The last few days have been interesting. Tru has been really fussy. At least fussy compared to his norm. He’s a great baby. He rarely cries and only if he needs something, but the last few days have had me at my wits end. I really can’t figure out what he wants. Booby doesn’t work. Swinging makes him mad. The toy mat which he usually spends quite a bit of time playing on just makes him more mad. He doesn’t want to be laid down but he doesn’t want to be held either. Are there even any other options? Sad to say, in order to eat, pee or brush my hair, I’ve had to just let him cry. It breaks. my. heart. But what else can I do? If it weren’t for this stupid weather, my mom or sisters could run over for a bit so I could at least get a shower without having to let him scream. But he won’t even nap if I lay him down much. He’s just not himself. I’m wondering if he could be starting to teeth? He’s drooling everywhere and chewing on his hands around the clock. He always has soggy sleeves and a soggy shirt. I’m wondering….
Twice now he has screamed in pain, pulling his little legs up and holding his arms close to his body for around a half hour each time. He screamed and cried, thrashing his head from side to side, a look of terror in his eyes and there was nothing I could do to help. The first time, I told DH to get us to the ER. On the way, I prayed and tried to comfort him and he finally stopped crying, calmed down and by the time we were almost there, he was cooing and smiling. He farted and was happy. I guess its his tummy. The second time, I was home alone with him. I was crying along with him and I called my mom. Same thing happened. He did a big fart/poop and was cured. But it seems like that is pretty intense pain to go through for a little gas. I may ask the pediatrician at his appointment because surely he shouldn’t be have that intense pain when nothing has changed. No constipation or anything.
Well this post is all roses and butterflies… I’m done with this crap weather. I’m sick of polar votexing, arctic blasting poop nuggets. I’m getting really depressed being stuck home and in the living room because once again, the rest of the house is shut off. I spend all night flushing toilets, doing laundry, and dripping pipes so they won’t freeze. I’m stuck home with a beautiful baby and all I want to do is take him for walks, go visit friends, show him off…. I don’t know if I have cabin fever, baby blues or just anxiety for no stinkin reason, but ever since the new year (and this poop weather) I haven’t felt like me. This seems to be a very resounding theme among the majority of my blogging friends so I’m thinking its got something to do with the season. I feel bad to complain when I’m here with so much cuteness, but there’s only so much living room entrapment I can take!
I have lots of blog posts rolling around in my mind that I want to work on, but I don’t want them to all turn out like this.
Dear God, please help me to be in a good state of mind so I can enjoy this time with Tru. Help me to do a good job taking care of him and I pray that You will heal him of whatever is bothering him so much lately. Please protect and bless him. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Have you read anything about Wonder Weeks? There’s a HUGE leap around 15 weeks, that could be it. I didn’t buy the book, but they have an app for a few bucks that came highly recommended to me by other new moms. So far the estimated leaps for Gus have been pretty accurate.
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I’ve heard about this from reading other blogs but it didn’t occur to me that this could be what’s happening. It makes perfect sense. And he does seem really frustrated about everything. Especially about not being able to roll or sit. He cracks me up because he always looks like he’s trying to do sit ups to see what’s going on. Thanks for the tip. Hopefully he will be back to his happy self soon. I feel bad for him being so fussy.
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Spite-thanks for the info on the app. I haven’t wanted to buy the books.
I could have written this post. First, this cold weather is crap. I keep thinking about how if we were still in FL I could be walking and going out every day. Liam stopped being fussy for about a month and now, same thing. I think it’s a combo of teething, gas, and growing pains. Thankfully, I can still knock him out by nursing him. I’m going to download that app. I’ll keep you posted if I find anything that works on my end. I keep thinking they need a teething toy for babies that don’t know to hang on to it. Anyone see one of those before?
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I saw a teething paci somewhere. Maybe walmart? Yeah, definitely keep me in mind if u find a cure for the fussies. Today was a bit better. 🙂 And yes. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be in fl right now!!
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Just got this (in green) at Target: http://www.amazon.com/MAM-Bite-Relax-Phase-Teether/dp/B008RPL9W8
Li is loving it!! 🙂 He can hold it on his own and he likes that he can chew on both ends of it (which to me seemed like a bad design, silly adult).
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Neat! Thanks i think tru would love it.
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