Life hasn't been the easiest for my little one since they were born, they arrived 5 weeks early so we were all a bit shellshocked, and they then had silent reflux for a few months that gaviscon helped with.
They were generally unhappy for the first few months (pretty much cried/screamed for the first 3/4 months) and although they settled a bit after this, they've never been a content baby.
They will smile and giggle if something amuses them but the majority of the day they're whining or crying. I can put them down to play for at most 3 minutes (front, back, side, sitting makes no difference) before they're whining and want to do something different and the cycle starts again.
They do get tired throughout the day but we've been working a lot on sleep and get approx 11 hours at night and then 2-3 in the day so I just think it's more than that.
I'm exhausted every day as all I do is pick up, carry around (won't go in a sling, just me carrying them) or take them for a walk as the only ways to temporarily stop the whining or crying.
Could there be an underlying issue? All I want is my baby to be happy and content and I'm going out of my mind. All the other babies their age seem to be so much happier 