How do you mamas deal with bouts of fussiness?

Question

When your baby cries and is inconsolable, how do you deal/keep your sanity? Sometimes my baby will scream for what feels like forever, I feel so bad for him and wish I could calm him somehow but there are times I feel like I’m about to go insane and just want to cry out of frustration. What are some of your coping mechanisms? I just want to feel like I’m not alone!

Answer

My babe responds well to her pacifier...if that doesn’t work we have a pack n play and swing that vibrates...car rides...patting her diaper...and if all else fails nursing always calms her. Hang in there! It’s especially hard at night time when you’re exhausted...sometimes it results in both of us crying!

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I was about to post a question just like this. My baby is 3 weeks old and going through a very fussy stage. Cries if he's not being held or moved around. Won't sleep more that 1.5hrs & when he does, he has to be asleep on me.🤷🏼‍♀️ I try to nurse him, bounce him, burp him, but eventually he just cries himself to sleep. It's a good thing he's cute!

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I cry with her. I also baby wear, tons of bouncing and patting of her diaper, I talk a lot to her so she can hear my voice, I try white noises, and then I do it all again. One min she will want to nurse to help soothe, then she doesn’t within the same minute, and then she will change her mind once again and decide she does. I just do everything on repeat. I tried swaddling her and she hates it. Baby wearing has been my most effective.

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My husband uses a white noise app and rocks in our glider. If it’s really bad, he will listen to a podcast while rocking to tune out the crying. My method is try nursing first in case hunger is the issue. But when that doesn’t work, we dance around the house, go outside for a bit, swaddle him in his favorite blanket while singing to him, etc.

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Gripe water, swaddle, white noise, skin to skin... It depends on how upset she is.

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