I have SO much to do in preparation for our move! The movers come on Monday and I have not done anything. But instead of busily getting ready I am sitting here on the couch rocking Marriner in his carseat with my foot. He likes constant movement. And this is way I'm almost at my wit's end! My baby is a stinker, he's a cute little stinker, but he's a stinker none the less! Don't get me wrong, I love him to pieces. I couldn't be happier to have a baby boy in our house, I just wish I knew what to do for him to make him happy. The poor little guy cries constantly. And it's not a little whine that you could possibly put him down and let him cry out. It's a scream! He gets all red and gets himself so worked up that he has even quit breathing a couple times when I've tried the cry it out technique (only after hours of crying). We've tried swaddling, we've tried mylicon and gripe water, we have just recently switched to lactose and milk free formula, it hasn't helped yet but I'm giving it another week in hopes that it will. We bought a swing since he's such a fan of movement, but $60 later all we had was a very fancy play swing for Chels' stuffed animals. He hated it and would cry everytime we turned it on, so it got returned. I know the crying is mostly due to his tummy aches. After we feed him he immediately starts crying and if you put your ear next to his tummy you can just hear it grumbling and churning. I feel so bad for him but I don't know what to do for him.
My mom always talks about when her 2nd child was a baby and how he would cry and cry. I'm starting to think that maybe it somehow got passed on to me. If that is even possible.
I've tried to look at the good side of the situation. Marriner is definitely teaching all of us patience! I mean how can you really be mad at a baby? So we are forced to be patient with him. Even Chels gets usually gets frazzled by the end of the day but we are trying to teach her patience as well. Another good thing about him crying is that I don't get to eat much which has made me lose weight more quickly then I would have otherwise. I'm still not skinny by any means but I only have about 10 lbs to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. And that's all I've come up with, two good sides of his crying.
I get so jealous when I look at other babies whether in person or on blogs. I know I'm not seeing them at their worst but they seem so happy. I just wish we had a happy little guy, I wish I knew how to make him happy.
I know he'll grow out of it eventually, and that I'll hardly remember these days. I still love him so much. We haven't been able to get a smile out of him yet but I'm excited for that day.
I'm just hoping and praying that somehow all of the things I need to do in the next week will get done and that everything will work out. Wish me luck!!!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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Maybe it isn't just the second baby, Blaine's middle name is Marriner too. So maybe it comes with the name also ;o) If thats the case, I guess I won't have a Marriner! Anyways, wish you luck on everything. Things always work out with time.
Ya, your dad was probably whiny when he was a baby too. Hang in there. When Jake had his belly problems when he was little I would put his belly right next to mine and rock him and it always made him feel better. Silly I know but I usually got the belly ache and his seemed to go away.
hang in there annie!! i know you"re a great mom!!
Well that just sucks! Why can't everyone have that perfect happy baby? I have no advice I can't handle babies crying. If they cry for more than 15 min at the daycare I always call their mom's because I just get too stressed out! Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.
I'm so sorry. I remember Melanie crying like that when I was in high school. We used to joke that it was the best form of birth control. Hang in there. Maybe when you get here you'll have enough family around that you can atleast get a break from the crying. I know what it can do you your nerves. We'll see you next week.
Annie I'm sure you have more advice then you even want BUT with Chloe I thought I'd given birth to satan's child as she cried SO much it turns out many months later that she had reflux all that time and needed a prescription medicine. Once she got it everyone's life became worth living again. She didn't have the same symptoms most babes do so we finally tried it out of desperation and it WORKED, then angels sang etc. I know it's so hard when you have a baby you LOVE and want to make happy but nothing you try works. Hang in there, it'll get better and one day he'll stop crying and start smiling and it'll all be worth it.
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