Pregnancy emotions

I’m a stay at home mom who babysits for a single mom for an extra income. I am only 4 weeks along but SUPER emotional lately. I’ve been preggers 4 times prior (1 miscarriage and 3 kiddos) and have never had to deal with pregnancy emotions like this, so this is new to me.

My biggest dilemma is that I watch a baby that is 6/7 months old and is very needy. I’ve been watching him since he was 6 weeks old and he’s always been like this. He never lets me set him down. When I do he just screams at the top of his lungs, nonstop, until I pick him up and then he will instantly stop. Another girl who babysat him also had issues with not being able to set him down and has since refused to watch him anymore. Since he’s been crawling it’s actually gotten worse. I can’t even cook dinner anymore if i have him. Normally I have the patience for this, but since getting pregnant I’ve noticed that my patience is shrinking. I find myself just feeling upset at him more often when I can’t do things like go to the bathroom without him screaming until I hold him again. I watch him up to 12 hours a day and I’m just getting so worn down.

What are some things I can do to better handle my pregnancy emotions? Or maybe some special tricks i can try so that he can let me set him down without fussing? I don’t want to have to stop watching the little one over this.