Am I the only one?

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My daughter is 11 weeks now and lately I just feel like I don't know what I'm doing. I feel like I should have figured out her different cries and figured out what she wants all the time by now and I just don't know. Sometimes I try everything and nothing works. I can't ever put her down or she freaks out. I can't even just sit down and hold her, I have to be moving constantly for her to be happy. She wakes up at 3am every night and then refuses to go back to sleep. I'm exhausted and I need a break but I can't have one. I feel like a shitty mom because I should be enjoying this time but I honestly just want it to pass. I see other moms who seem to have it all together and their baby is content in a bouncer or swing and it makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong. Why won't my baby do that? Ugh just needed to vent.

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Just wanted to say you aren't alone! My girl turns 11 wks tomorrow and I have no idea why she is crying most of the time! Hopefully we figure it out soon, good luck to you!

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Its possible she has colic. My mother in law told me that her oldest developed it at 3 months old and every nightblike clockwork he would cry at 7pm for about an hour and nothing she did would calm him down.

Being a mom is stressful and we all have our moments of doubt. When you feel stressed just put her down in her crib and take a few minutes to breathe or cry it out yourself. Is there anyone that could watch her for half an hour while you go for a walk, take a nap, or get coffee, or something to recharge?

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My son was like that for awhile. It seemed like only my mom could soothe him. He hated the swing and the bouncer. Come to find out, he HATES laying down. So we got a new swing that sits him up and he loves it. He also wont sleep in his bassinet. It has to be his crib. I think its because he is used to the feel of a mattress since we coslept for the first month of his life.

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My baby has been this way since birth. I thought I just had a difficult baby and was just trying to learn to cope with it. Everyone kept telling me it was normal, but it's not normal! We literally could not put him down. Like not even long enough for me to change my shirt. We had his tongue and lip tie released and the dentist suggested craniosacral therapy. It has completely changed my baby. The difference is night and day!

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This is Harry and he's exactly the same, he is fidgety, whingy, and cries a lot, but this picture shows differently, infact it was taken in hospital as he has severe reflux and vomiting ever since birth. He will not sleep in his Moses or his cot, only on our chests at night. I have been recommended cranial oestopathy, we started it today, fingers crossed as we are knackered too.

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This is the signs of wonder week 3

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How long has she been like this?

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