My ds is 9 months old, sitting, army crawling, eating some solids, and has 4 teeth. He is driving me crazy. He is a good and easy baby who sleeps pretty well at night and also usually naps pretty well, so I should be happy.
However, when he's tired it can be difficult to get him to sleep, and I can't always dedicate an hour to it. So then he whines and cries and isn't happy unless I'm holding him until I decide to try again to get him to sleep. Sometimes it seems like he spends the whole day whining. It helps if I can get him interested in something; like I pushed the Trip Trapp up to the piano the other day, strapped him in, and had 10-15 minutes where he was both happy and not getting into anything. I have a 3.5 yo and a dog, and can't believe how difficult it is to keep the house baby-proofed and the floor clean. My hands, wrists, forearms, and elbows are constantly sore from holding ds; he NEVER stops squirming and trying to get away, even when he wants to be held, he is "going places". This makes it almost impossible to do anything with one hand while holding him in the other because I wind up hurting myself to keep from dropping him when he throws his weight in a new direction.
I guess I don't really have a question, I'm just having a difficult time right now.
I have and use a saucer, high chair, Trip Trapp, stroller, and Ergo. Unfortunately, I am not comfortable getting him on my back in the Ergo without help, and having him on the front is often not much help at all...except that I don't have to hold all his weight with my arms. He's fairly easy to keep happy, really, but only if I don't have anything else to do!
However, when he's tired it can be difficult to get him to sleep, and I can't always dedicate an hour to it. So then he whines and cries and isn't happy unless I'm holding him until I decide to try again to get him to sleep. Sometimes it seems like he spends the whole day whining. It helps if I can get him interested in something; like I pushed the Trip Trapp up to the piano the other day, strapped him in, and had 10-15 minutes where he was both happy and not getting into anything. I have a 3.5 yo and a dog, and can't believe how difficult it is to keep the house baby-proofed and the floor clean. My hands, wrists, forearms, and elbows are constantly sore from holding ds; he NEVER stops squirming and trying to get away, even when he wants to be held, he is "going places". This makes it almost impossible to do anything with one hand while holding him in the other because I wind up hurting myself to keep from dropping him when he throws his weight in a new direction.
I guess I don't really have a question, I'm just having a difficult time right now.
I have and use a saucer, high chair, Trip Trapp, stroller, and Ergo. Unfortunately, I am not comfortable getting him on my back in the Ergo without help, and having him on the front is often not much help at all...except that I don't have to hold all his weight with my arms. He's fairly easy to keep happy, really, but only if I don't have anything else to do!
is a fabulous book, and I highly recommend it to everyone! It talks about how we see the physical milestones pretty easily as parents-- rolling over, sitting up, crawling, etc-- but that our babies go through a massive number of mental milestones and for the most part experience them around the same time. Babies' fussy periods are almost always around the same time and for the same reasons! Definitely check the book out!
I would practice getting him on your back. My 4-month-old has days like that (he's just starting to army crawl and is always on the move, even when he's not 
) and the only way I get anything done is to put him on my back and go on with my day. He pretty much always falls asleep!
