why is my 4 month old angry?

Question

my baby anthony is about to turn 5 months on jan. 1 and recently when he is hungry and if im out of the room... hell start screaming. and i mean scream. i dont know why. what am i doing wrong? i love him so much but im getting so fustrated. hes been on rice cereal for about a month now and hes been fine... so happy! last night when my mother in law came home.. we were rotating with the baby. i had just fed him and gave him a bath and went to put him down to sleep and he was fighting me so bad. i was almost in tears. i tryed everything. now hes already colic with acid reflux but i thought he was over that. he hasnt been like that in about 2 months now. its just when hes hungry. so anyway i made him 2 more ounces and he fell right to sleep in my arms. why is this happening? is this normal? i dont know if i should call the doctor. i dont know why he screams. please... anything advice would be really appreciated. thanks
Lindsey

Answer 1

Sounds like it was a combo of being tired and not quite all the way done eating. He filled up, and then "let go" and fell asleep. My 3 month old does this...everything has to be good for her to go to sleep and not scream like I am torturing her. If I put her down just to make a bottle and she is hungry...it's on! Last night, for instance my husband was at a meeting and we were having one of those nights. I HAD to put her down to get the bottles out of the dishwasher and make them up...took maybe 5-10 minutes. By the time I got to her to pick her up she was hysterical. That was after that little amount of time. Picked her up, gave her bottle, rocked her and she was out for almost 8 hours.
decoded: she was hungry but her being tired made her mood even more upset. sometimes a combo of just the right things cause a baby to "melt down" in my opinion.
The poster that said he might be teething is probably right...so that just added to his anger/frustration. But if you picked him up and fed him and he fell right to sleep then that answers your question as to what he wanted. You would know if it was something else.
Hang in there =)

Answer 2

lol. Its normal. 4-5 months is a developmental milestone for cognitive skills.

He has a better understanding of the world and his placement in it. He grasps things like object permanence. Something was there, like mom, and now its not. He knows that people are moving and he cannot, and THAT is irritating to him. Its that urge that encourages them to sit up and learn to crawl.

Its also a normal time for teething to begin, and for their sleep patterns to start to change. They know the world is around them, and they are wanting to explore and see, and sleeping is just too much of a bother, so they start to fight it tooth and nail. And with the teething they fuss because theyre uncomfortable and nothing makes them happy.

If he's hungry he's going to cry. You can start him on more than cereal, 4 months is usual for baby food. Certainly by 5. Even if he's breastfeeding he can have both. It wont hurt him and the experience of new food and tastes and textures is enjoyable to babies.

If he's hungry of course he's going to cry, and as he grows his way of voicing his issue changes. It sounds like he's more hungry than what you're giving him, so either make him a bigger bottle and feed him before he's crying, or give him his bottle and a little food to go with it.

lol. Its normal. All of it is.

Answer 3

first let me say bless you heart, I know what you mean my first child was like that, I think because i spent so much time cuddling with her when it came to sleep time she did not want to, she would do the same thing, I went to get help on this matter and my midwife told me that when I put her down to sleep even if she cried and made a fuss for a few hours just to leave her alone, I thought this was cruel put it payed off in the end just have some patients, No there is nothing wrong with your child this is very normal in a lot of babies,

Answer 4

is just wanting more to eat or wants to be around u all the time.

my little girl does that and she is turning 1 jan 16th. when we lay her down for a nap a lot of the time she will scream unless she is really tired.

and if u leave the room even for a second she starts to scream

think it is mainly cause they wanna be around someone

and the food thing could be he is growing and needs more food

Answer 5

Hi lindsey! he could be going through a growth spurt they are always irritable.and constantly hungry!
My daughter did exactly the same around the same age and it was so frustrating as i had no idea why she was doing it or if this was how life was going to be!
give him a week or so you will proberly see an improvement.
Obviously trust your instinct if you feel he is poorly take him to the docter,
good luck xxxx

Answer 6

you can try to feed him right before bed, because maybe he is hungry. we would always give ours a bottle right before bed. now we are giving it to him 1/2 hour before bed, and he's 6 months. in a month or so we'll try it an hour before bed and see how it goes. babies stomachs are very small, so the fill up fast and empty fast. just keep trying to feed him before bed. also, he's at the teething stage, so maybe his gums are really hurting him.