12 Megan
Evie’s screams rattle around my skull as I try to calm her down. She didn’t want to be cuddled, didn’t want to be held, so I sat her on my lap. She didn’t like that either, so I laid her down on the floor. When that failed too, I sat her in front of her toys. She stopped crying for just long enough to reach across for one and land face-first in the carpet. Cue screaming.
I can feel my anger and frustration rising as I rub her back and make soothing noises to her, even though all I want to do is scream SHUT THE f**k UP!
Sometimes, nothing seems to work. I go round and round in circles trying all the usual methods: singing, cooing, bouncing, distracting, showing her her favourite toys. But absolutely nothing stops her crying. Eventually she seems to give up and lay there gurgling
