Am I doing something wrong?
My LO is 2 months now and only seems to be super fussy and unhappy when I'm alone with him. My husband went back to work at 3 weeks so it's been primarily me taking care of my LO day and night. I'm very fortunate that my family is around often so one of them often joins me in taking care of him.
The problem is, when I have him alone during the day, he is so fussy, crying a lot, never happy unless in my arms and has really short naps. When other people are over, he sleeps well and often goes down without a hitch. I know I can get fustrated, anxious, tired and mad while they are usually all smiles and happy to see them. Am I doing something wrong? Does he just not like me?
* forgot to add that I don't BF, only bottle feed
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@Sadhana thanks for the advice. I try do other things and be happy for him but sometimes I'm just too tired/fustrated. Sometimes he is so unhappy those days that I can't even do anything besides feed, burp and change him.
My daughter was the same way and still is more “fussy/needy” with me as a 2 year old. It’s fairly normal, it’s the fact that you are their mom and they feel so comfortable with you. When she was little I would just baby wear her around the house so I could do things and she seemed to enjoy that and love it. Other thing to be aware of is postpartum depression is really and could be why you get frustrated and anxious often aside from the tiredness.
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No you are not Mama.. hang in there.. babies associate the mother with feeding and so he might be fussy when he's not getting it. Start changing positions, places of and do other things with him when you are feeling better, on a regular basis so that he starts associating you with other activities and smiles too.