What is a "high needs" babe?

[sugarpop]

I have noticed people post about a high needs baby in the past...can you explain what that is?

My girl is driving me nuts...maybe I am short on patience.

I love staying at home with her, I love spending time with her. She is 5 months and I know that babes require a lot of attention...but is it seriously suppose to take every moment? She hates being put down, but cries in my arms too. Not pain, not hunger...just wines and cries and demands me to walk around constantly. I am exhausted.

She sleeps 2 hours at a time at night. Wakes at least once if not twice crying and requiring more than just milk. She is up for the day by 6:30am and goes to sleep at 9:20. She takes a nap in the morning 1-2 hours then either one or two more one hour naps. Is that enough sleep? I know every child is different...but is this normal? Is she getting enough sleep? I can hardly squeeze a shower in, and when I do, she cries. I nap with her one nap a day and the other one maybe two I am doing stuff or trying to recharge for the next 4 hours of crabbiness.

Is this a stage? That seems to be everyones reason for everything..."just a stage, it will pass". I just hope I am not bald by then

[karika]

are you dairy free? this will help tremendously. Her belly may hurt from the foreign cow's milk protein. Also, she is at the point of transitioning to being a sitter and soon a crawler... babies get their feel of movement via their carrier until they are mobile. Remember the genetics haven't changed since we were a nomadic hunter gatherer people, so babies are born expecting constant motion.
http://www.continuum-concept.org/reading/in-arms.html

It is near the bottom where she discusses the need for the child to discharge energy via the carrier of baby

[maptome]

Here's the link:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/5/T050400.asp

[tzs]

i think every baby is "high needs" and any little bit of "easy-goingness" is more of an anomoly than the other way around.