Please make the crying stop

Oh man, poor You and poor Noah!
Other than the 4 usual suspects (hungry, dirty bum, tired or wind) you could try the 5 s's.
That worked an absolute treat with Ella who was a real screamer.
You lay bubs on their tummy across your forearm cupping their head in your hand, gently sway them from side to side in a rhythmic motion while making shhhhhh noises. I forget what the other s's are for but those 3 definitely worked for us and you can google it for the full rundown.
I found it great for calming her down so she was ready to sleep or feed.
Go really hard with the shhhh'ing too, they don't mind it loud as it reminds them of womb noises. alternatively you can try un-tuning the radio to static or running the vacuum cleaner.
White noise is awesome for calming them.
Good luck hun, I hope you find something that works soon. The continued crying can really wear you down!

Oh no Floss I'm guessing Lola is asleep. I can only say that the other ladies advice is the same I would give and hope that he settles for you soon

How do you get their balls caught?????

Floss, Tom went through a phase like that and thankfully it was only short lived ( a week or 2). I remember being in tears as I didnt know what my baby was trying to tell me. Then I read that babies can cry for about 4-6 hours a day FOR NO REASON (Great!!!).

Dont worry about doing "the right thing" Do what you feel right about. If you want to pick him up and cuddle him then go for it. Walk around with him. Tom didnt like me sitting down rocking him. Shhhhhh really loudly. Have you tried singing???? Tom quietens down immediately when I sing edelweiss from sound of music (dont ask how we know that). It is freaky.

It will get better.

GandT wrote: S waddling S uckling S shhhhh S waying S ide sleeping i dont know how old your bub is but other reasons (out of the normal like tired, hungry, bum change) could be colic or reflux...    yeah shushing has to be loud so they can hear it over their screaming! Hang in there... he will stop eventually and sometimes you just have to go thru the check list (bum change, feed, wind, swaddle and put down) over and over until something clicks...

I second that

BIg hugs

Try a bath that seemed to work when my daughter was younger

Big hugs Floss! Twins are hard work! I second what everyone else has suggested, but more importantly, do whatever it takes to make the crying stop. I spent too much time worrying about setting up bad habits with the gremlins and wouldn't rock/pat them to sleep and sometimes it felt like they screamed non stop for days, I wish I had just bloody well rocked them so we could all have got some sleep!

Text me anytime you need to, remember, have been there, have lots of sympathy for you!

Thanks everyone.


We went to the Dr and ended up getting some infocol and some colimed spray which seems to be helping a bit and on Wednesday we are visiting a crainal osteopath to see if that helps I am willing to try anything!!!!!!!