First time mum here!
my baby is 1 month old and the past week has been hell! Whenever she is awake she is screaming, she never seems happy or content awake, she arches her back crying arms and legs going crazy, she will fall sleep on me but trying to lay her down she will wake up and scream. Some days she will sleep during the day and then scream all night and vice versa.
she has just had a tounge tie sorted so we are hoping this improves her eating as we felt like she was taking to much air and getting trapped wind, however this week seems different and doesn’t feel like it’s trapped wind, she doesn’t throw up but she does seem to be tasting something in her mouth, I can also hear wet sounds from her throat. I express breast milk but am trying to breastfeed now she has her tounge tie sorted however she’s so frantic from the crying it’s impossible to get her on the breast. I pace feed and hold her upright for 30 mins.
I feel myself getting increasingly frustrated and angry when she cries, mainly because I don’t understand what’s wrong and I know she’s in some kind of pain and I can’t fix it, I feel like a bad mum for feeling this way. I’m exhausted and have anxiety come every feed time!
this is not how I thought having a new born would be, I understand they cry because they have needs however this doesn’t feel right. I see my friends out with their babies or having people round and it makes me feel sad, I don’t want to go out or have anyone around or even text or talk to anyone.
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