So...I dont know what that Doctor put in those shots that she gave Nathan last week, but man do I have a different child ever since then! Nathan has been VERY.....I dont even know how to describe it. I could say "whiney", but that makes him sound weak and like a "baby". He has been very "fussy" I guess, and very "clingy". On Thursday, I gave him the benefit of the doubt because he really was emotionally affected by the shots, you could tell that by the way he cried and cried after it was over. Thursday night, he woke up every 2hours, again, I chalked that up to him being sore and not feeling well from the shots. Friday night, however, he again woke up every 2 hours (towards the morning it was every hour)...again, maybe it was because he was still sore and not feeling well from the shots. Yesterday, during the day, he was just "off". Cranky at times...and then he would shoot right into a death scream, or wake up from his naps screaming as if he was in severe pain. My current diagnosis is that his teeth are bothering him. Now both bottom teeth are in and I dont see any signs of the top teeth...but it isnt impossible that they arent coming in, since we didnt really see or feel the bottom teeth until they had arrived.
I just dont know. Last night he did sleep better, until 4am. Though he woke up at midnight crying and was somewhat hard to calm down. I dont like to fuss with him too much when he does that because a lot of times he is still sleeping, and if I fuss with him it wakes him, and the goal is for him to sleep. However, today...he is completely "off" again. Just not quite as easy going and happy as he was a few days ago. He cries when Jonathon or I leave the room, and he cries when we put him down for a nap, or in his jumper, or on his playmat, or in the highchair to eat. This is not like Our Nathan. He has been VERY good about playing in his jumper or on his play mat, while we do stuff in the kitchen. And he has ALWAYS been excellent about going down for naps. He has never really had an issue with self soothing as they call it, until now.
So...experts out there...is Nathan just getting to the age where he is testing his limitations and his "control"? Or in other words...does the REAL PARENTING begin now? Discipline? Is he just teething and needing a little comfort because his mouth hurts? Did the Doctor really give him some personality changing shots in the viles she stuck him with last week? Am I just crazy and in dire need of a massage (hehehe)? All if the above?
He IS such a good little boy and his crying and fussiness just breaks my heart because I KNOW something just isnt right, or is hurting him. I just can't quite figure what it is...except teeth...and there isnt much you can do for that.
15 years ago
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Rach, I'm going to weigh in with my two cents since Liam is just about a month older and seems to be going through the same pattern at the same age range...my quick advice to help with the night time wakings is to first make sure he's not hungry and then find a 'lovey' (man how i hate that word) for him to sleep with. I think it's mostly 'separation anxiety' that he is experiencing and having something to comfort him that he loves will help him be calmer at night. It's also probably a combination of teething, this age & separation anxiety and trying to figure out the best possible solution is always going to be different for every baby and involve a TON of hit and miss attempts :) It's been really interesting for me to see how Nathan comes into the same stages just right behind Liam & how we both deal with them to help them along. I hope this helps some & I'm sorry if I'm really pointing out the obvious here :)
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