Is my baby difficult?
Im going to pull my hair out. I don’t want to be a mom right now during whatever this phase is.
My baby is almost 5 months & just cries all the time like screams bloody murder. My husband thinks we just have a “difficult” baby but I don’t like that term & don’t think thats true??
It started a few weeks ago, baby started rolling so no longer allowed to be in bassinet, placed in crib. Baby spent days rolling at night getting frustrated & crying. Eventually we just had to get baby out onto the bed & husband sleeps on couch to give baby space on bed to roll. Baby has been sleeping more but waking constantly. Constantly needing butt pats & or pacifier to fall back to sleep. Its almost like baby is uncomfortable but we don’t know why. We have a sleep sack, overnight diapers & watch room temp closely. During the day baby barely naps, if baby does nap its short. Baby wakes at every noise now which wasn’t an issue before. To calm during the day a bottle has to be given & constant feeding makes reflux worse.
I don’t ask for family help because the advice is the same & it just makes me feel worse. Oh give baby cereal in bottle which we cant do due to reflux (aspiration risk) & pediatrician said thats outdated. Another suggestion is purees but baby is not sitting up yet so pediatrician said to wait on that. The constant repetition & push from family makes me feel uncomfortable asking for help because I dont want hear the same questions or the commentary that baby is a crybaby, spoiled, fussy because baby is only with me all the time or crying is okay for babys lungs.
I just dont know what to do? Is this behavior normal?