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the reality of a newborn

Everyone loves newborns, especially when their not your own. Adrien is now 6 1/2 weeks old and I always get what a cute baby, oh my gosh she's beautiful. I feel very honored to have such a beautiful daughter, but looks only go so far. Try having her when she screams for hours, doesn't want to be put down, and wants to sleep in my arms. I forgot about this hard stage and want to get through it asap. I want to enjoy the newborn stage because I know once it's gone I will miss it, or will I? We have switched her formula to Nutramigen and at first it was great, but now she screams for hours. Maybe it's the bottles? So now it is on with experimenting with what is going to stop the crying. Preston had this issue too and we tried everything, finally we switched to Nutramigen and switched his bottles to the Playtex Drop-Ins, he never had a screaming session again. I feel very bad for her because she is the one in pain, but my patience are running thin and my back is hurting from holding her. I want that happy baby back that was perfect in the hospital. Wish me luck and don't laugh when I'm bald from pulling my hair out.