until she calms down. And YOU need to calm down and relax, a crying baby with no fever or any others signs of sickness is still alive and kicking! The time to really worry is when she has a high temperature or is lethargic and has no energy at all.
Relax and let her get some of her frustration out, then talk to her when she is calmed down a bit.
Try putting her in her stroller and walking around outside - sometimes a change of scenery distracts a baby from whatever it is that's bugging them. (I could always put a crying baby to sleep by walking them in the stroller or driving them around in the car - two minutes on the road and they were out!)
Good luck and just try to give her some love. She'll respond.

Answer 2

Have you checked her diaper? Have you tried singing and dancing with her? I also found w/ crying babies that if you approached them without any judgements that something was "wrong", it greatly helped them and myself to cope. As soon as you judge there's something "wrong", it immediately tightens and stresses you and the child. From the babies perspective, something IS definitely wrong in that you're not her mommy and she doesn't know where her mommy is or if she's coming back ever again! This is one of the first times she's ever been left, and so the circuit that would allow her to KNOW she will see her mommy again and soon is an incomplete one. Try taking her for a walk in her carriage. A change of scene can do wonders. Try finding a copy of Paul Simon's Graceland and dancing her around or gently bopping with her to the music. Babies seem to love this album/CD. Also ask her mom to have you over when she's going to stay home so that this little baby girl doesn't associate you with only having her mom be gone. It takes time for a baby of this age to learn to trust anyone but its parents. Please also make sure to be very careful of her neck and her head when you "jiggle her". Head and neck trauma/injuries are very possible in a child this age. No matter how much she cries, don't let it get to you (and I know this is incredibly hard at times! It's hard for moms and dads, too, which is part of why mom may have gotten a babysitter in the first place!) If the crying has truly gone on for hours (and I'd say no more than 1 hr here), I'd call mom and have her come home. She may have to build up slowly to an afternoon or a day out. A two month old is so incredibly young. To be honest, I didn't leave my son until he was 2 1/2 YEARS old, except with my mom when I was hospitalized for a postpartum pulmonary embolism (life-threatening). After I got through that experience, I didn't want to be separated from him in any way, shape or form, but everyone is different. I'm glad you wrote in for some help. It really shows that you care! I found singing to be best with my little girl. It really, really helped her.

Answer 3

If he thinks he is hungry then he probably has a tummy ache. Babies repond to discomfort by feeding and crying. He may have a bit of colic. After each feed burp straight away and sure he has gotten rid of all the wind. If he is really bad stop half way through the feed and burp him and then finish feeding him and burp him again. If you are breast feeding, it pay to look at your diet, things like cabbage, onion, garlic, brossel sprouts, baked beans, coffee and too much sugar in the milk will give him and upset tummy even if he is fine during the day. If you are bottle feeding check that he hasn't got an allergy to the milk or that he isn't lactose intorent, you can also buy a formula that helps colic babies. Also go to your chemist and see if they have something ease colic and wind that might help him. If this doesn't help settle him down then take him to see a doctor there may be something else wrong. Also try getting a good night time routine so that he can fall asleep easier and stay asleep longer. Give him a nice warm bath with some johnsons lavender bedtime bath and let him stay in as long as he like or until the water gets cold. Take him out and wrap him in a big soft towl and give him a nice massage. Dress him as usual and lightly wrap him in a soft blanket and then feed him the comfort will help him go to sleep. Let him have a dummy if he still needs comfort after his feed. Give him a big cuddle and put him to sleep in dark room with some quiet music playing. Also check that his nappy isn't too tight as this will make his tummy ache worse I hope this helps all the best

Answer 4

Does she cry after a feeding, or when she is laying down? If she cries when she is laying down, it could be an ear infection. If she cries after a feeing it could be reflux or gas. I would feed her every 2 1/2-3 hours and little bits, like 2-3 ounces, stop at least once and burp her when she is eating, and give her infants mylocan drops after every meal. Babies this age can not be awake for more than 1 1/2 hours, so she could be over tired as well. Try swaddling her, give her a pacifier, and hold her close to you and pat her back gently. Try a car ride, a bouncy seat, bouncing on the bed while holding her. If this continues, make a doctors apt for her b/c if she has acid reflux they can give you some drops to help, if its colic you just have to get through it, and if its an ear infection the doctor can give you drops for her ears. Good luck.

Answer 5

Don't ever shake or jiggle her!! Let her mom know all the things you've tried and maybe she does something else that works. She may need to be looked at by a doctor, especially if she won't eat. If you feel yourself getting frustrated put the baby in her crib and walk away.

Answer 6

you said she wont eat for you and this can be the problem, if this is the first time with you she may sense that your not someone she know. she may also sense her mom is not there and this can be upsetting her. dose she have a fever or her diaper might need to be changed to. there many reasons why a baby will cry. try all of these and if all else fails call the mom and tell her that she is not eating for you.

Answer 7

Check to see if the diaper is clean, offer her a pacifier and swaddle the baby in a blanket and hold them close to you and rock, don't jiggle. When you feel her, make sure her formula is not cold, it should be room temperature like it just came out of the breast.

Answer 8

i would get some soothing music on or even just humming and get like som sort of soft fabric and put that on the back and hold her to your chest and rock gently and pat the baby's bottum as you rock, this would refocus the infants attention and soothe her at the same time. i have worked with so many babies in my life and i people have brought kids from othe rparts of th nursery asking me if i can calm them down and i can, because most babies enjoy just the rhythematic beat of the heart and the warmth that you have asyou hold them and the beat that you are beating as you pat the bottum it is simular to what was going on when they were in utero, so cher help there is help. just rock hummm and pat bottum and walk around if needed, but definately music helps, silence isn't good but neither is rock in roll, just soething peacefull

Answer 9

jiggle? have you not heard about baby Kaleb? don't be shaking that baby! hold her close to your heart and rock her slowly. good luck! also if you can't handle it, call her mother. if you are already fustrated......it will just get more fustrated and you might take it out on the baby, unconsiously... be careful!! maybe babysit a toddler next time.

Answer 10

If you can't get her to stop crying, you may need to call her mom. That can be very overwhelming and if you don't know how to handle her, it might be best to call mom. Whatever you do, don't lose your temper with her..it happens all too often and baby ends up seriously hurt or dead.