 Posted 3/17/2007 5:36:48 PM
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| My daughter is 9 weeks old and is constantly crying because she wants to be held. We hold her and give attention but when we put her down she screams. She wont sleep because she wants to be held and we don't know what to do. When she goes to her grandmas or we have people over when they leave or bring her home she is even worse than normal. I am sooo tired sometimes i have to put her in her car seat just so she sleeps or stops crying so i can shower, clean the house or take a nap. We have tried so many things but nothing works. If we swaddle her she gets even more angry because she hates blankets on her and will kick and wiggle until they are off. We have been told to let her cry and eventually she will fall asleep and stop wanting to be held all the time. We tried the last 2 nights and she screamed from 12am to 5 am. She would fall asleep for a half hour and then wake up crying again. At 5 i was so tired i gave up and put her in her car seat. I hate hearing her cry and i am worried it wont work and she will think we don't love her or she is too young to just let her cry.
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Posted 3/20/2007 1:34:33 AM
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That is alot of crying, I hear it's not good from a show i watched, they say it not good for their brain, because after crying they get so red. There brain doesn't get enough oxygen and there's not enough room for it to expand. Sorry I can't explain this properly, but it's not good. My girl was a good sleeper, no problems. I used to put her to sleep in her bouncer with the viberator on or her play pen with a bassinet and this also had a viberator on it. Now she's to big for the bassinet and I swing her in a home made swing and listen to music. Well good luck and i know it could be frusterating.
Proud mother of two beautiful girlsCloe Danielle born July 3, 2006 6 months @ 24 lbs 29 inches Skyler Courtney March 15, 1995 excited for upcoming birthday
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Posted 3/22/2007 11:52:01 AM
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Hi: My daughter always wanted to be walked around with. She would scream if you sat down with her. I think it was because of gas pains as she would arch her back - it was impossible to try to burp her as she would stiffen up so much that I couldn't put her over my shoulder or bend her at the waist. Try some gas medication as that might help. Also, she may be crying because she is hungry or overtired (definitely overtired if she is crying all day). I would let her cry a bit but I wouldn't let her cry if it got to the wailing stage. Also I never let her cry more than 15 minutes. She eventually did get over the crying but it took awhile and it was hard on both of us. I had to make sure she was well rested and had regular naps (I still do). Both my children (2 1/2 and 9 months) are both dream sleepers now but it means I have to watch the clock and make sure they are taking their naps on schedule. Means I am confined to the house most of the day but it is worth it knowing they are well rested and happy babies. Things will get better.
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Posted 3/28/2007 11:11:54 AM
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| Our guy doesn't cry like that very often, but when he does, we comfort him, put him down, leave the room, wait a few minutes, comfort again, leave the room...if he is still crying we wait a little longer this time, then comfort him, etc., leaving a little longer in between each time...it works for us. But, at the same time, he has never cried for the amount of time your daughter does....poor you!
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Posted 3/28/2007 3:00:23 PM
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| I'm guessing that 9 weeks is too early to let them cry it out. We did it with both our girls, but they were older (around 6 months I think). They were at a stage, developmentally, where it's not impossible that they fall asleep on their own and we knew it wasn't colic or anything like that. I'd wait a bit, and try again later. Maybe get a baby swing?
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Posted 4/3/2007 2:25:08 AM
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| She is now sleeping through the night and not crying all the time. She only cried to be held so we put a sound machine on got colourful toys to hang over her crib and we let her cry a bit but not to the point were she would go red. Nothing worked so i had to let her cry a bit and now she is great very happy adn smiling all the time!
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Posted 4/3/2007 10:44:05 AM
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| Woohoo! You must be so happy to get some of your sleep back too!
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Posted 7/2/2009 10:12:20 PM
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| how old was your baby when you did this. my son is just 1mouth and i wont to do this with him but i think he is to young.
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