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Please HELP ME!!!
« on: October 17, 2007, 02:08:30 am »
I have a 9 month old. She is an angel baby...at least she has been until recently. She has become very whiny and needy which is very unlike her. The main problem is the fact that for the occasional nap but mainly at night when we put her down, we know she is exhausted, but she will scream BLOODY MURDER!!!! Nothing seems to calm her down. What happened to our sweet, easy going baby? Is it something I did? What is wrong? I just dont know what to do. I change her, she screams. I feed her and put her down again, she screams. I take her for a car ride, she screams. I hold her and rock her. She is not sitting up in bed or standing up in bed, so I don't know if PU/PD applies. She was sick last week, and had a stomach bug earlier this week. Is that all it is? Will this pass? Is she having separation anxiety? She is on the EASY routine and does great with it. HELP!!!!!!!
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2007, 02:20:51 am »
Hi, and welcome to the boards.
Can you post her routine for me?
I have a feeling that this is due to illness and she is just struggling to get back on track. Did this start t the same time?
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2007, 02:51:17 am »
Thanks for your response! Here is our schedule. She went down a little easier tonight ( so far anyway), but this afternoon with my mother was really tough she said. Let me know what you think. Thanks. : )

typically we do as follows

wake: 7am
E : 7am
A : 7:30 to 9:30am
S : 9:30 to 11:30am (depending on length of nap usually 1 1/2 to 2 hrs.)
Y : clean : )

E : 11-11:30am
A : 11:30-12:00 to 1:30-2:00
S : 1:30-2:00 till 3:30 or 4pm
Y : clean some more

E : 3:30 or 4pm
A : 4 or 4:30 till she eats again four hours later
S : usually she only takes two naps per day...I have excluded her early evening nap (which has worked until now)
Y : daddy time with baby

eats at 7 to 7:30 then goes to bed after we feed her.
Ocassionally she will sleep later than 7 or 7:30. She sometimes sleeps till 8 or 8:30am, and I adjust her schedule accordingly, but it is always eat every four hours, then play for two hours, then sleep for an hour and a half to two hours like clockwork. She never goes to bed past 8:30pm. Thank you for your quick response! I just don't know what else to do!
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2007, 02:54:29 am »
It sounds like she is overtired.  I would have her in bed and ready to sleep by 7:00.  Try putting her to bed earlier and see what happens.
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2007, 03:06:00 am »
I'm willing to try anything at this point. One question I have is this: If this schedule has worked up till this point, what changed? Why is it all of a sudden not working anymore? Does the Baby Whisperer say that schedules need to be tweaked at different ages? What has worked for you? Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate it. I will try that.
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2007, 17:40:46 pm »
During the first year it seems routine need a lot of tweaking. They grow and change so rapidly that it seems constant. 

What worked the most for me was really keeping track of things when anything seemed like it was even starting to get off track.  Generally if Claire wake early one day or has a night wake or fights going down for a nap I begin writing EVERYTHING down.  This makes it easy because I can be proactive and adjust slowly instead of there being real trouble. Recently she started to wake at night and fight bedtime.  I paid really close attention and noticed that during windown she didn't seem to be relaxing as much as usual so we tried a bedtime 15 min later and voila no more wakes or fights.  It's all about really watching for clues.
Keep me posted.
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2007, 18:17:02 pm »
Hello

I also thought possible overtiredness - which may be partly due to being ill last week if that's the one thing that's been "different".  We have to tweak our routine all the time too - my LO is the same age as yours.

I also wondered if your mum looking after her was a "new" thing for her?

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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2007, 20:32:12 pm »
My mom looking after her is not a new thing, but she never does sleep really well over there. My LO was better last night. She cried a little and woke up often, but it was not the same as the nights previous. She took a three hour nap earlier this morning, so I think overtiredness could have very well played a part and I had not even thought of that. Thank you for your response. I will really pay attention to her behavior the next few days. We tried a different bedtime wind down last night that seemed to work better. I'll keep you posted on what I find out. Thanks for your suggestions. I want to be the best mom I can be, and I'll try anything to do what is best for her. Thanks. Talk to you soon.
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2007, 09:29:23 am »
Great!

And you are definitely being the best mum to your little girl  :)

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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2007, 00:12:03 am »
thanks
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