Help needed: Evening Hell!

Hey hun

Just a thought...are you weaning her yet and id so just have a look what your giving her, it might be binding her up or causin a bit of wind , or if your not, she might be ready for something like baby rice

Is she sleeping ok in the afternoons? I remember going through a similar patch with my first daughter and it took me a while to figure out she was overtired as she cut out one nap but it was too much to go all afternoon without a nap so she would be soo grumpy. I ended up being quite firm and put her in her cot at 12 after lunch and she would cry herself off till 2.30/3.30ish. Made her less grumpy for the evening

Hope she settles for you soon x x

Hey just an idea but could she have upset tummy/colic/be teething? With reguards to the feeding..you need to stay completely out of sight when your partner feeds your baby girl. She may cry, but she will soon start sucking away when shes hungry enough :)

I watched a baby whisperer program ages ago about a baby who refused to be settled at night by dad. Just wanted mum. Baby whisperer (called Tracy something, think she has a book) said the only thing to do was for the mum to stay completely out of sight and let dad deal with it. Dad ended up sleeping in the bedroom the first night (he only got about 40min sleep tho!) but baby did get over the mega attachment to mum, on the second night dad stayed in room but got lots of sleep (or as much as you would expect with a LO!) by third night dad was back in his bed. Despite the screaming and cryin from baby it was mum who found it harder to take a step back. Perhaps you could try something like this with your LO? It will be really hard for you to leave her just with dad, and hard for him while she cries, but if you stay strong it might work. Just remember you know she is safe and well with Dad, she's just trying to show you she's boss! Good luck sweetie, whatever you decide to do I'm sure this will only be a temporary situation. xxx

Hi there, help required as my 5 month old baby girl will not settle in the evenings & I've ran out of ideas to calm her down. By 5pm each evening she cries until she is picked up and rocked, she will not settle on her gym mat or be entertained with her toys. I literally cannot put her down! Tried massage, bathing, singing etc but nothing seems to work.Getting quite serious now as my partner comes home from work & is greeted by a screaming child until bedtime. She has also stopped accepting her bottle from him and will only let me feed her. Obviously my partner feels hurt by her rejection and we cannot find a solution to the problem. Any advice greatly appreciated xx