Baby crying help...

foz · Sat 10/04/2004 02:08:28

Most of my posts recently have been done in the early hours due to a little bundle of joy keeping as awake.......

Funny how he sleeps like an angel during the day...

I need sleep.......any ideas ....

other than move out and leave wife to it...
...or send baby up for adoption....

Ahh 2.03 am still early yet....might get some sleep by 5.30 am...

Evil · Sat 10/04/2004 02:13:09

Niquil gets anyone asleep, even babies.

Squinky · Sat 10/04/2004 02:17:01

My kids always seem to go to sleep if I take them for a 20 minute drive with oldies rock on...works magic...

foz · Sat 10/04/2004 02:26:54

My boy....love the car...ive been out at 4 am......he sleeps like a log...

One problem....when i come back get out the car in the house....guess what he wakes up....

Hes only just over 2 weeks and we love him to bits.......but wish the little sod would sleep at nite in his cot.....a few hours is all we ask..

This is one reason i`ve done loads on MIA... due to being up...lets work on game...

Old wifes tales....we tried everything....

great...i just had 5 mins peace ...more crying..

Domino · Sat 10/04/2004 02:29:56

Put your computer in the car, and program on AGS while driving around. Then both of you win.

of course i'm kidding. But you'll probably have to just wait until he's about 1 or 2 before the crying stops.

I know, my sister has three small kids.

ElaineMc · Sat 10/04/2004 02:30:41

At two weeks, it's really hard to guess what might or might not be up. If he were older, I'd bet he was about to start breaking teeth; at this age, it *could* be colic; more likely, he just hasn't adapted to, well, *anything*. There's a good chance you'll just have to wait him out. That being said, there's also a good chance that he'll just mellow out all on his own, given a little time.

To survive the whole thing, one thing you can do is for the both of you to try swapping off sleeping shifts for a little while-- with the use of earplugs, if necessary, and napping during the day, when he goes to sleep.

Squinky · Sat 10/04/2004 03:17:36

I love the way you use *these* when you type Elaine...heh...

Yeah, you pretty much have to schedule your life around the little guy for a while. I lucked out, both my kids were really quiet and never cried much...

It gets better...for a while...

foz · Sat 10/04/2004 04:17:38

Thanks......

Still up .....4.14.....my eyes feel like pins have been pushed in....

The shift thing is something were doing.......

9 months ago this was a great idea......

No one tells about this......

It One big smack in the face...

Peter Thomas · Sat 10/04/2004 04:22:37

heh!

My mum reckons she used to make me shut up by ignoring me....

Once she had checked that there was nothing wrong with me, of course. I had just been fed, had nappy changed etc etc, so she'd go to bed, and when I cried she left me alone. It sounds mean, I know, but apparently it worked a treat for me...

And 18 years later I don't resent her....

Scummbuddy · Sat 10/04/2004 04:24:00

they say to do that, but after a point... after some time. you dont want them to grow too dependent on you to come everytime they cry, but not come enough and they'll feel alone in this world. their future ways of coping with life in general is now in your hand.

good luck.

Peter Thomas · Sat 10/04/2004 04:28:40

it's a delicate balance, and if you screw it up, your cute little bubsy is destined to roam the streets late at night bearing various Weapons of Mass Destruction.

no, really - he will....

(edit: okay... not really...)

Darth Mandarb · Sat 10/04/2004 09:11:17

A thimbleful of flat, warm beer; works like a charm.

My dad used to tell me that when he was stationed in Germany (he was in the Navy), parents used to leave a beer out all day. Then, at night, they would give their baby a shot (thimble) of the stuff and the kid would sleep 'till morning.

Of course, they then left the kid home alone while they jaunt off to the pub ...

(*note: this was a trend started after WWII in a vain attempt to prevent the re-birth of the Nazi party)

You see? Beer is ALWAYS the answer!

Timosity · Sat 10/04/2004 12:31:37

The joys of being a parent hey, I guess you know that these things happen but you don't consider it until it's upon you.

I don't have the experience but I did look after my niece a few times when she was very young and It got to me after a short while and that's only a few hours (not during the night), I've often wondered how I'll handel it full time when that time comes.

but yeah, the method of not going everytime the baby cries is probably the best one, that's what my sister did, but it really does depend on the personality of the baby as some cry more than others.

have fun, I'm sure it's an experience you'll look back on and have fond memories, if not you can say what a cry baby he was at his 21st

Raggit · Sun 11/04/2004 01:59:33

I remember when I was two weeks old. Man I'm glad those days are over.

Well seriously, I've heard that the ticking of a clock can sooth a baby to sleep. You might try that. I've also heard that if you set the baby on top of the washing machine while it's running, the vibrations help them to go to sleep.

Hey, Foz, you ought to save some of these threads to your hard drive and show them to your boy once het gets older.

He'd be like "whoa did you really give me beer?"

Peter Thomas · Sun 11/04/2004 02:14:27

I've never heard of putting a baby on a washing machine, but I'd do it just for the fun of it.

Babywobblebabywobblebabywobble....

$:-\$

well...erm.... I thought it was funny, anyway...

MillsJROSS · Sun 11/04/2004 06:28:19

I think putting the baby in the washing machine and turning it on, would solve all your problems.

-MillsJROSS