Does it get easier?

Question

My son is 3 1/2 months and a very smiley baby.  However, most of the day is spent holding him in the dark while he sleeps and feeding him (bottle).  When he is awake he has to be very entertained or within 2 minutes he starts fussing.  He seems to have signs of mouth pain which is making him even more irritable.  The only peace I get is walking him in the stroller or sitting still in the dark holding him.

I need encouragement.  When will this end?

Answer

They learn how to entertain themselves. It gets easier. Somewhere between 4 and 9 months, they start crying less. They smile more. They play by themselves sometimes. It gets easier.

This baby at 2 and 3 months... spent most of her time awake crying. I never knew how to help her. I felt powerless. Today, she spends most of her time playing. She's easy to entertain, and isn't hungry all the time.

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It does get better, mama. My little one just turned 9 months. I had ppd that set in almost as soon as he was born. I struggled through the first four months but after that it started slowly getting better. He sleeps through the night, he's not as dependent on me every minute of the day and he doesn't cry as much now that he's mobile and finding his voice. It's hard...but rest assured...it gets better. You're doing great!

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It does get easier in a sense... however once baby starts crawling and then waking it's a whole new struggle trying to keep them out of everything. I have 3 kids and I have learned that with every new age there is always a new struggle. My kids are now 6 4 and 6 months and we just take it day by day!!

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Could the mouth pain be teething or pre-teething?

Are you taking care of him by yourself? My son's 10 weeks and I'll admit I was glad to go back to work part-time to get a break from the eat/play/sleep cycle. I love my son to pieces, but the days I do that by myself are exhausting.

Can you get friends or family to come visit and give you breaks/help out? Or maybe try to find some moms' groups? And remember that before you know it he'll be able to do so much more and be much more independent.

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Ive got a 3 week old boy whom is exactly the same. He may have thrush as his mouth is white coated bless him and hes not tolerating his milk too well either so right now ive got crying constantly. Going to get him checked today by peadiatrician. Maybe if your sons mouth is sore he needs to be seen by a doctor/ peadiatrician to work out whats causing it. Guess it will get easier for us. Nothing consoles my boy right now im over and past exhausted. Hes refused feed since midnight too

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