My youngests colic/anxiety...

Amber • 🌹Mom of 3🌹Pregnant with 4th🌹Space Force wife🌹

My youngest is almost 2yrs old and as an infant she had horrible horrible horrible colic like I never understood shaking baby until I had her. (Please don't come for me, I have been medicated and been through therapy since those days) she would cry literally like 20hrs a day. Non-stop. It was exhausting. My husband and I have been to counseling three different times because it was so bad. I mean it was bad bad bad like I wanted to take her to the safe haven at the hospital & pretend like I never had her bad. Yup, that's where we were. Very scary place.

Once the colic phase started to pass around 6months, we tried to separate from her a little bit. We had been holding her for 6months straight so this was a challenge. She didn't like this separation at all. It was so bad that we went to OT for them to help us because her anxiety was / is so bad. We were finally able to separate from her a little bit but not a lot.

Now she's a toddler and has major sensory & anxiety issues and still is in OT. For the last few months it has gotten bad again. She is back to crying literally like all day for no reason. She was screaming bloody murder last night for 5hrs. My neighbors probably thought I was killing her. She cries a lot during the day and wants to be held again all the time. She won't play with her brother. She hasn't been eating great in the last month. She has all her teeth. I guess it could be a growth spurt but it's been two months. I heard that toddlers can get colic so maybe that's it? Or sensory issues? Or separation anxiety? I literally don't know anymore. I did find out a few months ago that I was pregnant again if that matters.

We tried to do stuff that the OT recommend but that isn't helping. I'm not sure what else to do. I'm just tired of screaming and crying. 😞😥 anyone else out there have these issues with an infant or toddler? I'm just feel alone in this. My friends all had precious angels that slept through the night and never had colic. 🙄