How to deal with a pregnant teen (babies, support, parents)
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The little hiccup noise is the vocal cords responding to the rising of the stomach contents in the esophagus. She has reflux, but so do most infants. The question is whether she has acid reflux. Does she look like she is in pain immediately after this happens - arching, grimacing, crying? If she is fine until late afternoon, and only cries in the late afternoon and evening, then it's not from acid reflux - it's just colic, which is thought to be developmental/behavioral, not having anything to do with stomach pain.
I feel bad for her, going to her father's house and crying for so long. Father should have let mom come along the first couple of times to show them how to comfort her. But she will get through it. It will get better.
I feel bad for her, going to her father's house and crying for so long. Father should have let mom come along the first couple of times to show them how to comfort her. But she will get through it. It will get better.
Jersey says she can't be comforted during those periods, even by Jersey's daughter and Jersey.
Jersey, eliminating any physical reason for the crying, I was able to at least calm my last child by running the vacuum cleaner. Yes, I know how silly it sounds, but one day, while he was in the midst of his "fussy time" (heh heh), I simply put him in the cradle, said, "I love ya, buddy, but I have to get something done." I turned on the sweeper and the crying stopped. Immediately. He didn't sleep, but just lay there, wide-eyed and quiet. God bless you, Mr. Hoover! My neighbors must have thought I was some kind of clean-freak, running the vacuum every day.
If it works, a dust-buster might be an option, so as not to disturb everyone else in the house.
It won't cost anything to try and it doesn't involve any meds. Good luck.
Jersey, eliminating any physical reason for the crying, I was able to at least calm my last child by running the vacuum cleaner. Yes, I know how silly it sounds, but one day, while he was in the midst of his "fussy time" (heh heh), I simply put him in the cradle, said, "I love ya, buddy, but I have to get something done." I turned on the sweeper and the crying stopped. Immediately. He didn't sleep, but just lay there, wide-eyed and quiet. God bless you, Mr. Hoover! My neighbors must have thought I was some kind of clean-freak, running the vacuum every day.
If it works, a dust-buster might be an option, so as not to disturb everyone else in the house.
It won't cost anything to try and it doesn't involve any meds. Good luck.
Hah I used to do that to get my baby to sleep. Don't know what my neighbours thought about me vacuuming at 3am!!
Jersey, eliminating any physical reason for the crying, I was able to at least calm my last child by running the vacuum cleaner. Yes, I know how silly it sounds, but one day, while he was in the midst of his "fussy time" (heh heh), I simply put him in the cradle, said, "I love ya, buddy, but I have to get something done." I turned on the sweeper and the crying stopped. Immediately. He didn't sleep, but just lay there, wide-eyed and quiet. God bless you, Mr. Hoover! My neighbors must have thought I was some kind of clean-freak, running the vacuum every day.
If it works, a dust-buster might be an option, so as not to disturb everyone else in the house.
It won't cost anything to try and it doesn't involve any meds. Good luck.
My kiddo (now 16!) was the same! I still have a tiny mark on the carpet in one room from starting the vacuum and leaving it running without moving it for too long (lesson learned there, do let a running vacuum just stand there!), so we could all have a bit of relative peace during her colicky phase.
Jersey, eliminating any physical reason for the crying, I was able to at least calm my last child by running the vacuum cleaner. Yes, I know how silly it sounds, but one day, while he was in the midst of his "fussy time" (heh heh), I simply put him in the cradle, said, "I love ya, buddy, but I have to get something done." I turned on the sweeper and the crying stopped. Immediately. He didn't sleep, but just lay there, wide-eyed and quiet. God bless you, Mr. Hoover! My neighbors must have thought I was some kind of clean-freak, running the vacuum every day.
If it works, a dust-buster might be an option, so as not to disturb everyone else in the house.
It won't cost anything to try and it doesn't involve any meds. Good luck.
The startle response (wide-eyed and quiet) can really quiet them. For my daughter, it was bright lights. I stumbled up on it by accident. I was carrying her when I walked into the bathroom at night. I flicked on the light switch, and the bright lights instantly startled her. She went quiet and her eyes got huge immediately. She just stared at the lights. Since I never thought about putting a bassinet in the bathroom, I still had to hold her but at least she was calm and not screaming. I later discovered that all bright overhead lights worked---even ceiling lights in the grocery store. I could actually go grocery shopping with a colic baby and accomplish two things at once!
Late to the thread, sorry that your daughter and the FOB didn't stay together as a couple. Was adoption putting up the baby ever an option? There are many good deserving couples waiting for a baby to adopt.
My boyfriend's mother was adopted as well as her two siblings. His grandparents were awesome people who weren't able to have children of their own.
Late to the thread, sorry that your daughter and the FOB didn't stay together as a couple. Was adoption putting up the baby ever an option? There are many good deserving couples waiting for a baby to adopt.
My boyfriend's mother was adopted as well as her two siblings. His grandparents were awesome people who weren't able to have children of their own.
It's a bit late to suggest adoption for a baby that is being doted on by mother and grandparents.
It's a bit late to suggest adoption for a baby that is being doted on by mother and grandparents.
At least it wasn't another one of those super belated "Tell your daughter to have an abortion," responses.
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