OP, how are you doing?

Cranial osteopathy
Swaddling

You poor things

Poor you . I think lots of us can sympathise with this. My dd1 had reflux and screamed the place down constantly when she was tiny. No-one wanted to know, I was slipping towards PND when a friend suggested I demand Infant Gaviscon from the GP. It worked a treat (bit of a PITA having to express and then add the Gaviscon to a bottle, but better that than the screaming).

Also totally concur with the white noise thing - we used to leave an electric toothbrush running in her cot to get her off to sleep. Until we discovered that you can buy CDs that play white noise. Or just de-tune a radio and leave that going...

Ohhh you have my absolute sympathies, I only have 1 DD and she cried from the very day she was born for 4 months solid. I heard every reason from colic, silent reflux, "she has her days and nights mixed up" everything and it left me more bewildered and upset.

The problem was that everyone put it down to "colic" meaning trapped wind and i knew it wasnt that. But if it was "colic" as in inexplicable crying then that was it for sure.

i tried colief which didnt work for us but many people swear by it and the doc gave it to us on prescription so it cost nothing to try. The one thing that absolutely saved me was a dream rocker pram rocking machine.

DD always settled in the pram or carseat and so I bit the bullet and paid 80 quid i think it was. Put the pram on the rocking machine and she would sleep in there. It was a big outlay but it was truly my dream machine because it allowed me to sleep when she did as I wasnt pounding the streets or up and down the motorway.

FWIW everyone tells you it will end and every single day feels like a month but it does end and you do find the strength to keep going each day.

I would suggest milk intolerance too, but I see that plenty of others have already. If it is that then it won't stop unless you remove dairy from her diet, which means stopping formula (or getting hypoallergenic one) and giving up dairy yourself.

With dd I endured 16 weeks of round the clock screaming until we realised that this was the problem (was fobbed off with colic until then) and I gave up dairy. With ds it kicked in at 3 weeks and I stopped dairy right away, and after a few more hellish days whilst it cleared from our systems he was also better.

I would also try cranial osteopathy though, partic if the problem is only when you try to lie her down.

Don't write off silent reflux. Not enough detail in posting to say for certain not but in my experience caused endless crying and 'colic' symptoms.

Many many sympathies to you. Having two is a challenge in itself. It will improve, all you have to do is survive!

(and one small consolation is that although she appears to be in terrible pain from whatever, she will get past this and never remember so whatever instinct tells you to do, go with it, she will be fine in the long run).

Sorry - didn't read your message properly - see you are mix feeding. Can you drop the formula and go dairy free to see whether that makes the difference? It was as though a switch had been flicked with my son - I wish I'd tried it with the other two!

Has this been since you introduced the formula or has it always been like that?

Have you tried making any changes to your diet?

Have you considered a night nanny to let you get one night of sleep? If you're interested pop over to the nannies/CMs section and see if there is anyone in your area.

All three of mine have to some extent had colic, reflux or milk intolerance. My third was as you describe until the day that I cut dairy out of my diet and he was like a different baby - settled almost immediately. I also tried cranial osteopathy which did help a bit.

Obviously, if you aren't breastfeeding then it may just be the dreaded colic - or perhaps it's worth trying a different formula if you're bottle feeding, to see whether the particular formula you're using isn't compatible with her system.

Huge sympathies as it's SO hard, especially when you have other children to look after.

What time does she have her forumla? Could she be eating too much? Too much formula / food can cause an upset tummy/wind/bloating etc.

What's her routine like at the mo?