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Originally Posted by triony  This is where we were about a week ago. (LO is almost 4 weeks). I discovered that the problem was that Tobin often can't put himself to sleep, even by nursing. He will calm down (read, stop screaming) on the breast, but sometimes that gets him MORE wound up, so as soon as he's off, t minus 1 minute till the screams start again. I started using the "Happiest baby on the block" method to put him to sleep, and taught DH how to do it too. Works really well most of the time. but it's not immediate. DH learned that it works ONLY when i went to take a shower, (which means i can't hear LO crying) and when i got out Tobin was screaming. But before I could get dried off and ready to nurse, DH had managed to get him to sleep. Poor baby, how awful to be so tired, but not be able to fall asleep!
Anyway, maybe Symphony is doing the same thing?
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Hey, our LOs have the same birthday! We are in exactly the same place
We have been using the Happiest BotB techniques since about week 2... she's starting to reject the swaddle but it still works at bedtime to keep her asleep. Otherwise, she'll fall asleep over and over but keep waking herself up with those wild swinging arms. Bouncing on the ball helps a lot, too, as does me burping her for 20-30 minutes instead of just a few.
The past few days have been much better - I started taking some sage tincture to help slow my milk supply a bit, so S gets less of the foremilk and winds up fuller, less gassy, and more comfortable. She is now taking the pacifier! and nursing almost only to eat, so things are definitely looking up!
Patience, sage, and the babies growing up a bit is doing wonders for my outlook. My hair, wardrobe, and bags under my eyes are another story, but none of that matters as long as I now have some energy for loving this baby. DH and I were both really losing it there for awhile
He is also feeling better now that she is less upset most of the day, too. It seems like now at least we can guess some inkling of what is bothering her (it's usually gas) and help her out with it, through birth ball bouncing, extended burping, gripe water, sucking on the paci, etc.
I am so grateful that it is getting a bit better already!!
this all happens when im trying to nurse Molly. I want to tell the airforce that I NEEEED my husband back before I actually lose my tiny mind.
I have many a piece of "custom artwork" on my walls from my toddler that happened when I was nursing my now 17 month old when he was a baby. I honestly think he had a stash of markers, crayons, pencils, etc that I didn't know about b/c every time I'd take one from him, he'd have another one ready to go next time I was occupied. He's not as bad now, but I swear he waits for me to be nursing before he tries to get into stuff b/c he knows I can't just jump up and run over.
