Baby has no chill

My babe is 6 and a half weeks old and he has no chill! He will be screaming the place down when he’s awake and not feeding. He can’t just lie on us/his nest without crying so we have to resort to using the dummy every time and even then he’ll cry with it in and then it just falls out. Can’t help thinking we’re doing something wrong?

Anyone else experiencing the same?

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Is it colic?

colic is just a term for when a baby cries a lot and you don’t know why so it doesn’t really help 😣

Mine has phases when she's ok but half the time it is like this and in general she has zero chill 🫠

Yup my baby has no chill, except when she’s sleeping or feeding. She also prefers to be held all day.

Me too. Mine is 4 weeks old today and I feel like she’s got worse in the last week. We get brief moments of calm/content but not much. Silent reflux is suspected to be an issue but honestly, I have no idea. All I know is unless she’s sleeping (usually on me) or feeding, something is bothering her 😔

My little one is the same she’s either crying coz she has wind, wants feeding or wants to go to sleep 😂 she doesn’t really sit and chill whilst awake, if she does it’s for like 10 minutes x

Both my babies have been the same! They are born demanding things then just seem to carry on. Gets worse when they can talk 🤣🤣

Does your baby seem uncomfortable? Rigid in their body? Our little boy is breast fed (I didn’t know they could get it) & was like I mentioned above & was crying & we just couldn’t settle him for a while & he’s been really gassy so gave him some dentinox colic drops which helped him a lot. My latch wasn’t right but I’ve adjusted it as he was taking in too much air & touch wood he’s been ok the last two days.

Thanks everyone! Glad to hear it’s not just my baby but sorry it is the case for yours too 🥺 I might try the infacol drops we have to see if they help. I’d just love my baby to happily chill in my arms when he’s awake so I’m not longing him to sleep every time he is awake 😣

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