My daughter is 12 weeks old today. She was breastfed until 6.5weeks then moved to formula (many reasons) since changing to formula she's been great, napping well, can sit in her bouncer, on her playmat and entertain herself for a while (was never able to do this before as she was very VERY clingy) she's so happy smiley all the time, barely cries just moans when she's hungry or bored, soon as the bottle goes to her mouth or I pick her up she stops.
The last 2 days however, she's been pretty grumpy. Hard to keep entertained for longer than 10 mins then starts crying. Find something else to do with her, again 10 mins later she's crying. Obviously she's been fed and nappy changed so it's not that. And it's not just a moany cry, it's a proper cry. I try to comfort her but it's not always working anymore.
I've noticed she contanstly wants to be sucking though, hands are always in her mouth, and it's a very aggressive suck, but she wont take a dummy. Before she would take a dummy for about 10 mins and then spit it out and she's was fine. It was like she just wanted to suck for a bit. But now she won't take it at all. She's been dribbling a bit more than usual but not loads. If I put my finger near her mouth she'll go straight for it and bite down.
Could she be teething?
Or is her real personality starting to come out now? This is what im scared of... I'm a single mum and the first 6 weeks were really difficult because of how needy she was I couldn't get anything done, and then she was perfect after changing to formula and now I'm scared she's going to go back to her old ways. I hope she's just teething.