7 month old a nightmare when I go out

[Jellyfish1214]

I don’t know if anyone can help or just reassure me that nothing is wrong. My 7 month old baby has been fussy and very attached since day 1. She goes through phases of it being worse. But basically whenever I go anywhere she ends up going inconsolable. I’ve tried timing it after a nap, feed and solids and it still happens. My assumption is that she gets overwhelmed/overstimulated? I try and take her to baby groups but I find myself just getting upset as I look around and see the other babies contently playing whilst mine is upset. I see the other mums getting up and going to the toilet and leaving their babies playing on the floor carelessly whilst mine kicks off if I even put her down! I just wanted to know if anyone else’s baby is the same as I feel isolated with it all? And if anyone is in the same boat at what point did it get better? Is this potentially something behavioural going on that I need to be concerned about? Also just to add my baby had severe colic for the first 16 weeks which we never found a cause to this - I wonder if this could explain why she is the way she is as she required lots of comfort during this time?

I was always slightly in awe of those babies that could just be left with another mum whilst their mum popped to the loo. Neither of mine would entertain it! Both settled into nursery okay (not the easiest to settle, but a long way from the hardest), eldest has done a couple of classes without me, no bother, and now started school just fine. (Youngest is 2.5, so not doing solo classes just yet.) Still definitely Mummy's girls, but they're taking the next steps in their little lives just fine.

I don't really have much experience with the overwhelmed at any outing, I'm afraid. How is she with gentler experiences, a walk in the buggy or sling, a trip to the library? Did you manage to get out with her much when the colic was bad? If not, it could just be that she needs to build up slowly. My eldest was baby during covid, and she was terrified of other children after first lockdown.

That’s reassuring to know they settled into nursery okay as that’s another big worry! She is okay in the pushchair (didn’t used to be) and very content in a carrier, enjoys rhyme groups that are held at the library but as soon as the rhymes stop she gets upset! She has always been quite difficult to go out with to be honest, which I have to say I find quite strange and I am yet to meet another baby that shows this behaviour which is why I am a bit concerned about it, hopefully it’s something she will just grow out of