HELP!! 3 month old and horrible napping habits?

Question

my 3 month old son is driving me crazy! every hour and a half he starts screaming his head off because he is tired...i comfort him but he just thrashes around and punches/kicks/screams until he finally falls asleep. we go through this 6 times a day and it gets worse each day. i have triedd putting him down before he starts screaming but it doesnt help and he also screams the second i put him down once asleep or only sleeps 30 min...any advice?

this started when he was about 2 months old and has just escalated from there. newborns cant be spoiled so what is it??

Answer 1

you must be a young mom, or else you would deal with it better. when he does this, put on some soothing music. rock him to sleep. or feed him a little of warm milk and set him down.

Answer 2

Acid reflux.  My son had it - he is crying and kicking because he is in pain.  Try some Mylicon - you can get it at any store in the baby aisle - it's very harmless and you can use it like every 2 hours - if that doesn't work all the way (although you should see a difference if that's what it is), my friend's baby actually went on baby zyrtec.  He is really too young to do the cry it out method - he's only crying because something is wrong at this age.

Answer 3

he probilly likes to be held or hungrey. Babys are always hungrey! At bed time feed him then let him cry in his crib h**l learn. Or he might just always be hungrey!

Answer 4

Well the news is that he's not considered a newborn anymor, he's 3 months old and it's possible that he's suffering from a bit of separation anxiety... The best remedy would be to try to keep him up for a couple of hrs before putting him to bed, make sure that before bed, he takes a nice warm bath, he's fed and full ( you can add some of the baby food into his bottle so he can be full, it's safe and he easier for the baby to eat his baby food that way), lotion him up, have the room at a good temperature, not too cold, not too hot, dry diaper and off to bed in a flash, he'll sleep for hrs that way... during the day, when he cries try not to pick him up so fast, crying is good for him since it helps him develop his lungs, make sure, he has a dry diaper and is fed and burped before letting him cry, then just leave the room and let him cry, after a little while come back and pick him up to show him that you're not too far away and that you will always be there to comfort him... Let him cry unless he needs to be fed or something, also check his bowel to make sure he's not constipated and is crying because he's in pain, if it's too hard then contact his pediatric... he should grow out of it in a couple of days, it'll be harder for you than him, if you'd like you can give him a security blanket with your smell so he can keep it with him at all times, what you do is take one of his blankets and after you shower at night, sleep with it so your smell can get on to it, and in the morning give it to the baby... You'll be fine! Good luck!

Answer 5

I feel your pain honey. I have a 12yr old and a 21 month old, and a 9 month old. When I had that problem I scheduled play time and walks and anything to get them active. It worked turns out they were just bored. Good luck it does settle down.

Answer 6

Ignore these people who tell you to let him cry himself to sleep, especially if he screams so loud and hard he's turning red- like my 3 month old does. She has mild colic so she doesn't ALWAYS scream but it does affect her sleeping habits.

We have a hot/cold pack that we heat up a bit and lay across her tummy because it seems to help her. It sounds like your son has the same problem she does so try the hot pack.

If that doesn't work just remember it won't last past the 3rd month and if it does you need to get him to the doctor.

Answer 7

just let him scream and cry, he'll get tired of it. i know it's annoying but that's just the joys in life of being a mother ;)

Answer 8

try swaddling and rocking him ( my baby loved this- once it was done not while I was doing it- and he slept so good and it helped me when i was trying to rock him because he couldn't kick and punch)  my son is 7 months and has not been swaddled for several months and now  I am experiencing something similar.  Every baby is different but I found the crying isn't as long if I sing while I stand and swing him from side to side (its also good exercise -that's what I am telling myself).  will he take a pacifier cause that may help.  pretty soon he will only be taking 2-3 naps a day and it won't be so overwhelming.  good luck and just keep trying differnt things no matter how silly because you will find something that works for you

Answer 9

ok this happens with pretty much all babies and you are makeing it worst by trying to comfort him just allow him to cry his self to sleep trust me your not being a bad mother for doing this if you dont it will only get worst every one knows babies and old people get cranky when their tired and thats all this is let him be so long as he has everything he needs and is changed and fed