Becoming a mother for the first time brings many unique and exciting experiences. 3 to 4-week-old baby When you are going through the beautiful stages like bathing, holding, getting up, and feeding your newborn at night, it is the most difficult thing to keep the crying baby quiet during the witching hour. When your baby cries non-stop, you sometimes try to feed him, make him sleep, and sometimes walk. But the baby is not silent. And there is the idea that, as a mother, we cannot handle the child. When John started crying purple, like every mother, I was worried that my son was not in pain, but my mother told me that it is purple crying, in which babies express their fussiness by crying. Because they don’t have any other communication method, there are different methods to deal with it. Since my mother lives in the villages, many new mothers come to her to find a solution to their children’s problems.

The National Center for Baby Syndrome chose purple crying, an abbreviation that helps parents understand their child’s pain. Here, I will tell you about my mother’s tested method, which I followed for my three children, and many women of the village also benefited. The first thing that my mother explained to me after seeing my problem is that almost every child goes through this stage, and this cry of the baby is temporary, and this purple cry is a step towards its development. These words calmed my heart and reduced the mother’s guilt to a great extent when my baby was crying non-stop, and I was not able to do anything for him.

What is the witching hour for babies?

Witching hour is a time when even calm parents lose their patience. Before I became a mother, when I used to see the parents of my family that get angry at the purple hour or when the baby cried, I used to explain it to them, but when I became a mother myself, I understood when your baby cries continuously and does not shut his mouth, it’s common in this situation

When does the witching hour begin, and when does it end?

The witching hour often starts in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. The period of witchcraft begins after three to four weeks have passed after the babies are born. And that too in the evening when I thought that my children were calm now and I would spend this time watching a good movie or reading a book, but it didn’t happen and my children would start crying at that time and when I did too. I was tired all day. And I also wanted to rest. But since the witching hour, children cry non-stop.

Tips to managing a purple hour

In Purple Crying, when your baby is constantly crying, does not feed, does not take the sucker in his mouth, and your arms go limp while swinging the baby in your arms to keep the baby quiet, then follow my mother’s and my tried and tested experience. Take your baby to a park. Sing him a lullaby. Sit in the car seat and take him for a walk. Keep the weather in the open air if it is not too cold. Sing a song, but be careful with TV noise. I have seen many new mothers who get frustrated and shake their baby violently when the baby’s purple cry doesn’t stop. No mother wants to harm her child, but doing so can be dangerous for his health. Shaking can cause the baby’s weak muscles and brain to move around in the skull, causing swelling and bleeding. And it often affects the sight of newborn babies.

When to talk to your doctor

If your baby is crying for more than three hours from the time of purple crying or witching and does not quiet down in any way, then you need to contact your pediatrician. And if the baby complains of vomiting, diarrhea and vomiting along with the crying, then it is not just the witching hour. Mothers are very affected by all this, and if tears come to your eyes, spend some time alone to recharge yourself and trust that this time will be a memory.