https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:37:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1646102 Tue, 20 May 2014 08:48:45 +0000 indi 1646102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: Agreed. </p> <p>With our LO, it was just a mix of walking around, taking turns with DH, keeping the room dark, and speaking to her in slow, low tones. One night I only got her to sleep after chanting "heeeeeeyyyyy yoooooouuuuu" for 10 minutes. I felt a little crazy, but I got to sleep. :-) Do what you can, do what you need to, and just know that it will eventually pass. *hugs* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1646000 Tue, 20 May 2014 08:04:54 +0000 edelweiss 1646000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sounds like you are doing practically everything you can. doesn't hurt to try the 5 s's. it didn't work for us but i know it works for lots of others. you are doing a great job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645987 Tue, 20 May 2014 07:53:28 +0000 littlebug 1645987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I agree with pps. Happiest Baby's 5 Ss were a miracle for us. We'd swaddle, lay him on his side on my leg, which I would shake back and forth. I would give him his paci (or my finger) to suck on and would play white noise on my phone (which I rested right on him). 45 seconds and he'd be asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645950 Tue, 20 May 2014 07:29:44 +0000 wonderstruck 1645950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO was like this in the evenings too...as others said, the witching hour! It was awful because that was right when DH got home from work, so there was a bit of time there where it was so rare for him to get to spend any non-stressful time with LO! I had tricks, many of which have already been said - the 5 S's, the vacuum, going outside, etc. But none of it worked during the witching hour, we just had to struggle through it. Occasionally I would just lay him down in his swing, and then go into our bathroom, close the door, turn on the fan, run hot water, and just sit there to breathe in the steam, have the noise blocked out, and try to chill a bit before heading back out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645942 Tue, 20 May 2014 07:25:00 +0000 Smurfette 1645942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Take her outside, always seemed to calm her down. </p> <p>Otherwise wearing her usually helped. Sometimes the vacuum would calm her down, but when you turned it off she would wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645913 Tue, 20 May 2014 07:02:10 +0000 Mamaof2 1645913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I remember those days all too well! I cant remember where I read this - might have been Happiest Baby on the Block - anyway - have you heard about Jello head? Its works!!</p> <p>I would swaddle DS and stand in the kitchen by the exhaust fan (worked like white noise) Holding the baby with him cradle in your arm gently sway so his head slightly moves left to right - like jello - there is something about that motion that just clamed my DS right down!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645888 Tue, 20 May 2014 06:27:14 +0000 Charm54 1645888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like you have all your bases covered! The only thing that ever truly worked 100% of the time for us was walking/dancing or some form of movement! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645884 Tue, 20 May 2014 06:25:45 +0000 looch 1645884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crying is a stress reliver for infants, so there might not be anything to be done about it. They eventually stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645834 Tue, 20 May 2014 03:43:08 +0000 Cherrybee 1645834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my goodness, this brings back memories. My baby would start getting fussy around 4pm then scream 5pm - 11pm. Every night. DH used to put her in the carrier and dance around the living room to the music channels - that would put her to sleep (but as soon as she stopped, she would wake up screaming again). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645820 Tue, 20 May 2014 02:10:50 +0000 lemondrop 1645820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I popped him in the Ergo and went for a walk. Otherwise, I'd lay down on the couch, skin to skin, belly to belly and pat his back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645815 Tue, 20 May 2014 01:30:40 +0000 lamariniere 1645815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like the witching hour to me. My daughter did this for the first two months. She would go on a crying jag for an hour or two every evening. We would hold her either upright or my husband was good with holding her stomach down on his forearm and walk around with her, sometimes she wanted to nurse and sometimes not, but I would offer it frequently. She also had gas the first 10 weeks or so and would shriek after eating, but gas drops cleared that up pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645606 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:47:31 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1645606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore LO in the Baby K'Tan (soft sling) all evening for weeks on end, walking circles around the living room and dining room. Sometimes near the dishwasher, dryer, or even with my iphone on the Sleep Machine app near his head. That was usually the only thing that did the trick, if nursing didn't work.</p> <p>Turns out he was lactose intolerant (he only just outgrew this at 14 months) - so he had a lot of stomach pain. If you think LO's crying/screaming is outside the norm, definitely mention it to your ped. Be a little pushy if necessary. My mom said she'd never heard a baby sustain a scream like my LO, and I wish I'd pushed my first ped more for reasons other than "the witching hour," but I think I was dismissed as a first-time mom who didn't know just how much babies cry in the beginning.</p> <p>Granted, for a lot of them, it is just the witching hour, and there's nothing you can do but wait it out. But it's just something to keep in mind. Hang in there mama - it's so tough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645585 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:39:46 +0000 Canoli 1645585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: aaaahhh my husband and I used to do this with our first son! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645573 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:34:48 +0000 Modern Daisy 1645573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds was powerless when it came to the stroller in motion. One of us would alwsays be pushing it around in our living room so he would finslly sleep.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645569 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:34:05 +0000 yoursilverlining 1645569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uh, prayed. I prayed a lot in the newborn days, and I'm an atheist. </p> <p>If it's gas, you often have to bicycle a lot and hard (hard for an infant). Bouncing on the edge of the bed, swinging pretty forcefully back and forth, warm/hot baths also helped some. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645507 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:02:22 +0000 blackbird 1645507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH used to take E outside. One, so I didn't have to suffer, too, but often, the fresh air and wind would soothe her and she would stop crying </p> <p>We also did the Happiest Baby on the Block technique. The "jiggling" worked well </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645480 Mon, 19 May 2014 19:43:59 +0000 Greentea 1645480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ergo! DH wore lo in the ergo with the insert and he had to keep walking. She also liked to be straight up on his chest. He also did this thing where he was like a human swing, bringing her up to his face and then back down, up and down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645443 Mon, 19 May 2014 19:05:38 +0000 Kemma 1645443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Taking LO outside can work or an nice relaxing bath or skin to skin? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645372 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:31:46 +0000 matador84 1645372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't read pp ...dd and DS loved it when I held them face down on my forearm and sort of rocked them back and forth. It did something amazing for getting gas out too!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645371 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:31:37 +0000 MrsH 1645371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the five s's worked really well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645369 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:31:19 +0000 hilsy85 1645369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tight swaddle and walking with him worked sometimes, but it was tough! Hang in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645368 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:28:42 +0000 Canoli 1645368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.janedoe: yes, this! This is where I'm at. And this too shall pass is something I say to myself multiple times a day.</p> <p>I remind myself my first son was the same way and we survived and can hardly remember it now. It's such a short time period but it sure is hard to remember when you're in the thick of it! Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645367 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:27:57 +0000 mrbee 1645367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe an earlier bedtime?</p> <p>Also, if it's a bit chilly outside, sometimes taking your LO outside can startle them a bit and break them out of a cry... even for just 5 seconds or so. Any change in environment can do something similar... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645364 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:25:57 +0000 Dandelion 1645364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Going through it too, every night. It's finally starting to taper off but it's rough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645356 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:22:39 +0000 mrslibrarian 1645356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is she hungry? My newborn was on the boob all of the time but I found out he was starving because I wasn't making enough milk. He would scream cry often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645348 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:14:33 +0000 twodoghouse 1645348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know, but Alice goes through the same thing every evening and sometimes after all her night feedings. We do all the things you listed above and sometimes we have luck, but sometimes all we do is take turns holding her all night long. My husband has some magic touch with her but even that's not foolproof. Good thing these babies are so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645347 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:13:30 +0000 Cole 1645347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here is a link to a segment on the 5 S's, he basically covers the whole book right here. Barring that and the usuals of feeding, singing, bouncing, diaper checks etc. sometimes walking outside can help, the change of scenery and air can help.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_64-LbhT3M" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_64-LbhT3M</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645343 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:11:52 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1645343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, it came down to having to accept the fact that she was just going to cry. It sucked so bad. I cried along with her. As they say, this too shall pass! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645337 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:06:06 +0000 Foodnerd81 1645337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to suggest the 5 S's too. And a yoga/exercise ball was absolutely our savior. C liked being bounced pretty hard on it. I cannot tell you how many evenings (like 5-10 pm) were spent alternating me nursing her, then Dh bouncing hard on the ball, then nursing, and so on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-when-your-newborn-screams#post-1645332 Mon, 19 May 2014 18:02:01 +0000 HLK208 1645332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The 5 S's: swaddle, on stomach or side, shush, swing and suck (pacifier, bottle or nursing). If none of those worked, I would just keep bouncing, talk to them, let them exercise their lungs if all their needs were met. DS and DD had a witching hour but it started at about 2 weeks until 6 weeks. Always in the evening! </p>