Originally Posted by: suzannedavis123[p]Is there anything I can do to help with this
Keep trying. It takes time.
Difficult is normal for beginners. The fingers on your fretting hand are trying to do something they've never done before, and learn to do it.
IDK if you've started or where you are with Fundamentals 1 yet, but this short series of tutorials by Caren is worth watching in parallel, as she talks about the left (fretting) hand explaining lots of things things which you'll find relevant to your question and journey.
