Hi my 6 month dd2 is making all our lives a misery (and hate to think how she feels!) She basically wakes between 5am and 6am won't settle back after a feed and then cries all day - brief am and lunchtime naps (rarely longer than an hour) and then catnaps in the buggy in the afternoon. She hates being put down and screams to be picked up. She is on solids as of about 4 1/2 months which she gobbles up but she is a bit constipated, so that might be part of it, plus a lot of teeth are showing through the gums so I guess thats bothering her too, though no teething remedies seem to help. I feel flummoxed because dd1 was very settled in comparison and at this age was happy to roll and kick on the floor for short stints at least and slept much better at night and in the day. It's making us all so stressed, the yelling goes on all day, my dh gets angry at having to pick her up all the time then I get angry with him for being so grumpy with a baby who can't help herself and dd1 meanwhile is constantly trying to hit her because I think she's so freaked out by non-stop yelling and basically I think if things carry on like this I will have a breakdown. Is it worth getting the doctor to check her out or do we just live with it - and if so for how long? I know newborns are unsettled but thought by six months babies were basically sorted. Obviously I know nothing ..,.
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