My daughter is 14 months old and she’s a really miserable baby, I don’t know how else to describe her 🙈 she whinges or cries almost all of the day and I’m finding it really exhausting. She’s always been like it since she was born and I keep thinking she will grow out of it but she hasn’t, yet.
She doesn’t like being in her pram, she doesn’t like being in the car seat, she doesn’t want to sit on my lap, but she doesn’t want me to put her down either. It’s just like she is never happy. I play with her all the time, we have a toy kitchen, a sensory table, magnets, books, dolls. I just set up painting in the garden for her and she screamed all the way through me setting it up because I wasn’t holding her and then she wasn’t interested anyway. Sometimes I put peppa pig or nursery rhymes on the tv and she hands me the remote and screams until I change it, this repeats continuously.
I’ve started to dread taking her out anywhere because I know she will cry or whinge the whole way there and back and probably while we are there too. She scowls at people who try to talk to her. I’m wondering if lockdown has had an effect on her social skills but she does he have two brothers at home who interact with her lots.
She’s still breastfed and I removed all dairy from my diet (at 5 weeks) and hers (since weaning) because she had a suspected milk allergy (still not convinced that was the issue as she doesn't really show any other allergy symptoms) she eats 3 good meals a day, plus water so it’s not hunger or thirst. She’s not a great sleeper at night but I’ve managed to get her into a routine of 1-2 decent naps a day. We co sleep and I do most things baby led, she’s had a gentle and pleasant upbringing, so far.
Has anyone found a solution to this problem, was there something wrong? Did they grow out of it? I’m honestly just living for her nap times at the moment as when she’s awake, it’s just hard work. She’s my third baby and the first one was quite highly strung I guess but not like this.