Best fussy baby moment

[Hollyadmin]

Just wondering if anyone would like to share their best (or worst, for that matter) fussy baby moment. I'm a firm believer that humor is the best way to cope with a fussy baby. Sometimes you either have to just laugh or cry, and once you start crying, it's so hard to stop! So, I choose humor as often as possible (I had a onesie for Sammy that said 'Frequent Crier' on it...I somehow always felt a little better when I put it on him).

I'm going to have think about our best (or worst) moment, and will come back later to post.  Looking forward to hearing yours!

[Hollyadmin]

Marie, I love it! 

I've been trying to pick one of the many moments we've had with Sammy. Probably the best aka worst moment for me was when I was traveling alone with my kids (they were 4.5 and 2). We were coming home, leaving early in the morning. We thought we had left plenty of time to get to the airport, but when we got there there was a HUGE line at the counter. Being an idiot, I didn't think to go to the front and mention that my flight was leaving soon.  By the time I got to the counter, the lady told me we wouldn't be able to get on the flight. I couldn't believe it. She sent me over to ticketing and told me to ask about getting on a later flight.

My stomach dropped. Spending who knows how long at an airport with my kids, Sammy in particular? Not my idea of fun. As I'm talking to the ticketing agent, the kids are running back and forth, knocking over those partition things. He's telling me I really should have been at the airport earlier, and I'll be lucky if he can find me a flight at all. I'm standing there trying not to cry (unsuccessfully), and he says, 'well I can get you on a flight in about 5 hours, but your daughter may not be able to sit with you'. At this point I'm full out crying, saying 'um, she's FOUR.  She can't sit by herself!', to which he replies, 'well, you're the one who was late, you can't expect other people to give up their seat when it's your fault'. Of course someone later agreed to let us have their seat.

At the end of the 5 hours, on the long walk to our gate, Sammy is at the end of his patience, as am I, and he decides he doesn't want to move another inch. He lays down on the floor, screaming, exhausted from no nap. Meanwhile, I have my daughter, the cart, all our bags...it was tons of fun. It was one of those moments when you just want to desperately fast forward.

[sunshinebaby]

My husband bought our daughter a onsie that said "I cry, therefore I am".  My moment is one of those days that I just didn't think I'd survive.  I finally decided that we needed a few moments apart before one of us lost life.  I stuck her in her crib and ran to the living room for a good cry.  Funny thing was she stopped wailing when she heard me crying.  She started laughing because she thought that I was laughing.  So then there I was laughing in between my sobs. 

[Hollyadmin]

Did your husband buy that onesie from this website? As far as I know, I'm the only one that sold those

[sunshinebaby]

Did your husband buy that onesie from this website? As far as I know, I'm the only one that sold those

I thought it was, but I couldn't remember.  But is you say so, I guess it was!  Probably how I first came across this site.

[sheeshoo2]

Holly---I almost cried reading your story!!!  Aghhhhhh!  I would have been totally out of control...that is amazing you went through all of that...airports are hideous...even without kids.

[Hollyadmin]

Good thinking Marie, I love it! 

[fbsurvivor]

I love that story about calming any baby.  The telling moment for me was when both my mother and mother-in-law looked at my husband and I to figure out how to calm this baby, and we'd only been parents for a few weeks. 

[civano]

I think my best fussy baby moment (or my worst) was with DS1. It was maybe a month after I had him and I had to get nursing bras. I was nervous to go shopping with a fussy baby. He was asleep when I entered the store which is a little boutique that focuses on breastfeeding supplies and consulting. I was trying on different bras when he woke up and he started to wail loudly. I started to leak all over the bra I was trying on. I was so embarrassed. Even though the bra was too big for me I ended up buying it because the store couldn't sell it after that and offered to sell it at a discount.

[Maureen]

We've had to have our little one (10 weeks) in bed with us (read my post on co-sleeping for more info) and so when she melts down in the evening I have to go to bed with her. So one night at about 7 she melts down, so we go upstairs and I crawl in for bed with her in our bed (the only way to do this right now) and it's pitch black and I have her lying nose to nose with me and then I hear "hoo hoo hoo" like an owl. She was talking to me, just cooing and cooing and I kept telling her "shhhh it's time to go to sleep L, shhhh, quiet" and she just kept cooing back. I was laughing to myself there in the dark thinking "I'm here because you needed to go to bed, little one, no playing." but it was so precious I'll never forget it. It was just girl talk in the dark, like a sleepover.

[sunshinebaby]

That is sweet.  Those are the moments you have to hold on to.  Mine is 2 1/2 now and at the beginning my mom told me not to spend my days wishing away the phase we were in.  Just try and find something good to latch on to other wise you won't be able to remember those happy times (as few and far between as they might be).  Thanks for sharing that story.

We've had to have our little one (10 weeks) in bed with us (read my post on co-sleeping for more info) and so when she melts down in the evening I have to go to bed with her. So one night at about 7 she melts down, so we go upstairs and I crawl in for bed with her in our bed (the only way to do this right now) and it's pitch black and I have her lying nose to nose with me and then I hear "hoo hoo hoo" like an owl. She was talking to me, just cooing and cooing and I kept telling her "shhhh it's time to go to sleep L, shhhh, quiet" and she just kept cooing back. I was laughing to myself there in the dark thinking "I'm here because you needed to go to bed, little one, no playing." but it was so precious I'll never forget it. It was just girl talk in the dark, like a sleepover.

[sombrabella]

My best worst moment was 2 days after E's 2 month checkup. He had gotten 3 shots and the rotovirus drink, and he was miserable!!! E did nothing but fuss, cry, and scream all day! I still hadn't gotten treatment for the post partum depression I was suffering from, and I was going crazy!  It was a Saturday, and DH was exhibiting at a guitar show in a city 3 hours away. He was gone from 5 am to 11 pm. All the neighbors were gone. I called everyone listed in my phone just to get some relief. I called DH several times begging him to hurry home, but he couldn't get away. Finally about 9:30 that night I was desperate.  I called the crying baby hotline at the hospital where E was born. I was really started to fear what I might do.

I made my husband take care of him that night when he got home!

[Hollyadmin]

My best worst moment was 2 days after E's 2 month checkup. He had gotten 3 shots and the rotovirus drink, and he was miserable!!! E did nothing but fuss, cry, and scream all day! I still hadn't gotten treatment for the post partum depression I was suffering from, and I was going crazy!  It was a Saturday, and DH was exhibiting at a guitar show in a city 3 hours away. He was gone from 5 am to 11 pm. All the neighbors were gone. I called everyone listed in my phone just to get some relief. I called DH several times begging him to hurry home, but he couldn't get away. Finally about 9:30 that night I was desperate.  I called the crying baby hotline at the hospital where E was born. I was really started to fear what I might do.

I made my husband take care of him that night when he got home!

Wow, what a horrid day!!! There's something about the non-stop screaming that just sucks the life right out of you, isn't there? I felt that desperation at times too - just NEEDING to hand him off to someone else before I did something I regretted!