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Advice needed, switched babysitters now daughter is fussy at night

So when I went back to work when my daughter was 9 weeks, my mom watched her Mon-Wed (my husband is off on Thurs and Fri so he wathces her then) up until last week because she had to go back to work.  So my daughter is now 14 weeks and my husbands aunt is watching her (she also babysits a few other kids, not infants though).  She has experience with infants and has 2 children of her own, so I know she knows what she is doing and will respect what I ask her to do.  So Monday was the first day of her babysitting and on Monday night Mikayla was really fussy, starting at about 830 or 9pm.  She would barely finish her bottle and finally calmed down and went to sleep at about 10:30pm.  Then on Tuesday night the same thing happened and I thought then that maybe she was constipated but it was more of a tired cry.  Keep in mind, that she was fine with me from around 6pm when I got home until then.  She finally went to sleep around 9:30pm.  She also usually sleeps through the nght with no problems and last night she got up at 2:45am and was crying.  So I fed her 3oz which she downed in like 3 minutes! I guess it's possible she was hungry because she did only eat half (3oz) of her bottle during her last feeding around 8:30pm.  

My question is, is it possible that she is having a hard time adjusting to the new babysitter???  She is eating fine with his aunt and when I explained her schedule with my mom she agreed it was pretty much the same with her.  This morning I asked her if she pooped yesterday and she said she did in the morning, so I'm not sure if she was constipated.  His aunt speaks english as her second language, so it isn;t great, but I can communicate with her.  I just don't know if this is just an adjustment period or what.  Or if I should ask her other questions.  Any advice or past experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks ladies :)
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Thanks ladies.  Yeah I didn't think about the other kids possibly keeping her from sleeping well because of the noise.  When my mom watcher her she was the only child and of course my mom was constantly giving her attention.  It's just too much of a coincidence that she is acting like this starting the first day of a new babysitter.  I think Im going to have my husband call her tonight to just talk to her about how things are going, because maybe she will tell him more in spanish because she feels more comfortable.  The thing is, Mikayla is a really good baby, doesn't even cry unless she's hunrgy or tired.  So when I ask her if she had any problems she says no, because she probably didn't.  But I just need to know for my own sanity how things are.  My mom would give me the whole schedule pretty much broken down by the hour so that helped.
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525485 tn?1314361301
Kristin, its going to take awhile for her to adjust..... Sarah goes to my gf's house on Mondays. My gf has a 2 year old, a 9 month old and watches her sisters 16 month old. The 2 year old and 16 month old (boys) are always SO loud with playing that sometimes Sarah doesnt nap the best......and she gets thrown a bit off track. It is only Mondays for her...so I think she has adjusted pretty well, but we had the same problems at the first couple of weeks. Shes been going there for 2 months now and she is fine!

Hang in there..it may be ana djustment thing..or, maybe its something else, just thought I would let you know that i went through soemthing similar.
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maybe the aunt's schedule is slightly different or she's not mixing in enough formula in  her bottle or she may let her sleep more...I don't know but there's probably a slight change in her feedings or schedule or your baby is still trying to adjust to being in a new house with more noise (the other two kids) and she's not sleeping well during the day.
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