why does my baby always cry ,and cant sit calm without crying?

mommy2b88mommy2b88
edited September 2011 in Pregnant
my baby is almost 2 months and he can not sit calm without crying ,i put him down or lye him on the bed or something and he will sit for a min or so then all the sudden he starts crying why why ??? i just want him to be able to lye or sit for a while without crying without me having to pick him up all the time! :(
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  • JsMyOnlyLoveJsMyOnlyLove
    Girl I jus asked this question. I wanna kno too :/
  • potatopotato
    Sounds like he might be colicky. Have you tried swaddling him when you lie him down?
  • mommyofstacymommyofstacy
    Could be colicky gassy I would try giving him some gas drops if u haven't tried
  • mommyofstacymommyofstacy
    Meant or gassy
  • grissy_barriagrissy_barria
    Lol I just made a post about this also but my daughter is 4 months it's starting to get frustrating because I can't clean cook or do anything she always wants to be held :/ugh
  • breewashington08breewashington08
    Id go with sme of the other ladies an say colic or acid reflux. Ask his ped dr. My daughtr was acid relux an we had to gve her meds
  • Bahamamama4828 Bahamamama4828
    For the babies with reflux or want to be held a lot, try a wrap or sling. They work wonders when you need to get stuff done
  • Beautiful_AltarBeautiful_Altar
    It sounds like colic. My daughter had it bad. I put her on soy formula and it went away over night.
  • angel26angel26
    Sounds like colic or reflux. Talk to your babies dr.
  • Steph_Due_101611Steph_Due_101611
    Breastfeed or formula?
  • mommy2b88mommy2b88
    @beautiful_altar what are the symtoms of colic ? and he is drinking soy and i see no difference :( .. @steph_due_101611 he is bottle fed .. @potato i tried swaddling and ect dosnt work only thing that calms him down for bed is a bottle or rocking him but im just mainly worried about during the day and night where i want him to lay on his own /fall alseep on his own
  • thekellikellithekellikelli
    Swing or bouncy seat maybe my daughter wouldn't sleep out of her swing!
  • lily_glzlily_glz
    Maybe he's used to you holding him a lot,.. ?? My culture says not to carry babies much bc they'll get "spoiled" and always wanna be held. Idk how true that may be but my hubby won't let me hold my baby girl too much .. but he can't see me while he's at work :P lol
  • moodymommiemoodymommie
    sounds like baby is spoiled...dont worry it may take some time to break the habbit of wanting to be held...if you want peace be strong mama I see it all the time :) colicy babies usually cry all the time not just when put down
  • Math_MommyMath_Mommy
    If he can be soothed by being held or fed, its probably not colic or reflux (the main symptom of a "colicy baby" or reflux is a baby that cannot be soothed for hours on end). At 4 months babies develop the biological ability to self sooth. Until then, you can never hold him "too much". Its exausting, but until that time you just have to experiment with different things to try to console him...just when you think you've tried everything, they outgrow it!

    Google "the happiest baby on the block". It's a set of tools (shhhing, sucking, swaying, swaddling, and side-lying position) to use separately or together to calm fussy babies. The philosophy is treating baby's first three months like a "4th trimester", basically recreating the uterine environment.

    My daughter was a super fussy newborn. She had to be held standing up or nursed to be soothed. At six weeks, I could sit with her on my lap (facing me), and she'd be okay. By three months, she was (and still is) the happiest and most delightful baby. Although, in the evening I cant leave her field of vision for more than 5 minutes w/o hearing a little whine.
  • Bahamamama4828 Bahamamama4828
    I like any book on attachment parenting. It explains how spoiling a baby is a myth :)
  • Beautiful_AltarBeautiful_Altar
    edited September 2011
    Does he sound like hes in pain? Maybe he just feels secure with you. Believe me my son will only stay in things for 10 min at a time unless hes sleeping. Some babys just like to be w/ their moms. I would suggest a baby wrap like a moby wrap. If hes in pain talk to his doc about it. Is he constipated or gassy?
  • denoisdenois
    I dont mean to sound rude but how have u done it up until now? Have u always had to rock him to sleep at night or feed him to sleep? My little one started getting very clingy and as horrible as it sounds i had to break that because i didnt want to have to rock him or feed him to sleep i wanted to do it on his own! So o brought a light show thing and put that next to his crib! As soon as i could see he was startin to get tired i would put him downand turn it on and then just leave him! He was so amazed by the lights he just stared at them and eventually fell asleep! This now works every night and in the day hes happy sittin in his bouncer or lyin on his play mat! He is 3months old though!
    I would suggest deciding how u want to try and get him to settle and keep at it! At first baby will cry a bit but just reassure him your close by but let him learn to fall asleep on his own!
    Of he doesnt learn now he will rely on being rocked or fed to sleep for a very long time! Good luck :-)
  • Steph_Due_101611Steph_Due_101611
    My son was bottle fed and for the longest time did the same thing. He would even scream hysterically. He was using regular formula and eventually we switched him to a lactose free formula and he got much better. I had a new baby. It was still milked based and not soy. But the lactose was removed. It was actually enfamil lacto-free but i haven't seen it in the stores in quite some time. Or even try formula with added probiotics for digestion.
  • beaded_bunnybeaded_bunny
    My son was a clingy held baby. I always made sure that during his before sleep feedings I would wake him up before putting him down. He got used to me not being there so he didn't freak out when he woke up and would put himself back to sleep. Self soothing is wonderful
  • augustbabyaugustbaby
    my son was like that he has reflux and was put one zantac .....hess a different baby now
  • mommy2b88mommy2b88
    @augustbaby hes on the same medication i havnt seen any reasurrance maybe he dosnt have reflux or cloic after all maybe hes just a clingy baby or fussy baby
  • mommy2b88mommy2b88
    @beautiful_altar no he dosnt sound like hes in pain
  • Beautiful_AltarBeautiful_Altar
    Ok if hes not in pain then he just wants his mommy. My son is the same and so was my daughter. They usually grow out of it.
  • stellastella
    @mommy2b88 my son is the same way tried changing formula previcid for reflux and oatmeal in his cereal nothing has worked so far he'll be 2 months tomorrow just wanted you to know your not alone hopefully it will end soon
  • Math_MommyMath_Mommy
    Reflux medications can make babies fussy...its usually the first side-effect listed!

    @bahamamama4828 In regard to attachment-parenting: I LOVE Dr. Sears!!!
  • stellastella
    @math_mommy really was hoping it was making my little guy better but it could be making him worse this is ridiculous but good to know thanks
  • Math_MommyMath_Mommy
    @stella we had our first on zantac because he was super fussy and he spit up a lot. His public health nurse said that the damage stomache acid can do comming back up is far worse than any side effects. So, we debated for months whether to keep him on it or not (he fussed the same on it and off). We eventually took him off it because his dr said that if he wasnt extra cranky right after spit up, then reflux wasnt the problem (and he would spit up, then smile).

    For babies that inconsolible (sp?) for 3+ hrs at a time (classic colic symptom), Colic Calm takes the edge off (not a cure-all, but helps).
  • stellastella
    @math_mommy we have him on prevised. Can really tell on or off it have missed doses and it was no different the specialist said he didn't think it was reflex cause he isn't spitting up even though that's what he's being treated for. He's not unconsolible(sp?) When I hold him he's ok just have a hard time sleeping he'll go down then a couple minutes. Later he fussy. Start moving and flaringI armand wakes himself up. He hates to be swaddled he'll scream when i try towrap him I use the colic calm when he does get super fussy and holding him doesn't work appreciate the suggestions divinity want to talk with doc about the meds possibly making him fuss makes me wonder if that could be the problem
  • Math_MommyMath_Mommy
    edited September 2011
    @stella ive been told that babies can have reflux even if they dont spit up. How old is he? Is he eating and gaining weight well?

    Whops, just re-read your post regarding your sons age. Alot of what youre describing sounds like age-typical fussiness. My daughter was a totally different baby at three months than she was at two months (it seems like something big happens right around the three month mark in regard to emotional maturity). She HATED swaddling too. Most babies dont like it when you first wrap them, but then they calm down. She was sooo much happier having her arms and legs free. You just have to keep trying a bunch of different stuff or combinations of things. For my daughter it was social interaction...as long as I was looking at her and talking to her, she was okay. I gradually increased the distance between us during the interaction (on my lap, then ina bouncer a foot away, then in the bouncer 3 feet away...)
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