Jayna is almost 3 months old. She has recently (about a week now) begun throwing crying fits when she gets put in her carseat and sometimes at other times of the day. Last Thursday, Summer told me that Jayna spent most of the day crying...and throwing fits. So, I increased her bottles to 5 ounces. She's not even 3 months old, people! But I increased the bottles and she was okay on Friday with three 5 ounce bottles instead of four 4 ounce bottles. Weird.
So, all was okay on Friday. When we took her to my mom's on Friday she did fine. She fussed a little, but she's done that forever when going in the carseat. Saturday we stayed home all day, so no carseat fussing. On Sunday, she started to throw a fit both times she was put in her seat, but we got her moving quickly enough that she quieted down in a short amount of time.
Yesterday was CRAZY! The morning wasn't too bad. She began fussing and I rocked her until she quit. When I picked her up from Summer's yesterday, it was cold. I put her pants and socks on her (and onesie) and covered her up with 2 blankets. She threw a fit so big that I ended up taking her out of the seat before we left. She quieted when I took her out, but began again just as bad when I put her back in. I took her out again and she was terrible sweaty, so I took off her socks and pants thinking that I'd just cover her up. She was only going from warm house to warm car and then from warm car to warm house. I put her back in in just her onesie and she still hated it!! Once I got her in the car and moving, she was okay.
She threw another fit when I got home with her. Once I got her out of her seat, she was fine. I then took her temperature thinking she was getting sick. No fever. Right after I took her temperature, she was all smiles. Nothing was wrong! She just didn't want to be in the seat. Well, before bedtime last night, she did it again. These fits are horrible, too. Crying, thrashing about, she can't catch her breath so she stops breathing, when she does catch her breath she gasps and chokes and coughs. She makes fists with her hands and her face turns beet red. It's horrible and I can't stand it!
We had the same scenario this morning when I tried to put her in her seat. Major fit. When she first began doing this, I thought something was wrong...wet diaper, something pinching or poking her, too hot, too cold...but I'm beginning to think that these are over-tired fits. Jayna doesn't take alot of naps. She just doesn't really do naps at this point. When she does nap, it's for only 20 minutes or so. It seems that she throws these fits and then passes out...
So, my questions to all you people who read the blog...
* Should I just let her throw these fits or should I try and comfort her and work through it with her?
* Will a 3-month-old benefit from me letting her just cry? (I don't think I could do that anyway...)
* Is there something I can do to help her go to sleep before she gets to meltdown stage?
* Is this a problem that is significant enough to ask the doctor about at her next appointment?
* What did you other moms do when you faced similar situations?
Help!! I can't stand to let her throw these fits, but I don't know how to stop it! All answers are welcome and if you'd rather me not publish your comments, I won't. Thanks, all!!
1 comment:
Hmm. I don't know. Layla didn't like to be in her car seat for a while there unless it was moving... but it sounds like you've pinpointed the over-tiredness. Layla wasn't taking good naps either there for a while, so with the advice from another mom, I started doing what I do for her for her bedtime - minus a bath. I set up her room like it is night time (make it as dark as possible and use the sound machine) and feed her and off she goes to sleep. And she's been taking longer naps since then.
You could try that... sounds like you've figured out that she is really tired, now the trick is to find a way to get her to take better naps. Or she might just be going through a transitional phase and it'll get better before you know it... she might be getting ready for a big milestone or something.
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