Originally Posted by clayzS2k,Aug 25 2006, 12:07 PM

wow, i feel your pain man. My newborn just turned 3 months, luckily for me and my wife she sleeps the whole night and doesn't wake up til 8:30 the next day. When she was a couple weeks old, she would wake up twice a night, but only to eat, then back to sleep. Don't get the child use to riding in the car too much because she'll expect it in the middle of the night and you don't want to keep doing that every night with your 12 hr. shifts. Hang in their though, before you know it it'll be 3 months and thats when the baby starts to talk and smile and tends to sleep more which will make your job a little bit easier.

Originally Posted by exceltoexcel,Aug 25 2006, 09:43 AM

Stop driving her around.

You have to let her cry when you know nothing is wrong with her, she's learning to be independent now. She cries, you check her out. You leave, she cries. You let her cry. She stops for a while, she cries, you check on her. She's fine, you leave her, let her cry. Keep doing that until she crys less and less and then not at all.

Oh yeah get a few parenting books. People assume it comes natural, it doesn't. Like everything you have to learn how to do it well.

Don't be stubborn and think you can figure it all out on your own.

You want an easy remedy that will settle her, try that rocker thing someone just posted. Put an electric fan on in her room blowing away from her. Set a radio to white noise or a tv to a non-station static filled channel (not cable jut the rabbit ears), but don't cater to her every moan and groan.

Of course you need to make sure nothing is amiss for the first one, but after that you should be able to understand when she's really in trouble and when she's just feeling lonely/cranky.

Originally Posted by C_Unit,Aug 25 2006, 12:17 PM

i wish i had a baaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbyyyyyy! *sigh* but i'm not ready.

i have no advice to give... cause i have no clue how to handle children. but congratulations on your beautiful daughter! can't wait til i'm ready to have some lil rugrats of my own.

Originally Posted by Will,Aug 25 2006, 01:57 PM

I think you're jumping to conclusions. He's already stated that he's tried numerous vibrating/rocking devices, and even seen the doctor about it (over concern that she is colic-y). I think asking a doctor for help trumps buying baby books, and besides that, he likely has several.