Will This Baby Ever Stop Crying?

[Wednesday!]

Nope. Not crawling or even sitting up yet, though he is a good roller.

If you can tough it out, he'll probably be a totally different baby once he starts crawling! That's always been my experience.

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Relaxababy app

No worry about leaving your phone or tablet under your baby's diaper after they fall asleep. The vibes only run for a minute. That was all it took with my granddaughter. She fell asleep the first time in about 30 seconds after crying over an hour straight in the middle of the night. I don't believe I ever was so amazed.

And we only needed to use the app a few more times before she was sleeping long naps and through the night...and noise. This is a miracle app. She also has not spit up for over a week, since using it to calm her. And she now burps on her own, as well. Maybe there is a connection.

Thanks for the idea, Leigh. I just tried the app on myself and felt a nice all over relaxation by the time it stopped. It pulses in certain way rather than just vibrate. I found it felt best right between the dimples on my low back. Maybe no longer having a constantly crying baby disturbing my life made it easier to relax.

Leigh, definitely try it on your foster son and 3 yr old. I read the app's vibes even help if you apply the vibes after babies, or older kids, are asleep for 20 minutes.

[Indianadaycare]

In my experience, almost all babies go through a stage of this around this age, even the most mild-mannered ones. IMO, I think it's just a normal developmental thing, and they seem to gain more independence when they are just beginning to attempt to master crawling (start getting their knees under them and rocking). It seems to me they are almost as though they are getting bored with the way things are...rolling is old news and they want to play, but are still pretty much stuck wherever they are set down. I think they are just a little frustrated and/or bored.

Anyway, that's what I tell myself and first time dc parents, if only to pacify that this, too, shall pass!

That's what I was thinking too. Seems all my babies get fussy around 8 months. Maybe because they want so badly to be more mobile, but can't quite yet. It helps mine when I rotate the toys in front of them too. They get bored with the toys, and happy again when the toys are switched out. I also sit on the floor with them and read aloud to them while they play. They love that.

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I know what my licensor would say about having a phone in the crib.
Nothing, absolutely nothing except a clean, dry, unattached pacifier is to be in the crib with the baby. On a clean, dry sheet in an approved crib, with nothing under the sheet and nothing over the sheet or the baby. Nothing is the key word.

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Relaxababy app

We only laid the baby down on the phone the first time. For a minute til she fell asleep. Now we apply the vibes while holding her. She loves it. If not hungry it took less than a minute to calm her fussiness, no matter the cause it seemed. The best part is not having a fussy baby crying inconsolably anymore in only a weeks time! After two weeks she rarely needs the vibes, but the directions say to keep applying them from time to time. We plan to because her development seems to be speeding up. Is there a new-baby syndrome?

[Blackcat31]

I know what my licensor would say about having a phone in the crib.
Nothing, absolutely nothing except a clean, dry, unattached pacifier is to be in the crib with the baby. On a clean, dry sheet in an approved crib, with nothing under the sheet and nothing over the sheet or the baby. Nothing is the key word.

We only laid the baby down on the phone the first time. For a minute til she fell asleep. Now we apply the vibes while holding her. She loves it. If not hungry it took less than a minute to calm her fussiness, no matter the cause it seemed. The best part is not having a fussy baby crying inconsolably anymore in only a weeks time! After two weeks she rarely needs the vibes, but the directions say to keep applying them from time to time. We plan to because her development seems to be speeding up. Is there a new-baby syndrome?

Wouldn't matter if it was a minute or an a day.

NOTHING in the crib means NOTHING in the crib. Period.

If we tried to say "But it was only a minute", we'd still get cited for it.

This is the issue for most providers...parents find these neat little "tricks" to get their baby to sleep that providers can NOT do in daycare.

I think it's great that you came across such a useful app that works for you, but if your baby is going to be in daycare, it's not an option.

Also, sometimes setting your baby up with a routine like that is so unfair as the routine can't be replicated at daycare so the baby suffers from being "out of routine" and that is never a happy situation.