crying all day !!!!

[denise]

Please someone else tell me that there little angels cry just about all day long.... The more I am reading about colic it seems that most babies only cry at the certain times of the day. Michael who is 12 weeks old today cried/screamed for a good part of yesterday. He is on Zantac for possible reflux but not really sure that he has it. I dont think that it actually helps anyway.

Why is that he can be such a bundle of joy for 5 days in a row and then start being a major fuss pot all over again ????

Does anyone have schedules for there babies as far as eating time and sleep time ? I have a friend that has her 11 week on a feeding schedule (every 3 hours and naps at the same time every day) and he along with her first child that she did the same thing with are the most content/happy babies.

I hope that you all have nice (and quiet) days. I know that I am praying for one.

[Angie]

Hi Denise:

Sophie will be 15 weeks on Sunday. Starting at about 10 weeks the improvements started and I was so happy. At 12 weeks she quit screaming then at the 13 weeks I had the weekend from heck. She screamed and cried and fussed all day from Friday through Sunday. I cried the entire weekend as well. On the following Monday she quit and has had only one bad day since. There was and is no rhyme or reason to Sophie's crying, sometimes all day, sometimes morning almost always of an evening into the night. I'm still giving Zantac and she is on Nutramigen. I have no idea if they are helping. Deep down I think that they might help a little, but time is still my best friend.
It hasn't been like some people say. The colic lifts and you have this happy baby. Sophie is still a high maintenance baby but the screaming has stopped and the crying can be soothed. We are struggling with a schedule. I can't get her to bed before 10:30. Naps are whenever. She wakes up from her naps with 10 min. unless she is in the swing or I'm holding her. Her feedings vary, but her doctor told me that was OK. Babies are regulating themselves at this stage. She said Sophie will probably drop a feeding soon. She takes 5 6oz bottles at day. She will probably go to 4 8oz bottles in the next couple of weeks and to start supplementing with one rice feeding a day whenever it is convenient either mornings or evenings. This is like a breakfast bottle lunch bottle supper bottle and bedtime bottle. My doctor said that Sophie will probably never be a good napper. Since she sleeps so much at night, cat naps are probably all she will take during the day. She said this pattern will probably follow Sophie through her childhood (good sleeper, bad napper)
That made me feel better. I am hoping to get some type of routine going soon. I have until mid August, thenI go back to work. I'm thinking about pushing her bed time back 15 min. a week until I can ge it around 9:00. We will see.
Good Luck. Hope things continue to improve for you.
Angie

[Krista]

Hi Angie,
I am sure you will be able to get Sophie on a schedule before long. She sounds like my son Andrew. His colic went away at about 12 weeks as far as the screaming spells, but he is still what I consider high maintenence at 11 months old. He was terrible to take naps and would only sleep in his swing or if I held him. This has gradually gotten better as he gets older, but he still has to go in the swing before he takes a nap. He only takes about 2 1 hour naps a day, but fusses for an hour before he will finally fall asleep. He did start taking 4 bottles a day at about 4 months old, but I had to put him on cereal in every bottle and babyfood then too because he was so big for his age. One thing that helped get him on a schedule was to give him a bath evernight at bedtime. I used the Johnsons & Johnsons nightime bath and it does help sooth them and get them sleepy. We would then give him a bottle and put him in his bed to sleep. He used to go to bed at 10:00 but at about six months old when he started playing a lot more he would be more tired and started going to bed earlier. He now sleeps at night from 8:30 to 6:00 and then goes back to sleep. He still gets upset rather easily and is not content with one thing for very long, but it sure a lot better than listening to all that screaming. Hang in there, it will continue to get easier as Sophie learns to do more things and the schedule will just fall into place.
Andrew was sick with an ear infection awhile back and screamed all night. I thought to myself "remember you used to deal with this all the time, surely you can handle one night of this" I was glad when he got better! Good Luck.
Krista

[lollipop mommy]

Hang in there!! It can take months for your child to be on a regular routine. My first born who is 2 yrs old now didn't get a regular routine til almost 1 yr. He didn't sleep through the night til about that time as well. However my 2 month old is already on a routine and sleeps through the night only every few nights.
It all depends on the character of your child.
Good Luck and Smile.