![]() ![]() However, if you suddenly find yourself in this ‘witching hour’ cycle of hell, take comfort in the fact that so many other parents have gone or are going through the same nightmare.Ī screaming, upset baby is incredibly stressful and draining – especially when it’s happening every night and at a time when your partner might not be home yet, meaning you’re in the trenches alone (or worse yet, with other children to also look after). Not all babies go through it, though, so you could be one of the lucky ones who skip this craziness altogether. Ideally, you want to be winding down for the day and getting ready to ‘clock off’ on your parental duties, but nature has other plans, meaning you have to dig deep and find some non-existent strength to settle your witchy bub instead. It’s also the end of the day when your energy levels are at their lowest, and there are lots of other chores to be done, like cooking dinner and running baths. But ‘witching hour’ is different and so much harder to cope with because their cries can’t be easily soothed. ![]() Newborn WATCH: Little girl meets baby brother and is NOT the least bit impressed Next Why is ‘witching hour’ so tough?īabies cry, that’s what they do. Nothing works! So don’t be surprised if you find yourself tearing your hair out in your relentless efforts to calm them down. It’s markedly different to other times of the day when your baby might be unsettled, because all your usual soothing techniques become defunct. The age at which ‘witching hour’ usually occurs is between three and 12 weeks, and it happens at the same time every day anywhere between the hours of about 3pm and 11pm (although around 5pm or 6pm is perhaps most common). What on earth is ‘witching hour’?Īlso going by the totally apt name of ‘arsenic hour,’ the ‘witching hour’ occurs at the end of the day when your baby goes completely and utterly bananas and won’t stop crying for about an hour (or longer if you’re particularly cursed). But who cares about that?! The baby ‘witching hour’ is way more hardcore. Historically, the ‘witching hour’ in folklore occurs between 3 and 4 in the morning, when supernatural events are said to take place.
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