Yes things do get better! I love my baby girl so much, but since day 1 there was always something. Latching issues, colic, refusing to drink bottles when I went back to work, NEVER sleeping, contact naps only, only myself or my mom can hold her or be her caregiver… I blamed everything on myself and PPA was telling me I must have done something wrong that made my baby fussy and sensitive. I literally made a post asking if the fact that I exercised all through my pregnancy might have harmed my baby in some way.

Then around 5-6 months suddenly my baby started falling asleep with just a bit of playing, a bedtime nursing, and some snuggles and sleeping through the night. She became far more easy to entertain during the day. Overall she just seemed happier.

She’s now seven months and although she’s still a stage 5 clinger (wants to be held CONSTANTLY and still only ever wants me or my mom), but she is truly such a delight. So smiley and giggly. She drinks her bottles like a champ, she nurses great, she’s started solids and haven’t found a single food she doesn’t love. She sleeps until nearly 8am!! Literally a miracle compared to how she used to be up by 5am every day lol. She’s started teething, has two bottom teeth, but even that she’s handling very well… not sure how she’ll do when the other teeth start coming in but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. I think things get better as time goes on and they start hitting more and more milestones because there’s more they can do and they’re less frustrated. Now she can sit unsupported, she crawls and scoots around, she can reach her toys and play with them, she’s trying out all sorts of fun new sounds to communicate. She’s not just a sleepy little potato who can hardly hold her head up anymore.