Shellshell - it's awful, isn't it

For our DD, it lasted until she was about 8 - 10 weeks old (can't remember exactly) and it just seemed to improve slowly.

We found having the room really, really, really warm helped and also wrapping her up tight as soon as she got out of the water to soak up water on her skin/hair then changing to another dry towel to keep her wrapped & warm while you dry in her creases and dress her..

She seemed to get more stressed if both DP and I were rushing to get her dressed too. If it was just one of us, she was a little better. We couldn't even think about a massage until about 12 weeks but some babies love it.

It will improve and as Trish said, a nice warm cuddle/drink at the end will work wonders.

HTH.

Amy.