Unable to settle unless on breast.

Hi everyone, just wanted to ask if anyone else feels like this because it's starting to make me feel a bit down. Me and my baby have had a hard time with breastfeeding and a lot of latch issues etc. I'm also cutting out dairy due to suspected intolerance or allergies but this is getting worse so now I'm having to cut out soya too. So he's had it quite hard and is now just over six weeks old. The last couple of days I'm just feeling a bit rubbish because I feel like when he's with me he's often upset because of these issues and colic troubles etc with feeding so he'll sometimes feed and then be really upset after with me and won't settle sometimes but if my husband takes him he seems to settle down and is always appearing really happy to see my husband. Obviously I love that he loves his dad so much but it makes me feel like he doesn't like me very much sometimes. I've heard people say it's because when he's with me he can smell my milk so will only settle with me if he's on the breast. Has anyone else experienced this?

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