I felt things got MUCH better at 6 months, then again at 9 months, then just got a whole lot easier and more fun at 1 year. I absolutely believe the first six months are the hardest!
This is absolutely true. A little bit of weight and anxiety slid off my shoulders around each of those ages. We are just a couple weeks away from 12 months, and while DD still has her ups and downs, she is starting to be straight up delightful. She can play alone happily while I cook dinner. She does silly things to make me laugh. She mimics many things that I do and she's really becoming a *kid*! Those early months are so, so rough. I really struggled. You're not alone in that. I promise you it gets much better and soon!
I think she was frustrated with her lack of mobility and control over her body, honestly. She would just fuss about everything and "tricks" to "fix it" were useless.
Anyway, I'm clearly no expert just here to offer some hope that better days might be right in front of you.
Omg, I was JUST thinking this yesterday as my DS (just 5 months) was grumping. I get the feeling he wants to move and have more control and just can't yet (beyond rolling) and gets bored/frustrated.
Babies are not my favourite thing, to put it mildly. But man, ds1 has been so much fun since he hit about 14 months. Hang in there. It's tough being constantly needed with little payoff.
It does. I am not ashamed to admit it. I didn't even start liking M until around 6 months and it really took to almost a year when I had the feeling of full on gushing Love and that I could honestly say I was happy we decided to have a child.
He also had colic, didn't nap and just over all was an unhappy little blob. Now there are struggles and bad times but nothing like when he was a baby.