Help! Bub crying when at people's houses

[bellabub]

Does anyone else's baby do this?

My DD is 4months old and is very easliy upset and gets especially worked up at other people's houses. For instance at Mothers Group at one of the girls places this morning - she woke up from a super 2 hour morning sleep, had a feed and we were there within abotu 30 mins of her waking. But after 10 minutes of playing on the floor she cracks it and starts crying - really crying as though she has not slept for 3 days or something. She does it every week and I'm starting to think she is ver unsociable! She is very hard to settle until I leave and take her home. She did the same thing at my in-laws the other weekend and it is driving me nuts.
Short of staying home all day everyday I don't know what to do!

[aussienic]

I went through a similar thing with my son.. He was a bit older but he used to hate other people and going to thier houses even his grandparents. We would either stand outside with him for ages or just let him cry inside. He used to be just as bad if people came to our house including people we saw regularly..

I can't really offer you any advice., I found it highly frustrating but it passed and eventually he settled down.. I can't remember the exact age he started this but he was over 6 months.. and he stopped doing it before he was 18 months

[Evie76]

I don't reckon there is much you can do. Daniel did the same thing when were somewhere he didn't want to be.

I recently went to a farewell and he screamed the whole time we were at the hotel eating tea. I thought there must have been something wrong with him. So we ticked off home. As soon as my DH put him in the car - guess what? - he STOPPED!!!! and then smiled. AAAARRRGGG....

Recently we were also in Mildura and stopped in at the Gloria Jeans. Somewhere I though we could sit and have a coffee while I gave him his bottle. He screamed his lungs out there too. Was not interested in his bottle. So I took him to the parents room and sat in there and fed him - he was as happy as Larry. Don't know what goes on in their little heads sometimes.

I don't reccomend staying home everyday - you'll go stir crazy. But unfortunately I don't have the answer. I REALLY wish I could remember what I was thinking when I was a baby....... that'd be really helpful.

[bellabub]

Thanks girls - it is so frustrating. I really hope she grows out of it before she is 18 months old though...Not sure I will cope if it goes on that long

[aussienic]

I think she will grow out of it fairly soon.. It might be the noise and just unfamilar surroundings that upset her.. Does she have anything in particular that she always has around her. Like a blanket ect.. It is very hard at 4 months I can imagine..

Maybe just cuddle her for a while longer rather then putting her down when you get somewhere... I hope it passes soon..