give me some drugs... a tranqulizer... ear muffs - ANYTHING

[bekkyboo]

IM GOING NUTS HERE

Garrett hasnt stopped screaming for the past hour and a half... Ive done everything i can, i have put him down and walked away, but its not enough.


i cant cope. thank god for mothers group today - Girls, you are going to have to help me here.

:banghead: :banghead:

[*~alegna~*]

breathe,, i understand what your going though.. our DS are the saem age:hugs: :hugs:

[~EmsMum~]

you poor thing

:hugs:


ive often put music on if DD is screaming, quite often she will settle aswell

[bekkyboo]

thanks mandy - i put on some lounge music (migel migs) and he has settled down - even if it just for now...

thanks for the idea, it restored some sanity :)

[~EmsMum~]

thanks mandy - i put on some lounge music (migel migs) and he has settled down - even if it just for now...

thanks for the idea, it restored some sanity :)

not a worry :D

[the_queen]

Poor thing, you and him :hugs: it's bloody hard these first few months, isn't it.

Have you tried a deep warm bath? Fill the regular bath up quite full, with quite warm water, don't add anything (although if you've got some lavender oil, just a drop or two of that would help calm him). Turn the lights down in the bathroom, just gently put him in the water, holding him only behind his head, let his body kinda float in the water. Move him slowly back and forwards, letting the water be over his whole body (except his face, obviously) If you can add some lavender to the water, just the scent of it will help you relax too.

Hope things improve mate, I know this is easier said than done, but try not to be too tense or stressed, because he will pick up on that. (You're yelling at me now aren't you, of course you know that already and you want to throw something at me.. :o)

[reAllytee]

My hugging emoticon has dissappeared so i would give you lots if they were here !

Its hard i know i had a colicky baby too & for the first 4mths i hated him as horrible as that sounds but all he did was cry & scream when all i did was try to calm him !
Have you got a sling ? This or a baby carrier i found to be my best friend as i often found having him close against me soothed him & then allowed me to at least get things done etc having my hands free.
I hope getting out & going to your mothers group will at least give you a break & hopefully the trip in the pram/car will soothe G a little bit.

Its hard i know just try & stay calm remember to put him down in his cot then walk away if its getting to much just to give yourself a 5min break.
If you need to talk you can PM anytime !
Take care

[FourAngelKisses]

:hugs: Did he improve over the rest of the day? I hope so. Here's hoping your weekend is better.

[veve]

honey - call me.. we will catch up over the next few days .. PROMISE

xxx
Jen

[bekkyboo]

he was on and off like this the whole day.. I ended up taking queens advice as well. We had a bath together which he seemed to enjoy until he rolled himself over and got some water, which started everything all over again. So when Dh walked in coming home from work - Garrett and i were in the bath, Garrett was comfort sucking - still partly in the water... must have been a sight to see...

We got out (not before i slammed my hip into the tap... :thumbsdown: ) and had a lye down on the lounge to watch a dvd... he screamed for a couple of minutes until he realised that the dummy was there - then he slept for about 2 hours on my chest.

Dh has been looking after him most of the night, and i have just put him to bed for the night. He was grissly then - only cause i put him down, he was very grinny before that (but its his bed time and im trying to keep him in a ruitene). but sounds like he has put himself to sleep.. ill go check again in a minute

Thanks again everyone - i feel like the biggest whinger/sook/nutbag at the moment, but its been nice to think that there are people out there to help.

:hugs: :kiss: to you all

[misskittyfantastico]

You are NOT a sook/whinger/nutbag :hugs:
It can be so awful being a mum at times....I was saying in another thread how I never in a million years expected it to be sooo hard.
You're doing a wonderful job and we are all here for you.
Be kind to yourself.