My 3 month old fusses and/or crys constantly..help?

Question

Ok..when he was born he never cried...he has been crying and fussing constantly for about a month and a half now and it gets worse the older he gets...he doesn't spit up his formula..or juice...he has been on cereal for a while now because milk was not satisfying him...he doesn't draw up like babies usually do when they have colic...he of course stops crying when he is eating and u can lay him on his play mat and he is happy for about 5-10 minutes and then he crys so I move him to the swing same thing 5 minutes hes crying again..so we go to the bouncy seat same thing again..so I lay him on his stomach same thing again...I hold him and hes only happy bout 5-10 minutes...I get out his rattles and toys his teethers that i have cooled his mobiles and let me tell you they do not interest him at all..and I have tried all kinds...he is chewing alot on his hands but I have given him teething tablets which do nothing and I have given him gas drops which do nothing...nothing interests him at all...and he will fuss or cry for 30-45 min at a time he doesn't wear himself out...he also has a pacifier which does help some but not much...he used to be a really good baby but he is not happy but for a very few minutes a day...I know babies cry but this is not normal...we can not go anywhere at all we can't go out to eat, I can't even go grocery shopping I have to wait til my husband gets off work to go get groceries or run errands...he hates a car seat we can be driving down the road and he is fine but if we stop at a redlight or wait in line at fast food place or stop sign or getting gas or anything like that he cries...and a sling/front carrier doesn't help either.... I have noticed that when I run a hairdryer he doesn't cry while its on but I can't carry a hair dryer with me everywhere I go....please I need some advice.....

Answer 1

Try taking him to a chiropractor that specializes in infants.  That really helped our son.  Good Luck, hang in there!

Answer 2

He sounds a lot like my son was! -- very fussy, hated the car, hated a pacifier, I couldn't go anywhere with him (for a few months I bought my groceries when my husband got home from work too!).  Have you asked the doctor to make sure it's nothing medical?  Given him tylenol to see if that eases anything? Is he sleeping well? Naps and nighttime? At 3 months one of the only things my son did like was his swing (the kind that go from side-to-side).  He also liked to sit in his bouncy seat in front of our french doors and look out the window.  He had reflux and colic also.  Apart from that, he would get frustrated that he couldn't sit up, or roll over, or do anything on his own to entertain himself with.   I remember my days of just moving him from one thing to the other to keep him happy.  Eventually I figured out that he really loves being around people, and does not like to be at home.  He gets bored at home.  Now he's 1 and is extremely active and still gets bored easily.  

I will say that around 5 months I noticed a huge change, he started to calm down, and 6 months was even better.  Provided it's nothing medical, it does get easier!  

Answer 3

Firstly, a 3 month old babies digestive system cannot cope with solid food, it will give him a very sore tummy indeed, as they just don't have the necessary enzymes to break down food properly. Solid food shouldn't be introdued until 5 or 6 months old. That is probably the cause.

Secondly, is you baby getting enough sleep? At that age they need to sleep every hour and a half or so, for about half an hour. You baby needs you to help him sleep by giving him a quiet room, soothing talk and a gentle cuddle. If you're expecting him to do it himself it may well not happen, especially if he is in a busy environment. Everything is new ofr babies, they can't hadle constant noise and things to look at. Try keeping the world around him calmer and quieter for a bit, stop trying to do everything - with a 3 month old you need to do as little as poss to give you both a break!  

Answer 4

sorry to laugh..but the hair dryer - thats kinda funny.

I wish I had some advise that was usefull, or a suggestion, or a similar situation so I could relate better...but honestly, just go to doc..they really may want to run some tests...there just may be something internally wrong w/ the baby..some kind of gas issue, or something a little bigger, who knows...but my doc was  clear..if baby wasn't crying for a reason , and it lasted a while, get in contact with her, its not just normal baby cries.

Answer 5

Chiropractic is a very good idea, as the first person suggested, but also try changing the formula. and I think the juice might be irritating his tummy. Babies that young shouldn't really be drinking anything other than formula or breast milk.

Answer 6

Wow. I am so sorry. That sounds really frustrating. It does sound like he's teething. The screaming when the car stops is completely normal though. Some babies just like to stay moving. I haven't heard great things about the teething tablets. Try the baby-oragel or maybe even some infant's motrin or tylenol drops for pain relief. I wish I could give you some better advice. I have a decent idea though. If he likes the sound of the hair dryer, you could go to one of those "Build-a-bear" workshops and make a bear that has a speaker box that you can record things on and when you sqeeze it, it talks. Typically, people like to recors things like "I love you!!" but you could go home and record the hair dryer for a few minutes and keep the bear with him all the time :)