I’m exhausted. It’s not that I don’t have help. My partner and mom are here and always willing to help.
But this is a different kind of tired. My little one is 8weeks old and cries all the time - whether I pick her up to burp or take her for a nap, massage her or change her clothes/ diapers. Anything and everything just makes her cry. And then I see posts of people who have all these smiling babies. I love her to death, and I’m trying hard not to compare, but when does this get better? I can’t do anything fun with her - take her for a walk, play on the gym mat, read a book without her crying within seconds. I’m already feeling defeated as a mom 😔
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I just saw a video about a baby who wouldn't stop crying and they took the baby to a baby chiropractor and they did an adjustment that helped the baby so much. The caption talked about how it's more common than people realize so it might be worth a try 🤷♀️
Also I'm pretty sure fussiness peaks between 6-8 weeks

I feel the same way about the posts of others when they talk about their babies sleeping through the night lol 😂

My girl is almost 10 weeks and we’re seeing gradual improvement . She definitely cried a lot at 8 weeks though , I heard that 6-8 weeks is when crying peaks

Metoo i know you pain my son does the same thing

My little one is 7 weeks and she cry’s almost all day when she isn’t eating or sleeping. It’s exhausting. She does sleep for a long stretch at night but It makes me sad seeing other babies looking so content and happy 😭

we brought ours at 5 weeks… it helped with his digestion- he literally cleared his little system out after only minimal poops for two ish days, he was visibly more comfortable, and he didn’t have nearrrly as many scream cry fits… whatever voodoo she did really helped our son… we see her once a week now.
thanks for the suggestion! I’ll read up more on this
so happy to hear that! I’m looking forward to better days :)
I’m sorry you’re going through this too. I know it’s hard. Strength to you 💕
I’m so sorry you’re going through this too. I know it’s so exhausting and I’m sure you’re doing everything in your control too. I don’t know what more can be done, but I hope this gets better soon for all of us 😔
thank you so much for sharing this! We have a little checklist of our own too to keep baby happy- diaper, food, burps, swaddle. I’ll surely check about the other things too.
I’ve also heard that babies peak around 2 months. But what bothers me is that she’s kinda always been fussy. I’m trying to take it slow too because I know one day she’ll be all grown up and this will be a thing if the past :)