is my baby normal or am i not coping too well!!

[shell30984]

hi all,

i haven't been on here for a while...but have had the sneaky look when i get 5mins, just to see how you are all doing

my LO is now 4 weeks old, and i love him to bits....but all he does is cry!! is this normal? when he is not sleeping, then he is crying/screaming!! i have tried everything i can, winding - gripe water etc, cuddles, nappies, see if he is too hot/cold, leave him alone.
i spend all of my day trying to see what is wrong with him, so just want to no if this is normal? or if im finding it more difficult than i thought it would be

 

[Maria1977]

Have you spoken to a gp or health visitor hun?

some babies do cry alot, but I wouldn't have thought a baby should be crying all the time and nothing soothes them?

I'd speak to a health professional and get some advice/reassurance.

 

[positivity :)]

Have you spoken to a gp or health visitor hun?

some babies do cry alot, but I wouldn't have thought a baby should be crying all the time and nothing soothes them?

I'd speak to a health professional and get some advice/reassurance.

I agree, sounds a little too much to me xx

 

[Franna75]

My LO cried a lot in the first six weeks - i put it down to colic and reflux. He now very rarely cries. I'm sorry its not much help, but i just wanted you to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it does get better.

One thing I would say and I know it's difficult, but the more sleep they get the better. I've posted this routine to a couple of people on here who have said it helped them. Maybe try and give it a go it helped me, but didnt discover it until 3 months.

http://www.boswellbunch.com/simone/Babies/Newborns....html

Always good to speak to HV though, just in case...good luck

 

[shell30984]

i didnt realise you can over stimulate a baby so easily?? that article has lots of helpful advice, i'll have a go and see if it helps.
i do understand that some babies cry alot, and it may be normal for him but it is draining trying to constantly soothe him all day. i will speak to my HV when i can and see what she says.

he is finally asleep now! hopefully he will now let me get changed out of my pj's lol

 

[Alexandra84]

One of the ladies at our NCT class had a little one who was like that and he did grow out of it within a couple of months and now cries much less. She said that carrying him around in a sling helped either because he found it soothing or because he fell asleep in it a lot.
It must be very tough to deal with so you have all my sympathies and I hope he grows out of it soon x.

 

[Hunnie]

Agree with the sling. Sophie has days where she is whingy and crys more than normal. I pop her in the sling and she fights a little at first, I get on with jobs such as folding the washing and within 5 mins she's asleep x

 

[shell30984]

where do you get these slings from? are they expensive?

 

[Alexandra84]

Some of them are but some are quite cheap. My favourite is a Mei tai sling that I bought on eBay for only £20.
Looks like this one : http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=300659880335&index=24&nav=SEARCH&nid=37110676745