DD 11mo has an ear infection and has been screaming for the last hour despite alternate calprofen and calpol as advised by the pharmacist. DH is now trying to calm her as I was obviously doing a terrible job. I have tried everything I can to soothe her and she is just screaming and screaming Doesn't help that she hates being cuddled so I can't even comfort her in that way. If I try to pick her up and cuddle her she just arches her body away from me and screams even louder. I know this is about DD and not me, I feel awful that she is in so much pain, but I also feel like shit that I am not able to comfort my own baby. Does anyone else have a baby who hated being held? What did you do when they were in pain to soothe them? Is it normal that even when in pain DD doesn't want me? I worry it means something horrible about her attachment to me.
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