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My Peanut was sort of like that, maybe not so bad. What did I do? I held her. I slept on the couch with her on my chest and pillows piled all around in case she rolled. I held her all day too. Get yourself a baby sling and go about your business. They have tonnes on eBay. Apparently the little nippers love em. I didn't get a sling, I got a carrier because I couldn't find a decent looking sling; it works pretty well though I think I would have preferred a sling. To those who are saying you are spoiling your baby; that's just silly and unhelpful. It's not possible to spoil an infant. Your little girl is still a little stressed out about being outside the womb so please don't leave her crying. It will take her a little while to adjust. My little girl is 12.5 weeks and she's doing great now. I can put her down during the day and she just sits there laughing and bubbling away. At night she falls asleep in my arms and I then put her in my bed(she sleeps with me still). She's fine being by herself now at night. She's still not so good with the daytime naps yet but I'm lucky enough to have my mother living with me so she either takes the baby or takes care of whatever needs to be done. Don't worry it will end soon. Make sure you do whatever you need to do to get some sleep. Your house chores should be the least of your worries, they won't go anywhere. Is there someone who can take her for a couple of hours so you can get some zzzzz's or maybe help out with the house stuff? If it makes you feel any better there are tonnes of people with similar situations. I looked it up on the net because I didn't know what I was doing wrong and there are a lot of pages dedicated to this very problem. It will get better. Good luck and good night(hopefully).

I think you should ask her pediatrician. There might be a physical cause for her discomfort. You could also try swaddling her in a receiving blanket (like they probably did when she was in the hospital) or putting her in her car seat and going for a drive. That makes lots of babies fall asleep. The infant swing shouldn't be used until she's at least 6 weeks, unless the instructions say otherwise. My daughter cried a lot when she was laying on her back, and it turned out that she had inguinal hernias. This is fairly rare for female babies, but the way we noticed it was that when I changed her diaper I saw a lump in her groin. It wasn't constantly there, it would come and go, but she would cry frantically while it was there. We had to have the hernias repaired.

What a rellief that it is normal for her to act this way. Thank you soooo much. I couldnt bare the idea of letting her cry like that again after the one time and I was hoping that I wouldnt be doing anything wrong by giving in and holding her. I am definitely going to invest in a baby sling since I will be working from home in a few weeks and that will give me the ability to still keep her near me and happy :-) Thanks again.

Yeah. I agree...you cannot spoil a newborn...they were in the womb for 9 months getting everything they needed on demand....they never had hunger pains, never needed a diaper change, never needed to be held...all of their needs were met...now they are in the cold cruel world and they need us!

I also agree with all the ladies. You cannot spoil a baby by holding them "to much". Some babies need to be cuddled more than others but what your doing by holding her so much is simply being a good mommy. My baby is now 2 mos old and still likes to be held more often than not but I also have a 9 year old and believe me that there will come a time, not to far away, that they won't need us to hold them like that anymore so enjoy it while it lasts because it isn't long. Wouldn't you rather be held...:) (and the nights do get better-I noticed a big difference when my baby reached 2 mos.)

Here's some more hope for you "Jadyn's mom". My daughter is, right now as I type this, upstairs having a nap ALL BY HERSELF!!! YAY!!!! hee :) I think it's the first time she's had a proper nap all by her onesy. She's been alseep for about an hour now. I'm so happy!! LOL OMG she just woke up! lol

Just to update everyone, my wonderful baby girl is starting to enjoy some alone time in her crib while she babbles away to her reflection in the mirror. I still am holding her for a good part of the day but I am so happy to see that she is coming along perfectly as you all had confirmed as well so a big THANK YOU to everyone who responded to this post :-)

I'm typing one handed so I don't have to disturb my little one, have you tried a pacifier? I never agreed with them but after giving in and trying one it works some times just to help her settle when in bed alone.