So my 7 month old has never been a happy baby. Right from birth wanted to be held all the time, only napped in the carrier for the first 3 months, hated the stroller for about 5 months, she would scream or fuss every time we set her down for the first 4-5 months. After that she would be ok to roll around and play for 10 mins here and there as long as me or my husband were next to her. I thought she was making progress.
Last two weeks she is again literally not happy on the floor ever! She is happy and perfectly calm in the stroller/car seat (for a limited time) and in the carrier (a lot longer). The minute we put her down and give her a toy it's all over and she is crying/fussing again.
She has been sleeping well, eating at regular intervals (solids and bm), she is not sick as far as I can tell (giving her painkillers doesn't change anything). She looks perfectly fine to me healthwise, what is going on??
I feel like I am still living in the newborn phase where I am just keeping my head above water, all I can do throughout the day is eat (simple stuff nothing that takes more than 5-10mins to prepare) and get my other kids out to their kindy/school or the park. Everything else needs to be done after she is in bed or my husband finishes work and he can hold her. I feel like this is affecting my relationship with my other two children as I can never spend any time with them and I am slowly getting more and more tired of living in the survival mode (it's been 7 months!!).
Is there anyone who can provide some insight or hope for me? I am just so tired of trying to pull myself together every day and pretend that everything is ok in front of my other kids - they don't deserve a crying and depressed mum!