Need some solidarity…

My boy is 8 months (9 months on 24th) and he is such a grumpy baby. We have a daughter who has just turned 4 and she was such a happy baby and able to entertain herself etc. Our son can’t yet crawl so I’m not sure if a lot of it is frustration but I feel like 80% of the day he just makes whingy noises and grunts really loudly like he’s angry. He’s so hard to keep happy! He also needs lots of sleep still, wake windows are still 2.5 hours (we had transitioned to 2 long naps a day but this week gone back to 3) Does anyone else find the same with their baby at the moment or have any words of hope for me? 🙈 We’re losing the will!!
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This might not help but my baby boy is exactly the same. Born on the 18th. I think boys just want to get moving as quickly as possible and hate being stuck and find it frustrating. Since learning to army crawl his frustration had died down but it’s not related to him not being able to get into a sitting position without assistance or stand so we use a walker. I know they’re not for everyone but to give me some peace he goes in there and loves it! Get out if you can (easier said than done) don’t be afraid to put on a kids show if you need 5 minutes to breathe 🧘‍♀️ no one is judging, this phase is HARD and boy babes are built different. Hoping this means we will have an easy toddler…right!? To help me through the harder days I try and make a joke out of his whining or I feel myself getting wound up. It’s just their way of communicating at the moment, they’re not trying to make it difficult for you 🤍 You got this Mama!!

@Maya thank you!!! He has a jumperoo which he likes for a short time so I’ll try and use that more. He HATES standing on his feet, he bends his legs up or stands on his toes so not sure a walker will work yet 🙈

snap! my girl is born on the same day. she moves just constantly but can’t quite move in the way she wants to yet with crawling and to be honest she’d be running already if she could i think. this seems to frustrate her a lot cuz she has no way of burning off all the energy she has x

everyone I know who has baby boys says this! Obviously it’s not just boys but I hear it more commonly, my boy is very needy, was so aggy when learning to crawl and now Is aggy because he wants to walk and has never been able to play on his own for long - he always wants me with him and needs constant entertainment 🤣🤣🤣

@Cass I think baby boys are different than girls for sure! 🙈

My baby girl (it is not specific to boys that they want to get moving as quick as possible) is an insanely active baby and was very whingey like this before she could roll then before she could army crawl but ever since she mastered proper crawling she’s been really happy (albeit troublesome). I can’t remember if she was like that 80% of the time but I do remember it being a very difficult stage! Hope that gives you some hope it will get better.

Omg yes. Velcro baby right here. He is 9 months and has mastered crawling over the last few weeks. He'll kinda happily crawl about but the second I dare to move an inch away from him. His head pops up immediately looking at me like "what are you planning on doing, woman? Right back here!" He's my 5th and last baby. I don't mind most of the time. Just soaking the closeness up. My 2 and 4 year olds are so independent already. And my 10 and 11 year olds only want cuddles when they're sick. I know it's hard but enjoy it. 😅

Omg I was thinking the exact same, he's soo angry or upset most of the day and seems to much sleepier in the day but he's hardly sleeping! 😅 hope it's just another phase!

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