HELP!!! I have a 5 month old dcg who cries if she's not being held! There are times that she can play happily on the floor or in an exersaucer but then she cries until picked up again. Most of the time it is because she is tired but she will ONLY take naps if I hold her, so the longest nap during the day that she is getting is 20 minutes on average. I just don't have that kind of time to sit and hold one child and ignore the others.
I've tried letting her cry it out but she just won't give in and go to sleep. Of course I always check to make sure nothing else could be wrong with her.
Right now I am living in a VERY small rental house while we wait for our house to be done being built so I am very limited on space for her to sleep where she is away from other kids but I just don't know what else to do with her. I also watch my twin nephews who are 3 months old a few days a week and the days they are here...oh lordy! 3 infants and 4 older kids!
I hate to let her cry for long periods of time but there are times like when having to cook lunch that she will literally scream the entire time I cook, serve, cleanup, and get the other kids changed and laid down for nap. I just can't put off cooking lunch for all the other kids to tend to this one baby. I'm afraid one of the older kids will say something to their parent how I always let her cry.
She's been here since she was 2 months old and at first she was an awesome baby band she still can be but a lot of the time if she's not being held its a nightmare. She's here everyday 10.5 a day. It is really wearing on me.
Any suggestions???
I've tried letting her cry it out but she just won't give in and go to sleep. Of course I always check to make sure nothing else could be wrong with her.
Right now I am living in a VERY small rental house while we wait for our house to be done being built so I am very limited on space for her to sleep where she is away from other kids but I just don't know what else to do with her. I also watch my twin nephews who are 3 months old a few days a week and the days they are here...oh lordy! 3 infants and 4 older kids!
I hate to let her cry for long periods of time but there are times like when having to cook lunch that she will literally scream the entire time I cook, serve, cleanup, and get the other kids changed and laid down for nap. I just can't put off cooking lunch for all the other kids to tend to this one baby. I'm afraid one of the older kids will say something to their parent how I always let her cry.
She's been here since she was 2 months old and at first she was an awesome baby band she still can be but a lot of the time if she's not being held its a nightmare. She's here everyday 10.5 a day. It is really wearing on me.
Any suggestions???
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