6 week old baby never happy

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Hi there. I am a first time mum to a gorgeous 7 week old DS. I am loving being a mum but I am getting increasingly anxious as he rarely seems very happy/content.

Just to give you a bit of background, he seems healthy. He is still a bit jaundice but has been checked out at the hopital and they think it is just breast fed jaundice. Aprt from that he seems fine in himself - he is feeding really well (exclusively breastfeeding) and has put on an average of 14oz a week in the last month! He has plenty of wet nappies and until Friday, regular, normal bowel movements. (He hasn't been since then which appreciate must be very uncomfortable but his discontent has been going on for 2-3 weeks now). He sleeps well, going down properly about 10 (will nap before then), waking about 4 for a feed and then again at 7ish - so no complaints there!

Its during the day he worries me. He just never seems very happy or settled. He will sit/lay in his chair/playmat etc for about 5 or 10 minutes but then he will start grizzling. He is like this pretty much most of the day, except when he's asleep/feeding.
When he's like this even holding/rocking him doesn't seem to comfort him.

I obviously make sure he is not hungry or wet etc, I try to make sure he has regular naps so he doesn't get overtired (he does fight sleep sometimes) and I try to keep him occupied so he doesn't get too bored (as much as you can a 7 week old!)

I just love him so much and hate to see him unhappy. I feel like such a failure that I can't make things better for him. I just don't know what I am doing wrong?

Hi MartiniChick,
Thanks for the encouragement. Do you know what it was that made the change?
Did you try to establish any kind of routine? How did he fall asleep for example? Mine just basically cries herself to sleep. She may fall asleep on me or dad, but as soon as she's put down, she'll scream.
11 weeks, hmm yes, that's what everyone keeps saying - around 12 weeks it will get easier.
Ok, I will try to stay positive. Any other advice welcome!

Well it turned out that mine has a cow's milk allergy, so once we got it diagnosed and got him into the right milk he was much much better - but he quite obviously had an allergy i.e he had little spots on his face and diarrhoea etc.
But I honestly think to some extent that all babies are unsettled in the first few months, with wind, tummy pains, reflux etc and they just need time for their bodies to adjust to the world.
As far as a routine is concerned, I wouldn't worry too much about it now - I firmly believe in taking the path of least resistance! Just do what you need to do to get some sleep and don't worry about any "rod for your own back" rubbish - I still push mine around in the pram to get him to nap! The only thing I always did was a bath at night, low lights and not a lot of talking/no playing. I did it every single night no matter what and now he falls asleep by himself after his bath and bottle and I don't hear from him till the morning. All babies are different, but I honestly never thought I would get there, but I did

This is a really old thread, OP, you might get a better response if you start a new one.