Unhappy baby

Does anyone else have a baby that just seems angry like 80% of the time? He doesn’t wake up smiling, but give him 10 minutes then he will (I’m the same tbf) he then just makes moaning noises, all day. We do get smiles throughout the day but he makes sure we work for them.. the only time the moaning noises stop are when we are out or if he’s being held and walked around.. but we can’t just hold him while sitting down.

Over the last few days we have started BLW because I wondered whether he was still hungry, although he feeds before and after naps still and occasionally in between. Now once he has eaten some food he gets really unhappy too! 🤦🏽‍♀️

I’m just spending sooo much time doubting myself right now and whether something is generally wrong or whether I just have a really angry boy! I see all the posts and things everywhere of everyone’s babies so happy but I’ve just never known one to get as angry as mine seems to!

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You have literally just described my baby. I have been to the GP 6x and to the hospital 3x as I thought something was wrong too. I’ve been told it was colic, reflux, CMPA, teething and now reflux again. But from the moment he wakes up after his naps he’s just so unhappy and will scream the house down. We might get 10 minutes or so where he is smiling or laughing but then he will instantly go back to being unhappy again. It’s absolutely draining 🫩

it’s so hard, I’ve tried to express this before and I was told he had infant dyschezia, teething and colic.. but he’s 6 months next week should it be getting better? He does have 3 teeth and these are all back teeth too but that started at 2 months old. He doesn’t properly cry often it’s more of a shout and he literally grabs himself or us and gets really frustrated.. he’s doing so well developmentally, almost crawling but I wonder if that plays a part in it 🤦🏽‍♀️ I just honestly don’t know!x

Yes it is really, I honestly know how you feel. I’ve had this for 3 months now. I had to move in with my mum because I just can’t do it on my own, and to make things harder he will only contact nap and co sleep too, so my life has become holding him 24/7 because soon as we put him down he’ll just cry hysterically until he’s picked up again. He’s teething but no teeth have come through yet, he’s 5 months but 3 months corrected as he was 10 weeks early. I just keep thinking once he reaches 6 months he will grow out of it but I don’t know if it’ll be his 6 months actual age or 6 months corrected which will be around December time 🫩 xx

Do you feel you have bonded with your baby/ feel attached?
Eg can instinctively respond to their needs or anticipate what they might need before it gets too late?
It might be linked with wanting attention = connection / attachment

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