Overstimulated

Do any mums struggle with feeling overstimulated when baby is crying and won't stop wriggling around when you're trying to settle them? I don't know how to calm myself when I'm battling with irritability when feeling overstimulated by baby 😪

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I do yes. I find that I have to set her down for 5-10 minutes and try again mainly when she’s going to sleep x

If bubs is wriggling too much I pop them down for a minute and start again, a new environment like going outside can help. But I defo get overstimulated. I have to take a few breaths, splash my face with cold water and continue.

I still get like this at 2 years. Hes at a point where he wants to just go in his cot but ends up crying if I leave him so I go and comfort him but he just tries to get away to go back in his cot. I can usually leave him for 5/10 minutes pick him back up and he'll go to sleep within a few minutes (could of saved us both hours of getting stressed and miserable if he did it the first time round)

so relatable to this, I'm at 12 weeks now and just to reassure you it does get better and there is light at the end of the tunnel for witching hour! 💛

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