Near breakdown, what’s going on?

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My dd is four months. Had her vaccinations a week ago but was fine so I don’t think it’s that. No temperature, fed, has slept, had a bath.

she’s been very easy since day one. Always woke in the night but was a calm baby, easy to get back to sleep, easy to feed, easily entertained and happy to just be on the playmat.

since yesterday morning she’s been screaming every half hour or so for about half an hour. I realise this isn’t a huge amount of time but I am not used to it and I’m a lone parent so I feel terrified this is going to continue. I have tried to soothe her in all sorts of ways but it seems I have to wait it out then she’ll be calm again for an hour. sleep been usual with normal wake ups.

is she just going to be grumpy now? I feel incredibly lucky it wasn’t like this from the off as I clearly can’t cope well with it, I’m so scared it will continue.

4 months is prime age for the dreaded teething to start. I'd give her some calpol and see if that helps?

Sounds like teething. If it has been the same time every day you can watch and learn her signs it's starting and give calpol 30 mins before
May be different but from 4mo ds's teething times have been like clockwork

Ear infection? That’s what it was when my DD suddenly started doing this.

Ear infection is possible. Take a step back and really watch her. It sounds like pain. Is she rubbing or reaching for ears. Or for teething, is she chewing fists or dribbling.

My oldest was a difficult baby but 4 months was the absolute worst of it. I think 4 month fussiness is a thing. Or it
could be early teething - if there are other signs you could try calpol. Does she feel hot - fever?

When my baby teethed for the first time her entire body turned bright red and she fed on me for literally 12 hours overnight. Literally I could not go to the toilet, she would scream blue murder. She's never been that way before at all but I could not leave her, I had to stay awake all night.

It subsided the next day but she was hot to the touch as well.

Just saying the others who said teething it's entirely possible.

Don't discount the vaccinations though because they can have an effect and could be a bad batch and that's why the yellow card is there to report batch numbers and then a bad batch can be identified. So you could pop it on just in case?

Poorly or teething would be my guess.
Try calpol and see if it helps

It's so much harder to manage when your baby has been relatively 'easy' so far !

I'd second either ear infection, teeth or onset of illness like chickenpox that can present for a few days prior to spots with distress.

Also 4 months - notoriously tricky sleep regression though this sounds different.

Hope you sort it

I immediately thought an ear infection. My DS had one when he was under 1 and it was awful, he cried and cried. Lying down often makes it hurt more so try holding her. And Calpol, of course.

I could also be teeth, but an ear infection was the only illness that made DS cry so much.

Agree with others, get her ears checked. Fussiness like that was always a sign my daughter had an ear infection.