Why Is My Baby So Difficult?

When my baby was first born, she looked every bit the adorable alien all newborns do. At first, caring for her was relatively simple. She let me know when something was wrong, and she wasn't overly fussy, but I soon realized that she was going to be more difficult than I had first thought. I desperately searched for an answer to my problem, because there were too many strange issues that didn't seem connected but shouldn't have been occurring without a common issue. These were the things I noticed:

• My baby was very fussy.
• She wanted to be held constantly.
• She had difficulty sleeping.
• She choked while nursing - more than a newborn should. 
• Although her latch had initially been perfect, it was getting progressively worse.
• She started to clamp down/bite while nursing.
• She absolutely hated being in any position that wasn't perfectly upright.