High needs baby

[M1ssF]

My LO is 7 months and I am exhausted. She moans all day, Doesn't eat much solids, breast feeds little and often, screams when she's out and hates people as she will just scream and cry when she sees them. She is very hyperactive and needs constant entertainment oh and the worst is ...her sleep. It takes over an hour to put her to sleep and sometimes even after that she doesn't fall asleep and stays awake for 4/5 or even 6 hours- she is clearly overtired . We follow wake windows but they don't seem to work with her. She wakes up hourly in the night too. I am so sleep deprived and literally withering away .
We thought she had colic, silent reflux,cmpa. She had a tongue tie but things got worse after it was divided. Anyway is anyone else's baby this difficult??
If anyone has any tips or been through anything similar then please let me know. Seriously need some reassurance that this will pass.

You get used to it. My 3.5 yo has phases of being awake every 40minutes and then other days she sleeps 8 till 6. The 40 minutes ones are knackering but aren't super regular. A typical night would be 1-3 wake ups and a few hours sleep in a toddler bed! In some days the nights she sleeps through are more tiring!
Me and my partner have a deal. I do most of the night wake ups and he does the early mornings at the weekend and I get to sleep until 10 to catch up on sleep. I'm a night owl and he's a lark so it works for us

She doesn't even contact nap because she can be in the sling for ages and still not sleep and when i put her next to me she just messes around. Honestly can't wait for her to grow up this baby stage has been too stressful I feel like I've lost myself. Havnt had an evening out since she was born . Makes it harder to go out when she doesn't take formula either. She did when she was newborn though

My daughter rarely slept in the sling for me but it was the only way my partner could get her to sleep. For me it has to be in my arms for a contact nap or an endless walk without stopping. I did 2-3h a day any thing for the nap. At home she would have 7 minutes naps were torture! Just when I thought she had gone she would wake up and that was it she was up until bedtime. It was such a relief when at 5 months she switched to liking the pram. Naps were something very mixed for me. The relief when she did go to sleep and the stress of getting her too, especially when I stopped breastfeeding at 10 months and lost my superpowers!

She's 3 now and I often have to take my cardigan or top off so she can go to sleep stroking my arms. I'm currently sat with one arm poking out of the neck of my dress.....the things we do for a bit of peace and sleep!

Hi OP. Just wondering how things are now, going through very similar with my 6 month old, it's exhausting!

@M1ssF

Hi there she's 1 year and 3 months and gosh she is loads better.
I really feel for you . New born up until 7m was the worst for me. The long days will pass and things will get better.
I figured out her wake windows . It was 3 hrs and then 4 hours for the second nap. Knowing that really helped as I wasn't guessing and wasting time as to when she would sleep. It's defo not the norm for a 7m but it worked for us.
What are you struggling with at the moment?
Sleep at night is still difficult and she wakes up every 2 hours to feed but it's just comfort. She is still high needs and doesn't like being alone in the room when playing but she's really good at my mums house as there are always people around.
Do you have any family to help you? Xx

@M1ssF thanks so much for your reply. That's great that she is much better now :) there is hopefully light at the end of the tunnel for us too.
It's the constant crying! She has to be entertained all day everyday but even then it isn't enough and she will just scream. So difficult!

That was us too. Defo light at the end of the tunnel. Its physically and mentally draining but it won't last forever xx