Our DS was sleeping through perfectly from around 10 weeks, happy to get himself to sleep around 8 and then sleeping through til 7ish, with DH doing the dream feed at 10.30/11 ish. As of around 2 weeks ago, something has changed, and DS is now a howling banshee for anything up to 2 hours when trying to put him to bed. We haven't changed the routine (feed at 5, bath 6.15/6.30ish, top up feed at 7, snuggles and story then bed), but he is getting himself in such a state. He cries/screams whether lying down or held, and the pick up/put down thing is not working (he just works himself up more and more so that he ends up hysterical). My parents suggested just leaving him to cry it out, but I really feel that he is to young for that....but he is essentially crying himself out anyway! He finally falls asleep with exhaustion, leaving DH and I drained. He is throughly winded (a very windy baby who needs a lot of winding), so I don't think that is the problem. The GP helpfully stated that it was colic....thought that was supposed to stop at 3 months, not start, and HV have been about as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Please, has anyone any suggestions. DS is a gorgeous happy boy, and to see him so distressed every night is really not fun