Tips for dealing with a velcro baby?

[phdlife]

Gaaahhh ds was a velcro baby - at 24m he's not entirely out of it - but dd (16 days) appears to be even more impossible to put down. Most of the day and half the night she needs to be snuggled; she vocalises incessantly (sounds like grizzling to me, as it so easily tips into full-on unhappiness). She's by far happiest when she's sleeping with her cheek on my bare breast, but often even that won't settle her. She is heavy and I had a difficult emcs so this is really pinning me to the sofa and I'm feeling terrible about "abandoning" ds.

Spent a large part of the day melting down which was largely how I got through ds's early days , but as it is knackering for me and upsetting to both dh (who is around lots atm) and ds, I'd rather not blub my way through the next 12 weeks. I know it'll pass, but fgs how do you keep your sanity in the mean time?

Im with you, DD is 14 months and not out of it at all, and seriously dont think she will be until she goes to school when she cries its like a switch inside me turns on and I have to go to her. DH is different and lets her cry - shes absolutely fine around him (when they are on thier own) shell play lovely, sleep well etc... but as soon as I walk in the door its winge winge winge until i pick her up.

i think it was my fault as I suffered (still am a bit) with Birh trauma. And felt like I did so many things wrong, not stuck up for dd against doctors etc.. and i felt like i owed it to her. It also helped me to relax when I had her on my bare chest or feeding.

I think its still early days with your dd and girls are alot clingier id say.

Have you ruled out colic/wind etc... as the reason to why she starts getting grizzly in the first place.

Why dont you try giving your DH your jumper that youve worn that day and letting him cuddle her on his bare chest with the jumper next to her face so she can smell 'you'.