My baby is now 5 months old and has never been what you might call a settled baby. She has always been tense and anxious and hasn't slept or fed well since day one. Recently we have noticed a patturn to her behaviour, she seems to be ok for 3 or 4 days, only wakes once or twice in the night, goes to sleep without too much fuss and can play independantly if I'm near by. Then she will go through a period of 3 or 4 days where she crys continuously, wont be put down, can't sleep and crys during feeding. She seems uncomfortable and tense all of the time and thrashes around in your arms or when put down on the floor or in her cot. During this time we're up with her continuously in the night and can only get about 2 hours sleep. She just seems to miserable and uncomfortable and it's really distressing to watch. I have tried giving her pain relief in case she is teething but it doesn't make a difference (and has been going on since she was born). She does have reflux and is medicated for it but although it seems to bother her sometimes I don't think it's always the problem. She has very bad wind as well.
I can't see any end to this and am beginning to really struggle. Has anyone had this sort of problem? Can anyone suggest anything that might help?