It's been this way for about 2 weeks, now

[dampscribbler]

The baby simply refuses to go to sleep at night without spending 10-30 minutes screaming first. She napped so wonderfully today, but comes bedtime, and she has to scream like hell. Why??

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[chocolatesmudge.livejournal.com]

I've come to the conclusion that Linus hates night. He *always* screams in the car if we're driving after dark. Until he was probably three or four months old, bed time was always hellish. I've heard that end of the day is bad for lots of babies...they're worn out after a hard day of eating and sleeping and pooping, I guess.

I hope it gets better. I know every baby is different, but if it helps, the ways we get Linus to sleep is (a) nurse him to sleep, (b) walk him around in sling (inside if he's only mildly cranky, outside if he's screaming his head off) or (c) swaddle him and walk around with him for awhile. He's getting kind of big for swaddling though.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Hm, we haven't been driving after dark much, but the couple of times we did, Maggie complained a lot, too. Night is hard, definitely. I suppose somewhere in our hard-wiring, we know that predators are out at night. However, there are no predators in our bedroom. I wish she'd understand that she's safe.

Bedtime had gotten better for a couple of weeks, then it got worse again. Nursing seems to be the one method left that works consistently (and quietly), although if she's not swaddled, she often wakes up when I put her down after nursing.