Yes. Babies feed off stress SO much. Kids do, for a long time. And the more your DH can't settle him, the more stressed he becomes, so the mroe the baby feeds off it, and the cycle continues.
Sounds like it's a really rough time for you guys. See what you can get DH to do for him. Especially nappy changes, they can be a wonderful bonding time. Can you get him to just sit next to you and stroke the baby's legs while he feeds? Or get your DH to make lots of eye contact during the odd feed? That will help.
Anything else you can do to relax your DH while he holds the baby will also help. Music, being outside, whatever.
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