I am Weaker Than a Two-Month Old
Lil Duke had me good last night. He literally got me whipped. It was midnight and he still didn’t want to sleep. He was crying in his crib. I didn’t want to wake up his grandma who has been with him during the day and his mom who has been struggling at work due to lack of sleep; therefore, I got up and patted him a little. It didn’t help and he cried louder.
I picked him up and rocked him a bit until he felt back to sleep. Half an hour later I tried to put him back down, but he was brawling again. I picked him back up and went downstairs. I tried to sit on the couch and rest, but he wouldn’t let me. I had to walk around the house. Around one something, I was so burnt out. I put him on the kid mat where he usually played in the morning and laid next to him. He started to cry and I determined to let him cried out. I consulted the doctor and he told me it was ok to let him cry. Eventually he would get tired and fall asleep. Half an hour went by and his cries crescendoed.
I couldn’t let him go on any further. His cry was like a knife cutting straight through my heart and mind. My head was pounding and my soul was shattered. I gave up. I held him tight into my arms and the guilt of letting him cried took over me. I didn’t know what to do. If you’ve been through this, please advise.
He was probably hungry.
That could be the reason, but he was just fed and changed.
Maybe he wanted his mom. CC is like that sometimes when she’s with her dad. When she wants her mom, she keeps crying until I hold her.
I guess that is the only way to solve the problem.
After the usual pre-cautions (i.e., soiled diaper, hunger, thirst, other discomfort), not a bad thing to let the child cry. Tough thing to do, to your crying child, but necessary: else, he/she’s going to get used to it, and will want to be held every of his/her waking moments.
That said, I am really no one to talk. :o)
another solution is do what Robert DiNero do in Meet the Fockers, but i dont think you would want that.
We all have nights like that :)
After checking everything (hunger,discomfort ..) and your baby doesn’t seem ill or in pain. Try to hold and comfort your baby with motions and sounds. Weird sounds seem to work better for my baby than music (don’t ask me why). I used to have a made up African song and dance to rock and sing to my baby :)
In your case, I think baby Duke had some fear (night terror) and wanted mom or grandma or maybe you at first but you tried to put him down to soon and that made him angry. Baby can feel you, he knows when you’re anxiuos to put him down and he’s more alert.
If nothing works, call your wife, of course :)
I agree with Kiki..babies are intelligent…they r smarter than we think..wonder what go in their heads if they dont think in words…fascinating isnt it…
One of my kids was intolerant to lactose which gave him a stomachache of some sort. He was colicy just like yours at night time. We eventually switched him to soy based milk. If yours is breast fed then that wouldn’t your problem. But I wouldn’t agree that he cried for nothing (or attention) given what you described. Maybe his Mom ate something that upset his stomache (assuming he’s breastfed of course). It wouldn’t hurt to recall what she ate the day before and avoid it and see if it makes a difference.
Oh, read up on colicky baby…
This might help – buy an infant chair that vibrates with/without music and put him on. It worked wonder for my son.
You can check this out: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Infant-To-Toddler-Rocker-Blue-Green/dp/B000WUB9O4/ref=sr_1_3/175-9001694-4186842?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1246411853&sr=8-3
colic may be possible cause..definitely if Duke isn’t wet, hungry , cold ..
It’s a good thing Dana is able to sleep while Duke still up.. Me.. I hear every
little movement my babies made way back when..I never really slept through the night for many years.. while my husband slept even if the train going through our house LOL.. He sleep like he’s on drugs. Dana is a lucky girl :)
Thanks folks for the suggestions.
We do have the Fisher Price rocker that vibrates, but it is not effective at night.
Last night my wife tried to put him in the crib twice, but failed. I held him for half an hour. He was snoring, but started to cry as soon as I laid him down. Finally his mom had to breastfeed him to sleep then it worked. He slept well last night and we went for a stroll this morning.
LOL Donny you got one smart boy there !
That what I did with all of my children
in order for me to get any rest.
Until this day they still have once a week privilage of sleeping next to mommy :)
I nurse CC to sleep at night as well. If not her dad will have to deal with her crying until mommy comes.
Did you have your son burp after feeding him? Based on what you described, he might still have air in his stomach. Infant needs to burp after or during feeding. He will sleep better with a stomach full or milk rather than air.
A warm bath before bed time also helps.
Good luck!
BTW, there is technique of how to here:
http://www.locateadoc.com/articles/burping-tips-tricks-175.html
I wrapped him up last night and I could put him on his crib easily. I thought that he has moved past the wrapping, but boy I was wrong. Should have thought of it.