Hi All,
My daughter who is almost eight months old is so unhappy all the time that I am really beginning to wonder if I am doing something wrong?!
She has never really been a happy baby and I think in the first few months of life suffered with colic and since then, this seems to have developed some kind of learnt behaviour from all of the whining and crying. In the very early days we went to see a Paediatric Dietician so we could rule out any allergies, but this did not seem to be the problem. Since then she has been great with food and is even weening well and putting on weight so I think we can rule out any food allergies!
She is capable of getting 12 hours sleep a night and 1.30 – 2.00 hours nap time during the day so I know this probably isn’t sleep related. She doesn’t have any teeth yet so I know that these our due to make an appearance very soon too.
In the last couple of weeks she has started to crawl and we was really hoping that this was going to be our saviour, but unfortunately it has just made things worse, to the point where she will crawl over to our feet, constantly screaming to be picked up. I try so hard to encourage her to play with the endless amount of toys she has around her, but she does not seem interested.
The only thing she seems to like is being picked up and walked around with. This would normally be fine, but it’s impossible to carry her round all day long while pacing. She is getting bigger and bigger that not even a sling is sufficient. I am now wondering if separation anxiety has maybe kicked in?
Any advice would be great, thank you.