Extremely difficult 11 month old baby
I have an extremely fussy baby boy. He just turned 11 months old, while he's never been an "easy" baby, the past month he has been awful. He sleeps well and eats well, but when up all he does is cry and whine. He will have a day here and there when he is OK, but the majority of my days with have been very hard. Not only does he cry, he makes these whining noises that can last for hours on end.
It seems like no matter what I do he is not happy. Don't get me wrong, he can be a very smiley happy baby at moments, but it never lasts. It is like there is no in between with him. He is either laughing and smiling or crying and whining.
I have taken him to the Dr and he can't find anything wrong with him. I am at my wits end. This is really taking a toll on me. He has 6 teeth already and was miserable when he got his first, so I don't know if it's his teeth bothering him, but any insight would be helpful .
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Hope you find the right solution. This is going to be about trial and error. All that baby knows is that he is uncomfortable with some stimulus or some need that he is not getting. I mean, think about it. Babies are not thinking about the woes of the world, so we know that's not getting him down. Babies don't get mad at people, so he's not mad at you... or anyone else. He's expressing either frustration, (not getting a desire/need met) or discomfort.
If he is having internal discomfort and has no other symptoms, i.e. fever, digestive, or neurological---and you've gotten his ears checked out for pain/infection---and his labs are ok... girl, you can't do anything except wait for that to pass, and it will. If it's external discomfort, just try to figure out what it is. If he's not blue from being cold, pink from being overheated, sweating from being too hot, or shivering from being too cold--and he's dry, put that baby down within eye shot and give him some kind of mobile to watch--some sort of stimulus, and go do something else.
You cannot focus on him so much that you aren't getting anything else done. Here's something I did with mine... very helpful... I got a podaegi and carried her around on my back all the time... put her to sleep and freed up my hands-- -you can look it up on youtube and try different variations. Good luck with that baby-- he's just opinionated!
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