What age does the witching hour end? A is going to be 6 months in a week and is still absolutely miserable to be around every evening.
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@littlebug: What time does it start?
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I thought it typically ended by 12 weeks. DD only had it from 2-5 weeks.
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It ended before three months for my girls.
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@littlebug: we had a definite witching hour until he was 3.5 months I would say. Every evening at 6 he does get fussy bc he's tired, but it's not nearly as bad. Maybe your little one needs to sleep little more? Sorry to give unsolicited advice but once I made sure he was napping more it seemed to get better. We also have a very strict 7:15 p.m. bedtime.
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@SweetiePie: About 5:30. I pick her up at daycare and we get home around 5. Somewhere between 5:15 and 5:45 is when it hits.
@pachamama: I keep trying to blame it on being tired, because she doesn't nap well at daycare. But it's unchanged on the weekends when she's home and naps really well. Bedtime is 6:30, give or take 10 minutes.
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Ours ended around 12 weeks also. Could something else be going on? I'm sorry to hear you're still dealing with this.
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@Rocker2014: She has reflux but she's medicated and on the correct dose; plus this is not her reflux behavior.
We started trying solids this weekend, and we thought maybe sitting in the high chair at the dinner table with all of us would help, but instead she screamed even worse. Like, our neighbors probably thought we were murdering her. It was outrageous.
She's had a cough off and on for the past 2 or 3 months. I've had her at the pediatrician for it 2x in addition to her normal well visits and every time they tell me it's just nasal drip, her lungs are perfectly clear, her ears look fine, blah blah blah. Her brother had ASD but her heart sounds perfectly normal. No fever, not pulling on her ears... nothing.
I just keep waiting for her to grow out of it and it's just not happening!
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@littlebug: Hmmm...tough! I know when my LO had reflux, we added gas drops to her Zantac regimen and it really helped her sleep. Could she be getting gassy by the end of the day?
Another idea, could she be hungry at the end of the day? LO was a little older but when she switched daycare classrooms at around 9 mos, they changed the feeding schedule and she would be STARVING at the end of the day, and would get so worked up that she wasn't able to eat and it ruined the rest of the evening. Once we figured that out and had them feed her near the end of the day before we picked her up, she was happier the rest of the evening. (of course then she never wanted solids at home because she was full from her bottle!)
Good luck!
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Ugh oh man! Well it sounds like you are really doing the right stuff. She must just be a fussy little one. I will say my son is HUNGRY at the end of the day- make sure she is tanked up? And once you start solids I swear she'll be entertained.
Don't give up on the high chair. My son also screamed bloody murder but now will sit in it for like a half an hour. (He's 6.5 months.) 30 minutes is sooooo long for me not to have to deal with him
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@Rocker2014: side bar: which gas drops do you use?
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On good nap days aka weekends what time does nap usually end? My ten month old can only stay up 2-3 hours MAX in the afternoon and our bedtimes have to be crazy early. Like today, she napped 1230-215 and started to fuss at 415. We did a quick walk in the stroller, dinner @ 440, bath right at 5 and she passed out immediately at 515! she generally sleeps until 630a regardless of bedtime at 515, 615, or somewhere in between.
So...I guess what I'm getting at is have you tried a freakishly early bedtime? Haha. I think it's so weird but my LO really needs and wants it.
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@peaches1038: we started with something fancier but ended up using Target brand since they worked just as well. We ended up giving them before each feeding for a few months. It seemed like a lot, but she was a positively new baby when we started doing that.
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@pachamama: She gets a bottle at daycare around 3 or 3:30, and we get home around 5. I either nurse her or Hubs gives her a bottle shortly after we get home. So she's definitely got a full belly when she's having her meltdown. I started wondering last night if maybe she's TOO full and we should skip that evening feed. But I feel like we've done that (kind of by accident/schedule didn't allow) and she still fussed, no differently.
@charlotte: If she naps at home, it's usually like 12-3 or 1-4. During the week, she'll often take several cat naps all morning, but then is pretty much up from 1pm until I pick her up. She crashes out on the 10 minute car ride home, usually stays asleep in the carseat for about 20 more minutes when we go inside, and then wakes up, eats, and is pissed off. I suppose I could try to take her up as soon as we get home, but that's SO early. And when would I make dinner? If I waited to make dinner until getting her down, my 3yo wouldn't eat till like 7 and he goes up for bath at 7:30! And my husband can't cook for crap (unless I wanted my son to eat grilled cheese, spaghetti, and chicken nuggets every night). Bahhhh...
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@littlebug: ugh that is so hard. and it sounds like she's getting good afternoon sleep on the weekend and not too much afternoon/evening awake time and it still doesn't help anyway. I have to admit, I don't really "make" dinner right now. our 3y/o only likes grilled food and non-cooked veggies and fresh fruit so my husband usually grills chicken or steak for us a few nights a week and we eat the leftovers the next night. I hope one of these days (how about today?!) she just grows out of it! I know it is hard, especially with a 3 year old also in the mix.
One other thing that helped us is @ around 7 months our LO became an insanely good self feeder and would spend that dinner / dinner prep time fascinated by picking up peas and puffs off of her tray. Something will click soon!
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My DS stopped at exacly 6 months old.
I know how much it sucks, especially when everybody says it will be better by 4 months, then it's not. But the end is in sight.Also, for what it's worth if your feeding solids bananas give DS the worst fussy gas, so we just avoid those. Prunes worked wonders!
Eta: I forgot DS bed time as always been around 8-830, and that never made a difference in his evening fussiness, he usually takes a little 45 min nap around 5-530
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@littlebug: Hmmmm. Ugh! Just keep trying stuff. It's so hard! I really think she will grow out of it. One night you'll be like... omg.. she's not crying!
One other thing that helped us is @ around 7 months our LO became an insanely good self feeder and would spend that dinner / dinner prep time fascinated by picking up peas and puffs off of her tray. Something will click soon!
I know how much it sucks, especially when everybody says it will be better by 4 months, then it's not. But the end is in sight.Reply
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