Is this normal for 5wo baby?!

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I'm not sure whether to be concerned there is something wrong, or just resign myself to having a 'difficult' baby...
Dd is 5 weeks old, and generally cries very soon after she goes into car seat or pushchair. She also will very rarely sleep lying down during day (feeds to sleep anyway, but will usually wake up almost immediately when you lie her down) - although she will be laid down after final feed of night - not sure what the difference is there (though she does have a cushion under sheet so her head is propped up)

I do have a sling, and have been trying to use that, but it makes it v hard to play with ds (2) when she's asleep - ie doing things on floor-or any kind of bending to lift things up/do any tidying etc while she's asleep.
She also seems to feed constantly (normal I know for bf) - but this means we can't even go out for a walk, because in the very rare times when she will be laid in pushchair, or even go out in sling - she suddenly wakes up screaming, and only feeding will stop her (so not sure if she is actually hungry, or if it's just comforting her and is a habit)

So my question is - do I just accept this and say this is what she's like for now - even though it's making life hard with ds, as we seem to be housebound (he's very lively and doesn't enjoy this much!) - or could there be another reason she seems to be unhappy? I've been assuming she's getting enough food (nappies, alert, weight gain), but could it be hunger? If so, she's feeding most of time so I can't really get more into her!
Or could there be something else making her unhappy with lying down? Reflux or something?

Help me please! Thank you! x

She clearly likes being attached to you, so the best way to get past that is just to wear her until she's ok with being apart! Was she premature at all? Sometimes preemies (even if just a couple of weeks) are that little bit less prepared for life in the outside world.

Also, is there any reason you can't feed her when you're out? At the playground or something? My dd basically wouldn't be put down for the first few weeks but it did get better (round about 8 weeks, as I remember).

Firstly Baby's crying peaks at 6 weeks....and gradually it will get better.

My DD was a grizzly baby,looking back I do think she was hungry.

Do you swaddle her?The only thing that calmed down my DD was a tight swaddle,a dummy and White noise.

It's horrible the first bit,if you could have ten hours sleep a night it would be fine to cope with I think!

Could you carry your dd in one arm & bf as you look after your ds.

Recommend Harvey Karp's book The Happiest Baby on the Block (US book, of course) which gives advice tailored to the first three months of life, otherwise known as the fourth trimester.

Main recommendations are making baby's environment as womb-like as possible, white noise, rocking etc. Can't confirm it all works as currently awaiting birth of DC1 but my mum says his ideas are all things that work!