keri
29-08-2012, 11:00 AM
I have taken on a 6 month old and he screams all the time! This is my 3rd week with him and I have him for 3 hours a day although I had 3 days off due to holiday commitments and monday bank hol.
He is currently weaning and is breast fed and up until now every time he cried mum breast fed him and when it was sleep time he was fed until he fell asleep! And had absolutely no routine
I had a friend come up to visit who has a baby of the same age and she is a stickler for routine and talked to the mum and the mum is now devised a routine including not allowing him to fall asleep on the breast. This started last Friday and mum says he seems to be a bit better at home and where as he used to scream for dad the same way he does for me that has calmed down a lot.
I went out at the weekend and bought a good selection of toys for his age as I was lacking due to not normally a need to take babies so young.
He won't lay on the floor with toys, sitting up with cushions in the high hair he just screams the only way he will stop is if I'm carrying him and moving, if I stand still he cries. He gets himself in a state when I sit him in his chair to feed him and there is not much consoling him.
I put him down in the travel cot to sleep and do controlled crying (parents request) and it only takes about 10 minutes for him to drop off but he'll wake up after the sleep and we are back to the crying.
He is ok in the buggy and I have taken him for walks but kind of feel that's not getting him used to being here and the surroundings.
Apparently he is like it with everyone including grandparents (they wont look after him) so it seems it is not just me and my home.
Does anyone have any suggestions. Mum is cool and I think any suggestions made will be appreciated? How long is a reasonable amount of time to break this? Any advice would be super helpful :)
Sorry for the long post x
He is currently weaning and is breast fed and up until now every time he cried mum breast fed him and when it was sleep time he was fed until he fell asleep! And had absolutely no routine
I had a friend come up to visit who has a baby of the same age and she is a stickler for routine and talked to the mum and the mum is now devised a routine including not allowing him to fall asleep on the breast. This started last Friday and mum says he seems to be a bit better at home and where as he used to scream for dad the same way he does for me that has calmed down a lot.
I went out at the weekend and bought a good selection of toys for his age as I was lacking due to not normally a need to take babies so young.
He won't lay on the floor with toys, sitting up with cushions in the high hair he just screams the only way he will stop is if I'm carrying him and moving, if I stand still he cries. He gets himself in a state when I sit him in his chair to feed him and there is not much consoling him.
I put him down in the travel cot to sleep and do controlled crying (parents request) and it only takes about 10 minutes for him to drop off but he'll wake up after the sleep and we are back to the crying.
He is ok in the buggy and I have taken him for walks but kind of feel that's not getting him used to being here and the surroundings.
Apparently he is like it with everyone including grandparents (they wont look after him) so it seems it is not just me and my home.
Does anyone have any suggestions. Mum is cool and I think any suggestions made will be appreciated? How long is a reasonable amount of time to break this? Any advice would be super helpful :)
Sorry for the long post x