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Olivia is screaming at the top of he lungs. She's fed, warmed, played with, clean, changed, loved...yet she's still SCREAMING!

I know she's a couple months too old for swaddling but we've been swaddling her since bitrh. She arms flail and grasp and she grabs binky out of her mouth when she's tired and she wakes up and starts crying and screaming. We feel the need to swaddle because of this to restrain he arms and make her all nice and cozy for the night.

She's swaddled now but still screaming.

I'm going to let her scream for a little while to tucker herself out and then go back in to give her binky again so she'll go to sleep.

I guess I'm not used to someone in that much emotional stress and screaming in the apartment.

there, she's asleep.

if she hasn't got a gas bubble, and she's not running a fever, and her ears are not infected, you've probably just got a screamer on your hands. my kid, if she was fussed over too much when a baby, lost it. leaving her alone to yell, with me very close nearby, usually calmed her down quickly. swaddling helped for a long time. my condolences - you might invest in some earplugs, for sanity's sake.

how close were you to calling a priest?

Nan, you forgot to mention checking for wet or hungry too. I know overstimulated babies tend to scream too. My five month old screamed for two hours after silently touring DisneyLand.
Yeah, earplugs are good.

HA!

Our kids used to get very upset and inconsolable, we put it down to colic. We used to put them on our shoulders and walk up and down for an hour or two till they settled down. It can be upsetting not being able to calm your own child .

I used to get a colic pains into my teens, I would double up in agony. While researching Asperger Syndrome I came across several references to suggest the colic pain I had was connected with the condition, although I would not suggest any baby that had colic was on the spectrum.

My son hated to be swaddled. He didn't mind if his arms were swaddled, but he wanted his feet uncovered.

Our downstairs neighbor had a baby about the same time I did. They had to put the kid in its carseat and drive it around, some nights. Being in the car, with the vibrations, put the kid to sleep when colicky. My kid, on the other hand, hated being the the carseat. The vibrations drove her over the edge and she'd scream from the minute the car was turned on until we got home and her out of her car seat and into a quiet environment.

Sometimes ya can't win, you just have to keep trying things. Eventually you'll get the right thing. Or the kid'll grow out of it and your problem is solved? They grow way too fast, enjoy 'em while they are young.

do not give her milk for a few days...buy almond milk instead...check with your pediatrician, but my kiddo did the same and it was milk...once we took it away, this no longer happened..

Also, buy the book The Baby Whisperer...it was heaven sent for us.....

i would absolutely make no formula changes until you talk to your pediatrician.....could be just about anything....could be colic, could be normal baby stuff, could be ear infections.....call the doc !

Hopefully, the mother is able to nurse the kid - that helps in a whole lot of cases. Of course, then, you have to make sure mom doesn't eat something the KID can't tolerate! There's a whole lot of trial and error in raising a baby....

I sympathize with you. We had a screamer too. He slept most of the time in his vibrating bouncy seat. The vacuum cleaner would make him stop. We never did figure out if it scared him or if he liked it. Honestly, after a few months of screaming we didn't really care which it was.