7 month old unhappy/difficult since birth

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Hi

This is my first time posting. I’m just hoping someone has had experience and can give some reassurance / advise if I should be seeking further help.

I had my little boy in July and he cried pretty much constantly while awake for the first 3 months of his life. We investigated things like milk allergy etc but because he was sleeping ok and he usually quieted when we picked him up and walked about we didn’t think he had anything medically wrong. After 3 months he did improve slightly but he’s still just incredibly grumpy. He is bottle fed and will only feed when lying flat on his back. He won’t let us hold him to feed- he squirms and pushes away the bottle. He hates being cuddled, will only sit on his play mat or in a baby seat for max 5 minutes without crying. I’m struggling to get him to eat solids because he screams after a couple of minutes in his high chair. He’s ok in the pram as long as we’re in constant quick motion but the moment I slow down he’s screaming again. Basically the only thing we can do that consistently keeps him happy is picking him up and walking around the house. He seems to be meeting his milestones (more or less - he can’t sit up on his own yet but I don’t think that’s uncommon at 7 months) but I do wonder whether his behaviour is “normal” or whether we should be seeking some help from the dr or health visitor. We already have a 5yo girl and she was nothing like this. His constant unhappiness has come as a bit of a shock!

Does anyone else have a baby like this?

Does he make good eye contact etc? I’d always say speak to your health visitor if you’re worried, although I’m not convinced that they always give good advice. The lying flat to eat thing sounds a little odd to me.

I tried to speak to my HV when he was quite little but they weren’t much help. Just said he sounded like a difficult baby.

His eye contact is good. He’s quite smiley when people engage with him, he follows objects with his eyes, reaches out for things and rolls from back to front. The lying on his back to eat does worry me though and his general discontentedness. I’ve tried to google but can’t seem to find anyone talking about something similar.

Sounds very similar to my little boy. He’s 20 month now and is generally a lot happier than he was but he’s still very sensitive and quick to cry. I think it’s just his temperament.

Sounds exactly like my son. He gradually improved. He still had a temper and is incredibly wilful and demanding buy now at 16 months he's a normal delightful little toddler. Grumpiest baby EVER though!!

Thanks so much! It’s so helpful to hear that other babies have come through this and improved! Hes sitting up now and even that seems to have made a big difference

Yes, with my son so much of it was frustration. Every milestone he improved. He's only recently finally learned to walk and qas instantly sooooo much happier!!!