DS1 is 19 weeks old today, and I am at a bit of a loss with what to do with him....he just cries ALL THE TIME!
He cries when I'm changing his nappy, when I try to play with him with toys, at baby group, at baby sensory, in his buggy.....etc etc you get the idea. It is not his hungry cry (is FF roughly every 3.5 hours during the day on demand, takes between 6oz and 8oz each feed)....it just seems more like he is clingy and miserable all the time. He also tends to burst into actual tears every time a friendly woman in a shop tries to talk to him/he meets anyone new etc etc
I am wondering if I am doing something wrong, or is this just a difficult phase? I think his gums might be hurting as he is chewing everything, dribbling all the time, and on the couple of occasions I have given in and given him calpol he has seemed to cheer up a little bit....but I cant give him calpol every day, can I??
He had terrible colic for the first 3 months of his life, and we then had a blissful 3 weeks where he seemed sunny and happy, and now he has turned into a tearful upset baby all the time :(
It sounds silly but I am worried that he is just going to be a miserable child?? Can anyone reassure me that this is a phase which will pass - was your DC like this too and did s/he come through it at some point?