6 month old screamfest

[Hippiemomlife]

My 6 month old has been a difficult baby since day 1. Colic, crying constantly, doesn't nap, doesn't sleep well, doesn't nurse properly etc. He goes through good phases where he will be happy and content for a couple of days and it's so nice. I can set him down for a moment and clean up a bit and he won't make a sound. But the past couple of weeks have been nightmarish... he literally cries the moment he wakes up to the moment i can finally calm him down to nap (15 mins). Then it starts all over again. I'm basically in tears because it's so frustrating and I don't know what to do. I hold him, he cries, I put him down, he cries, I feed him, walk with him, he just keeps crying! And when I have him in the carrier he just arches his back and screams until I take him out. Right now he's clawing at my chest screaming and sucking on my stomach but when I try to feed him he just gets so distracted and is always turning his head looking around and crying and reaching for something. I try to keep all distractions away but he wants to touch literally everything and when he can't get it he just screams.
This all started when he started crawling and he gets into everything. I thought since he can crawl to the toys he would be happier but it's gotten worse and not better. He just grabs the toys and throws them up and down screaming and then crawls to the next one and does the same thing. Ugh I don't know what the point is to me writing this, I guess I just need some hugs is all. I love my little boy and I just want him to be happy, but I feel like no matter what I do he just hates everything and it is so tiring and frustrating

 

[Tigerlilyb]

I could've written this a few months ago. My son has been such a trying baby, he suffered horribly with colic and he had pretty bad reflux which is just clearing up now. He was an early crawler too, which I thought was going to help but it didn't. I know what you mean, it really was just like he hated life and cried all the time over everything.

I have no real help I'm afraid as he still has his bad days, but at 8 months it was like a switch flipped and suddenly he was brighter and happier in general.

It'll get easier, you're not alone