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Beccah letting Kodi lie on my chest helped a lot gave him a lot of comfort. After about 20 mins he was out like a light. I also place my blouse near him (not too near) so he could sense my sent, Work like a charm, He still does this a 3.5 months. Slowly growing out of it. Could not keep him awake in the days either. I just TRIED to sleep when he did. He is finally sleeping in the nights and naps in the day. I going to rest now cause he is napping now. I hated to hear Kodi cry too :(. I think sometimes they just need comfort from Mommy. Soon they will be so independant and dont need us anymore. I try to enjoy it while it lasts. All the best

I tried that. He still cries if I'm holding him or if his daddy's got him. He acts like he's so hungry, but he ate only an hour ago! I just don't understand why he was doing so good until now. When he was in the NICU he was on a strict feeding schedule, every 3 hours. When we took him home, we took him off of the schedule because sometimes he didn't want to eat, but they would force it in anyway, and I don't like that. Maybe this is why he's so fussy at night?

How old is he? He may be having a growth spurt. That is what Ben was doing last week (between weeks 3 and 4.) Nearly lost my mind, I did. I am dreading the next one at 6 weeks. Unfortunately, when they have a spurt, they like to cluster feed in the evenings and/or night. Not much you can do about it. (Unless someone knows something that I don't, then please share your wisdom with us!)

That's the thing about babies, just when you think you have something going, they completely turn it all around on you! Lucas changes his "schedule" every 2 weeks or so I swear just to keep me hopping LOL! He was also colicky, but did not have his days and nights mixed up. He is almost 4 mos old, and for awhile we were only getting up to eat once a night, but for the last 3 weeks or so, we are up twice to eat at night. They do know exactly what they are doing. I don't have any suggestions, my son has me at a total loss, just well wishes for you! It will get better!

he might have gas or grip. Kodi went trhrough a growth sprut around that time too. I am b___stfeeding. He was eating Every hour on the hour. It will pa__s

Thank god! I'm just glad Bradyn's not the only one who acts like that. I hope it's a growth spurt, he is almost 12 weeks old. I just don't know where all that milk goes! Shows how much I really know about infants :-) LOL

Beccah, I always took care of everyone else's babies, family, friends, you name it.Ever Since I could barely walk myself. I figured I had the baby thing all figured out, no problem! Ha! Then Lucas came out and blew that whole thing out of the water. He is unlike any baby I have ever met! He likes to make me a raving lunatic! But I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world.

Dont worry sweetie we are all learning. Even those that are moms before,as each child is different. Prayer helps me cope a lot. I also talk to him a lot . Example would be when he is fussing I am Like "Ok Kodi what is it, tell mommy what you want" Of course he does not answer but it seems to calm him a little. I swear he knows that I am trying to figure out what is wrong and is helping. :). I do a process of elimation. Check diper, check to see if hungry, check if sleeply ( loves to fight sleep) once all is check I cuddle and play with him for a while see if that is it. Then he gets tired and guess it falls asleep.

I also thought I was an "expert". I worked with infants in a nursery for almost 2 years. I never thought I would feel so lost. Karen, I don't talk to him like you do, I'm more like "Knock that off.. I'm not hurting you." LOL He just doesn't like cold wipes on his booty, but he screams like I'm really hurting him! I'm going to try to be more patient tonight and we'll see how that goes.

By the way, how long do growth spurts last? A couple days? Several? A week?

Hi Beccah, I don't have much advice, I just wanted to say I'm glad your lil one's doing good enough to give you fits! You are right, it's impossible to keep a newborn awake if they are in the mood to sleep ;) Best wishes!

Very possible he is growing. Sometimes that throws their entire schedule off. That would certainly explain the pigging out! One thing you may want to try if you aren't b___stfeeding (and maybe if you are) is putting a bit of rice cereal in with his formula. The heavier the food is the sleepier they are. Start with just a small addition like a teaspoon per 4 oz bottle and see how that goes. Just make sure baby gets lots of liquids otherwise just in case he is prone to constipation, mine was! Too, it is too hard to listen to a newborn cry! Don't do that to yourself! Wait till he's bigger to play that game. It's better for you and him! Hope all goes well with you!!!

Beccah I have lost it sometimes too. but I would put him down move from him and SCREAM my head off. Got myself together and then took him and tired again.