Feeling like a terrible Mom 😢

Rachel

Any and all words of encouragement are welcomed ladies. I'm just feeling so down lately. My LO is 7 weeks today and has been fussy since the day he was born. He has small bouts of contentment/happiness...but mostly he just cries unless he's eating or sleeping. He even cries while eating when we go to burp him. He just flips out 😢. I've gotten maybe a handful of genuine smiles out of him so far...and he has yet to laugh. It kills me that my baby isn't happy 😭.

I know I'm doing everything I can for him, but I feel like a terrible mom/person because I actually find myself getting jealous of all of you that post pictures of your smiling happy babies. I find myself not enjoying my maternity leave because I'm so stressed out with why he's never happy. I know for a fact I'll go back to work and regret not taking it all in. We give him gripe water consistently...he's on a probiotic...he's just so unhappy 😞 .

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