So tired of the evenings 😴

Sounds like colic and witching hour. Usually stops 12-16 weeks when babies digestive system is more mature. I had it with my first and now my second. Stay strong mamma, it does get better x

Hahaha yes, same here, our baby is 2 months old on sunday and she is like that right now. I feel bad for my spouse because as soon as work is over, our baby starts being a bit of a terror hahaha she has been awake for hours now, staring at the ceiling lamp (her new god), fussing, feeding for a bit and then acting like she hates the boob… i hate feeding her in the evenings now so we had planned to give her expressed milk but guess what?! All of a sudden she HATES the bottle. You just can’t get ahead lol

Our baby is 10 weeks old and we are having the exact same issue. He has at least a couple of hours in the evening usually between 7pm-9pm where he just screams and cries non stop for no known reason. He’s so good all day and don’t have any issue with him until the evening so I think it must be witching hour! Hoping it’ll settle soon!

Having the same with our 9 week old! Will only settle if I take her upstairs and put her on the pregnancy pillow 🙈 she will sleep then 8pm until 11pm when my husband comes home. Stay strong, the little people like to test us x

I know, my baby the same! What I found helped us was to bring her bedtime earlier to minimise the “witching” hour. I have also accepted I cannot leave the house after 5ish. Hang on there :-)

I’m the same with my LG. Between 17:30-19:00/19:30 she is super whiney. Doesn’t want dummy/fights it, looks tired but won’t nap and nothing fixes it other than keep trying. I feel the same regarding my partner. As she’s so good in the day! My LG is 2months next week! So hoping it starts to tail off! But when she’s more upset towards 19:00 I take her up and start doing bedtime 🥱

Both my first and second did/ do this. I think it’s tiredness combined with wanting to fuel up for the night, but running into belly issues when drinking too much too fast/ needing a burp/ poo, etc… LG seems to really like sitting in the rocker chair in our bathroom when she’s like that at the moment and that position seems to helps her empty out.

My LB is 9wks and is the same in the evenings! Bottle fed.. we try and cap his last nap at 5 or 5.30 at the latest then the grumpiness starts after 6.. we try so hard to keep him entertained as close to 8pm as possible! It's very difficult.. giving him a bath helped last night because we can make that extra long and kill some time!

If you Google colic it'll give you loads of things to try that could help. Even if it isn't to the extent colic is described they could be worth a try incase its a digestion problem. The main one I'd suggest is to give her a bath around 5/5:15pm before it all starts. The warm water can help if its a digestion discomfort and the bath itself including the temperature change can help them to relax and sleep after so that could also help. You could also try holding them upright, with head on shoulder to sleep, while you relax. Massage the tummy clockwise, bicycle legs, holding them facing a blank wall (babies can't choose not to focus and it can be very overwhelming for them), changing person holding them or going into a different room, stepping outside in the garden for a few minutes, a rocking chair, white noise.

@Shelby do you find capping the nap makes him sleep longer?? Xx