https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:36:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-2115217 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:32:17 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2115217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: thanks! I didnt remember this with dd1 but i re-read my posts from that due date board and i did mention a witching hour for her too! I def don't remember it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-2115194 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:23:34 +0000 mrskc 2115194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: It was around 8 weeks that it started getting better. My memory is already fuzzy but I want to say it was around 10 weeks that we weren't dealing with it anymore. Amazing how fast you can forget all the bad stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-2115147 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:02:07 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2115147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: bumping. When did this end for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863921 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:57:03 +0000 Ajsmommy 1863921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, LO was fussy from about 5-7 pm, cluster nursing was all that worked. Then she'd fall asleep for the night. I'd say it lasted from about 3wks-10wks or so </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863915 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:23:01 +0000 illumina 1863915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, from around 6pm-10pm every evening! I just kept nursing, because I figured she was hungry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863897 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:35:10 +0000 lamariniere 1863897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! DD did this from maybe week 2 to week 6 or 7? But she was such a quiet baby the rest of the time, it was the only time we every really heard her cry in those early days! I would nurse her a lot and we would baby wear her and walk around the house (it was winter, so no going out at that hour). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863846 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:33:12 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 1863846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Look up " Period of purple crying". It's a DVD we give parents in the NICU and it describes how common being fussy and crying certain times of the day is and why it happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863747 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:32:51 +0000 mrskc 1863747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so reassuring to hear that others babies did this too! I was beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with her. Hopefully this phase passes soon. I want to enjoy my evenings with DH again. </p> <p>@catomd00: oh gosh, we do just about anything to keep her calm. The routine has been swaddling her, putting her in her swing with white noise and holding the paci on her mouth. Lol it's so exhausting tho! I hope it ends around 6-8 weeks! </p> <p>@kml636: yikes, still doing it at 8 weeks?! I don't know if I can take this for 4-8 more weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863746 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:32:40 +0000 keiki_mama 1863746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1 he fussed every evening with LO2, not so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863734 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:26:20 +0000 kml636 1863734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh yes, LO #2 fusses/screams/cluster feeds from 5 -8 every night. Then she sleeps really well so I can't complain! LO is 8 weeks, she started this up since she was about 4 weeks. Hopefully it's over by 12 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863721 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:09:16 +0000 catomd00 1863721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg yes it was awful! We had our "routine" revert night to help though. Around 6 we went up to our bedroom and turned on white noise super loud, swaddled her and nursed/held her paci for her and she slept in my arms until 9 or 10 when I would gently lie her down! Luckily once she was asleep she was out an easy to get back down in between feeds. It got significantly better as time wore on. I would say by 6-8 weeks it was over completely. Rough times though for a while. I dreaded the end of the day. I found taking a shower and relaxing myself before having to go into the battle zone as I called it really helped! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863712 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:00:13 +0000 Tidybee 1863712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Most of the time, it was only an hour. It started promptly at 5pm and I had to stand and walk around with her the whole time but it didn't even work that well. 45 minutes in, I'd be crying and calling my husband to come home from work. He'd walk in at 6:05 and she'd be smiling and cheerful.<br /> I did find something that worked -- Family Feud. Something about the dings and maybe the clapping. Once I put that on, she'd be quiet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863676 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:31:35 +0000 MapleMoose 1863676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and it was way longer than an hour! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863670 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:23:15 +0000 yoursilverlining 1863670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes. About 5pm-midnight, or whenever she finally lost all of her energy and fell asleep. Every single day. It was HELL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863665 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:18:56 +0000 pui 1863665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is two weeks old and she has a witching "hour" from around 10:30pm to 3:00am everyday. Nothing seems to console her during this time!</p> <p>However the rest of the day she sleeps like an angel! Good 3 hour stretches most of the time, sometimes up to 5! Inbetween she just wakes up to eat and promptly falls asleep again. When she does stay awake for a while in the day she is happy to look around the room and isn't fussy at all. She's such a good baby except for that 4-5 hour stretch at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863656 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:10:20 +0000 Tanjowen 1863656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! The afternoons from 4 p.m. on until his bedtime around 9 p.m. at newborn stage was not fun...even now, at 9 months, he's a grouchy afternoon baby :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863624 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:39:03 +0000 Beebug 1863624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a lot of rocking/bouncing infront of a mirror with DD through this! DS only did it a couple nights, but girlie was a month or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863622 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:37:01 +0000 NovBaby1112 1863622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! M went through a witching phase from about 5/6pm until 10pm every night until about 2ish months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863617 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:33:06 +0000 regberadaisy 1863617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup!!! LO 1's was like your DD , from 5pm till about well past midnight she was just awwwful. Not that she wasn't fussy during the day but it was just super worse during the witching hours. I think hers ended somewhere around 3-4 months? </p> <p>With LO 2,hers is from about 9-11pm ish. If she is not asleep by 9 she will scream and scream. So with no exception I make sure we're in the bedroom, lights off, sound machine on by 8:30 pm the latest!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863601 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:21:39 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1863601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, she sure did! Cluster feeding, crying and generally being a menace. It was gone completely by about 10 weeks? Maybe 12? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863587 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:13:37 +0000 Ocean girl 1863587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, from about 6pm-10pm, cluster nursing and screaming on repeat until she crashed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863555 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:38:31 +0000 pinkb 1863555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Its the worst. I hope it gets better soon for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863549 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:33:11 +0000 coopsmama 1863549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: I hope it stops waaaay before 9 weeks for you as well! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863504 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:43:28 +0000 hellobeeboston 1863504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: definitely not!! I recall it lasting only a few weeks then it got better!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863502 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:41:08 +0000 Mae 1863502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep from 4pm until bedtime was no fun for a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863489 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:29:15 +0000 mrskc 1863489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I don't remember if A did this! I probably blocked it from my memory! Lol</p> <p>@coopsmama: yeah, she cries so much. It's incredibly frustrating. I keep reminding myself, it won't last forever! Although I hope it stops before 9 weeks. </p> <p>@hellobeeboston: I'm glad my baby isn't the only one who does this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863482 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:20:52 +0000 hellobeeboston 1863482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! J did. Every day from 4/5 until bedtime. It was rough!! Hopefully it will be short lived! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863478 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:19:04 +0000 coopsmama 1863478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS did. It was horrible. He would cry and cry no matter what we did. It started around 3 weeks and went until he was about 9-10 weeks old. Evenings weren't fun around our house for quite some time! It just seemed to disappear one day, though. </p> <p>DD is 8 weeks old and has yet to seem to have a witching hour. We're crossing our fingers and hoping we avoid it altogether this time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863475 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:17:13 +0000 .twist. 1863475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I do vaguely (I must've blocked it out mostly, thanks for reminding me!) remember the witching hour! So much fussing, SO much nursing! ugh! Sorry mama, hope she gets through this quickly and you can catch a break! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-your-newborn-go-through-a-witching-hour-everyday#post-1863472 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:15:05 +0000 mrskc 1863472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 4 weeks old and is such a fussy little girl every evening. It's like she turns into a whole new baby starting around 5 pm. No matter how I hold her, she is unhappy and cries. If we manage to get her to sleep, it lasts all of 10-20 minutes. She has been really difficult to get down for the night. It's been taking to almost midnight everyday. :( On the plus side tho, the last two nights she slept 6 hours! </p> <p>Does/did your newborn go through a witching "hour" everyday? I put it in quotes, because hers seems to last much longer than an hour. </p>