Bathtime is a disaster...

...for mom, at least. I am literally sitting in the bath with my baby screaming at me. He never lets me put him down. When I do he cries. When I put a pacifier in his mouth he quickly knocks it out. If he’s calm without one he’s guaranteed to scratch his face or punch himself in the face and get upset that way. I tried putting his bouncer next to the tub so I could soothe him, and he just ended up getting upset anyway. So here I am just trying to get clean and my baby is screaming at me. I love him so much and it kills me to see him upset and feel powerless to do anything about it. I’ve worked in childcare and babysat and talked to multiple parents and he is the most difficult baby I have ever seen or heard of. I cry every day. Is that normal? Is it PPD if the reason you’re crying and having doubts about yourself as a parent is because you have such an incredibly difficult baby?