He wont stop crying.. please help

You poor thing! Perhaps as he's snacking, he's not getting a full enough tummy to fall asleep. That was what was happening for us. One day when E had been awake for 12 hours, I rang my MW in tears and she said to offer her 50 mls of formula to break the pattern of snacking. It filled her up, gave me a break from bfeeding and then she fell asleep shortly after.

I also found the 5 S's helped sometimes:
Swaddling
Side or stomach lying
Shhhh loudly
Swinging
Sucking

Good luck!!!


Edited by kabe

First of all sounds like you need a few.

Don't beat yourself up, we've ALL been where you are right now trust me!

On nights like this DH & I used the tag team approach - you do an hour, then DH does an hour and make sure you move to a part of the house where you can't hear bubs (or the dogs!). That always gave me enough time to calm down because we always found that she would pick up on tension and it would make matters 10 times worse (even 2 years later!)

Sounds like he's cluster feeding and perhaps going through a growth spurt or he might just be in a bad mood (we all get them from time to time)

Hope he wears himself out and gives you guys a decent nights sleep

Edited by Two Blondinis

we went through the same thing with charli at about the same age........she constantly wanted to eat because she thought that was the way to sleep, and so she'd end up with a guts ache because she had too much

try
the 5 s's as mentioned above
lay him across your lap, tummy down, and rock him side to side, gently rubbing his back
put him in a pram and go back and forth over a 'bump' like a join in the lino/carpet
take him for a ride in the car
if your sure he's not hungry and is clean etc..wrap him, put him to bed on his side and leave him until you've got your breath back
if you have a late night chemist, maybe get him a dummy and try that.......some babies just need them, charli sure did!

if all fails......perhaps a trip to the petrol station for a sachet of formula and see if that works (but only give him 50mls)

HUGE hugs to you!   it can be a really tough time at that age, both mine were trouble at 6-7wks.........as hard as it is, just keep calm and tell yourself over and over 'this will pass, this will pass...it DOES get better'

Or you could try his sucking on your little finger if you don't have a dummy - sounds like he is sucking for comfort and then getting peed off that milk keeps coming out?? I remember my boy used to do that....

oh you poor thing

is he still going? Do you think he's over-tired?

will he sleep on you?? maybe try wrapping him real tight, with dummy, walking around, put a muzzie over his head and your shoulder?? sorry I know you're probably tried all these things already...

aw, big hugs missangel hope your night improved.
when toby started getting like that at night i gave him a nice warm bath and then fed him.. the bath reaklly did help settle him down... thats our bedtime routine now- he gets his bath everynight i feed him and he is down happily.
it isnt easy when they just cry and cry- i end up in tears myself when that happens... tobs was crying lots this morning and i just had to leave him crying while i calmed down and got my wee break then i gave him some big hugs until he settled...

arohanui wrote: TOTALLY second the 5 s's, they are amazing. Check out this link to see it implemented in real life baby calming Also, Harry did this when I ate curry the night before he was feeding cos he had a sore puku, then cos he kept feeding it kept getting sorer. Are you able to hold him out from feeding a little bit longer than 1/2 hour? Try the 5 s's and see if you can get him to sleep on you.

Omg liz! that video is amazing!
And you know what, Adam must have found it on you tube cos thats what he was doing to caden this morning and it actually worked!!!

LittleBug wrote: ... did you try giving him some pamol? Maybe that would help if it happened again, he might have a headache or sore throat or something.

Yes, I remember being told by dr that if you know he's clean, dry, feed, etc etc and been crying for over an hour then give them pamol