For the past five nights, between 6 and 9, our peaceful little angel becomes a fussy screaming monster. Nothing we do calms him down, except for the car… Tay is driving him around town right now, giving us both a few moments of quiet.
I hope this passes soon.
Sounds like colic…..my eldest had it and you could set your clock by him. Six pm and he would start to scream like someone was torturing him…… and I would start my laps of the house with him held to my shoulder. There are a few things you can get from the pharmacy, all of which I tried. Some helped a little and some not at all. The only thing that cured it was time…..probably not a help to you at the moment but it does pass. Within a few months I had forgotten it and I am only reminded occasionally when I hear stories like yours. Don’t let it drive you mad…it will end. In the meantime…thank god gas prices are low:)
i didn’t get the memo either! my “what they don’t tell you list” keeps getting longer and longer and longer …
Maybe he needs one of those vibrating chairs? I know, I know, this is probably a totally retarded suggestion.
When Jackson was an infant he was similarly disrupted at the end of the day, it’s like he just couldn’t process any more information and had to melt down. Eventually I bought a baby backpack and took to strolling around the neighborhood at that time of day, it helped a lot.
we call it ‘the witching hour’ (only it really is about the hrs. you mentioned). seems really common for some reason. our anthem for it is our personalized version of ‘it’s a hard knock life!’ from annie the musical. glad something (driving) is helping.
I think I’ve been remiss; I have not told you that both you and your brother were very fussy at this same time in the evening when you were infants…..and it seemed that babies of many of our friends were as well! Not that this helps right now, but it does go away.
If it makes you more warm & fuzzy… someday, in the not too distant but what feels like forever future, you will miss those days of holding them in only the way you can right now.