https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 02:28:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-8062 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:15:56 +0000 Rubies 8062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Yuppers, I have the book. It is helpful but it is at those specific times when the baby shrieks and there is nothing I can do to stop it! And yeah, I am all about the mommy time out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-8016 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:04:29 +0000 Adira 8016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mr. Bee - I'd love to hear what your seven steps are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-7957 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:45:56 +0000 hreichard 7957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If i know he has been changed, fed, doesnt have a fever and he's ok then i put him in his crib, shut the door a few minutes until i calm down then i go back in and check on him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-7956 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:53:32 +0000 Andrea 7956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, make sure nothing is wrong, and then give yourself a few minutes of time out. </p> <p>@Rubies - have you read Dr. Karp's Happiest Baby on the Block? That really helped me when my daughter was an infant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-7940 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:35:49 +0000 Boogs 7940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After I've checked every possible thing that could be wrong I put the baby in a safe place, like his swing, and put myself on a little timeout in another room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-7911 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:31:53 +0000 mrbee 7911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I can, I try to disassociate and go into troubleshooting mode! I have a seven step diagnostic I run to figure out why a baby is crying... I try to focus on that instead of on the incessant crying!</p> <p>If that doesn't work, then I would do exactly what you just said above. I think that's what they tell you do in the "shaken baby" video we had to watch at the hospital! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-los-crying-drives-you-insane#post-7910 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:29:21 +0000 Rubies 7910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Especially when I'm utterly exhausted, my LO's constant crying is enough to drive me crazy. I feel like I want to rip my ears off. So sometimes, I just drop her in her pack'n'play, shut the door and lay down on the couch for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, I'll go back to her and usually I'm in a better frame of mind.</p> <p>What do YOU do to help ease the insanity? </p>