Witching hour more like 6 hours
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Yeah experienced similar sort of thing, literally like having a different baby. We just kept doing a cycle of changing, rocking, dancing, singing, drives, swaying, turning bathroom taps on, giving a warm bath etc. I noticed massaging really helped to sooth (laying baby stomach down on your thighs). Also taking it in turns whilst one partner took a break. Some people also mention using the crying out method for brief periods...i heard the witchng hour continues for a while and that scared me so decided to take it one day at a time and honestly has helped me alot. Best of luck girl, i know how hard it is x
We had this last week and it was terrible but we did find a few things that helped a bit: • We made sure not to overstimulate baby. We dimmed lights, noise and made the environment a little quieter. • We used white noise or really loudly shushed her as this calmed her for long enough to forget why she was crying for a bit. • Sometimes this fussiness was due to baby being overtired so we got her to nap longer in the afternoon. • We held her vertically chest to chest and bounced her lightly around the living room. This helped the most and stopped her from crying. • Not sure if this applies to you but our girl went through this around the same time as a growth spurt and she was cluster feeding so a lot of the crying was actually resolved by feeding her a bit more often. It is so tough and it’s really difficult to manage when you’ve basically done everything but I promise it does get better. We have the odd night of fussiness but it isn’t every night anymore. 💗
6pm - 12am in our house! Sometimes the carrier/sling buys us an hour of calm. Also, if you’re breastfeeding, that’s a powerful tool
I had this at around 4 weeks from 6pm-12am like clockwork. We're at 6 weeks now and he only has nights like this a couple of times a week, so it does get easier! You got this mama!