Help, my baby only wants to be in her bouncer chair

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had anything similar. She hates being held and just wriggles and scrunches up and cries! have tried the sling but hates it. The only thing that works is letting her lay on the playgym and in her bouncer chair. It’s really getting me down because she’s been like this since the birth and I just can’t get any cuddles off her as she is just so unhappy when I hold her. Does anyone know what this could be or is it just one of those things? Thanks

Forgot to say she’s 11 weeks old!

I'd be thankful quite honestly, my dsis is only tiny herself and she has to haul the big bulk of her 5 month DS around all day because he screams and screams if she puts him down for a second. Her back, hips and knees are shot.

My baby was exactly the same from about 5 weeks old, she was just obsessed with the bouncy chair! Hated being held on my lap or being put down in her bassinet, she was only happy in there with someone bouncing it with their foot. We even dismantled the thing to cram it in a suitcase and take it on holiday with us. She also hated the sling with a passion. She's now 6 months, has outgrown the bouncer and is at her most happy rolling about on the floor or on her playmat. She is much cuddlier these days but still won't chill nicely on my lap, she's just a very active baby. I wouldn't worry OP everything is a phase!

Do you want to be held and cuddled all the time whenever your partner feels like it? Why should your baby? If she is happy in her chair it means you can get on with things or just have a rest.

My daughter was the same, fuming if I tried to pick her up 😂 she's 8 now and is very cuddly and sweet, and was as a toddler too. She was just a very independent grumpy baby!

My eldest DGS would cry every time someone picked him up except for a feed. My DD used to joke that he did not like her very much as he pulled her hair as well. When second dgs came along eldest DGS suddenly became a cuddler.

Ah thanks for the replies everyone! It sounds like it’s just one of those things then, was just worried there was something wrong and she was uncomfortable being held! Thank you and you’ve given me hope for a cuddly toddler one day!

She'll be climbing out of it in no time at all and you'll be on to the next phase so enjoy!