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xmslolabellex
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My daughter is 16 months old. My husband is in Texas for army training and I will be joining him next week. I've been staying at my father-in-law's for the past couple of months. YES, I understand that being separated from her father is a big deal. But she is surrounded by friends and family here (my hometown, where my husband and I both grew up). She is NOT lacking for any love or attention. However, there are days--ok, weeks--when she will wake up whining, walk around ALL DAY just whining, and then cry herself to sleep. It is ridiculous. It's not just normal whining/crying. I have YET to hear a baby's cry as shrill and loud as mine. I can pick her out from a crowd just like every mom--except the way I recognize her is that her screams are 53782904329048 times louder than the others. Other words to describe-CONSTANT, INCESSANT, AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS, ETC . I am 21 and feel like pulling my hair out. I have loved being a mom up until the past few weeks. It can't be where we are--
or it would have started when we first got here. Nothing calms her down--no distractions, no toys, no loving, no bottle, no food, NOTHING. Our days usually end up with her crying herself to sleep in her crib and me locking myself in the bathroom sobbing until she is finished. I feel like a failure as a mom. I feel like I wasn't cut out for this at all. My husband doesn't understand how stressful it is to go through this every day. I don't work, no--but I have, I am in no way spoiled. The past few days I haven't even gotten dressed out of my pajamas. What's the point? I don't want to go anywhere. She screams everywhere we go, regardless where or what we are doing. People look at me like it's my fault. Please help. PLEASE!!!!
thank you for all your answers already--I have taken her to a doctor, and she's a perfectly normal baby. She never cries like that when she's in the office
or it would have started when we first got here. Nothing calms her down--no distractions, no toys, no loving, no bottle, no food, NOTHING. Our days usually end up with her crying herself to sleep in her crib and me locking myself in the bathroom sobbing until she is finished. I feel like a failure as a mom. I feel like I wasn't cut out for this at all. My husband doesn't understand how stressful it is to go through this every day. I don't work, no--but I have, I am in no way spoiled. The past few days I haven't even gotten dressed out of my pajamas. What's the point? I don't want to go anywhere. She screams everywhere we go, regardless where or what we are doing. People look at me like it's my fault. Please help. PLEASE!!!!
thank you for all your answers already--I have taken her to a doctor, and she's a perfectly normal baby. She never cries like that when she's in the office