9 months - a phase or what?

Clingy, grizzly, cranky baby - sounds like ninemonthitis to me!

Your ramble makes perfect sense to those of us who remember our babies at 9 months old. It's just a phase, I promise. Give her the time she needs, help her to feel secure and loved, and it will all be over soon.

We are coming up to 9 months and the grizzles are in our house too

Yep, ive just been through it too.

I found i was always out of the house visiting people, shopping doing anything that would keep her entertained.

I found every minute at home she would just grizzle and there is only so much of that you can take before you go nuts lol.

I think with my DD it was also teething.

I hope it will end for you soon

Edited by TaylahsMummy

ah so thats what we have just been through. I got a heap of exercise going out and about and suprised i havent worn out the wrap and the pram

Oh good (in the nicest possible way).  I'm not the only one! 

Yes DD is entertained just fine when we are out and about.  Unfortunately we have had the crappiest weather in the last week and I haven't wanted to subject her to that, so we've spent a lot of time at home.  I've spent the week listening to her go "grrrr, grrrr, grrrrr!"  Sometimes she will get grizzly about an hour after waking, sometimes she will be grizzly upon waking.

Would be interested in any ideas for games we can play or anything that keeps DD amused for longer than 5 mins.  We play peek-a-boo, banging kitchen implements together, mainly music, reading books, songs, coffee group and a few other outings.  Also encouraging crawling.  DD doesn't seem to have much of an attention span at the mo.  Don't know what else I can do.  At least we might get out in the pram if the weather is better this week.

Thanks for your replies - it really helps to know I'm not the only one!

Yes DD's really frustrated about the crawling, Whitewave.  Sometimes she will start crying with the amount of effort she puts in trying to get that bum in the air!

Also I forgot to mention the night wakings.... yes the dreaded night wakings have made an appearance (about a week ago)!  DD has been a fairly dependable night sleeper - maybe one or two wakenings for a dummy replacement, then immediately nodding off.

Can all of you guys tell me whether this night waking happened to your 9 mth old?  DD will sometimes go to sleep just fine, but will wake after about an hour, then try to stay awake for at least two hours.  She cries if we don't sit in with her, and if we do sit with her, all she wants to do is burble and make eyes at us.

I don't like the controlled crying, but sometimes it's either that, or sit in with her for hours.  I'm very impatient, so hubby sits in with DD sometimes, and then we get no couple time.

I got night waking with Jake at 9 months - mentioned it another thread a couple of days ago actually and all that worked was CC he really was trying it on there wasn't anything wrong since I'd dose him with pamol, offer him a drink and check his nap.
I found he actually went through a growth spurt at 9 months plus teeth of course and it was almost like he was overtired which made him grizzly but he wouldn't sleep well coz he was too achey maybe? I ended up wearing him alot.

Hope it sorts out for you guys soon

Yeah, its affecting Cam's sleep too - mainly his day sleeps, but night time too. Thankfully he's going back to sleep after a quick BF at night time, but he's back to co-sleeping with us! Day sleeps are so erratic, but they're getting better slowly.

That house went up fast..or at least seemed like it from here

Yay hopefully your good sleeps are more common now! We instead are having crap nights

Hi Beck - your baby is just 3 days older than Brooke! 

Brooke gets hot pretty quickly.  She sleeps in a sleeping bag (still swaddle-style), with nappy and woollen singlet underneath.  She also has two blankets and a duvet and a thermostat heater.  We are turning the heater down very low these nights as it only gets a little cooler in the wee hours - so the heater kicks in then. 

Don't think the behaviour we've been having lately is due to warm/cold though.  I think it was a developmental phase and she probably wanted to practice or go over in her mind a few of the things she has learned lately.  And also I believe she was cranky with frustration at wanting to get moving / co-ordinate herself.

She's less cranky now - so must have been a phase.  Seems like they are always going through something at sometime.  Today we have a constipated baby - oh joy!