Elimination Diet?
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What Seana said ^. Also, I’ve learned that our babies can smell the breastmilk which can cause them to be a bit fussy when with us as they are associating the smell with feeding. This can explain why my baby seems to be able to relax more when she’s with her dad sometimes.
Sounds like growth spurt. I went through this too for a few weeks, now at week 6. I limited my dairy intake but I didn’t completely cut it, because if you do and your baby isn’t actually having an allergic reaction (blood in stool, wheezing, hives etc) to the food, it can be impossible to reintroduce later. I found that when I ate yogurt and probiotics, tomatoes, beans and sparkling water the gas and fussiness was the worst. My baby had fussiness and wanted to eat ALL the time, but I came to realize the fussiness was from gas he had yet to learn to pass. Now, at week 6 he can poo without wriggling and struggling to use those muscles, and he farts and burps all the time without it getting stuck. In the thick of it we used simethicone gas drops 4x a day per our pediatrician on the days he was really struggling. It’s normal for them not to know how to pass gas or open up the anus to poo. Now I’m eating yogurt again and tomatoes, haven’t had sparkling water yet though
I think they also can smell milk, and if you’re anxious about why your baby is fussy like I was they can feel that too. Put on a comedy or music you like and take some deep breaths, that helped me
Thanks ladies! Oh I didn’t mention but she’s 8 weeks. Her poop is normal and she does spit up (my son never did so idk what’s a normal amount). Usually if I get a good burp out of her she won’t spit up at all. But once or twice a week she throws up a significant amount. I’ve started giving her gripe water to see if it could be gas/indigestion. I did cut out coffee, milk and eggs just for yesterday and it seemed to make a world of difference. She was happy most of the day and I was able to put her down for 20-30 minutes at a time for playing on her mat and tummy time with no fussing. My husband was also home so I was able to give her more attention since my husband focuses more on our toddler so that could have something to do with it. I will go with the coffee, milk, and eggs for the first few days of this week and then remove them from my diet again and see if there’s a difference in behavior or perhaps it was just a phase!
I would look into baby leaps. Different periods in her development may cause fussiness certain weeks. In terms of diet, you could try. But is her poop normal, is she spitting up more? It may not be food related!