Desperate for conure help

Hello,

I have had my Jenday conure for 14 years. I recently just had a baby who is now a month old. Since the day we brought the baby home my conure screams constantly and wants nothing to do with me or my husband and is very aggressive when we walk in the room with the baby. He will grab on to the bars of his cage and bite them flapping his wings and puffing out his feathers.

If my husband or I try to get the bird to come to either one of us w/o the baby present he refuses and ignores the step up command and will run away from us even if he is already out of his cage he will hide inside and try to bite us then follow up with screaming.

The scary thing is, yesterday he flew at me when I was carrying the baby and attacked my head biting me. I was so scared he would get the baby I had to cover the baby and get the bird off me, which luckily he went in his cage easily with nobody getting hurt.

I feel like I am reaching the end of my rope. This bird has been a part of my life for so long it breaks my heart to think of getting rid of him but the aggression to the baby is terrifying not to mention the constant screaming.
I am desperate for advice and appreciate any help.

Well, the thing is that the bird feels his relationship with you threatened by the baby. I am sure you did not mean to but, most likely, you are not paying that much attention to him any longer and devoting most of your time and cooing to the baby, instead. The bird must regard you as his mate and is enraged that you have betrayed him. Almost all psittacine species are strictly monogamous and mate for life and a bonded mate abandoning his/her mate in favor of another is unheard of and against nature, as far as they are concerned so he is retaliating and with good reason (from his point of view). Keep the baby out of his sight for now and re-establish your relationship with him as close to what it used to be as possible. Most likely your routine has changed and he is missing that as well as his time with you. Don't force him to come to you, start from scratch and just talk, sing, offer treats, etc to him. But keep him in your sights because he might try the
'fly-and-bite' again and, if you see him making a beeline for you, duck and get out of the room asap! It won't happen overnight and it will take work as well as time but you can get your bird back if you are patient, persistent and consistent in your interaction with him.