4.5 month old waking half hourly, screaming bloody murder

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Our 4.5 month old has, in the past 2 weeks, begun waking with a screaming fit every 30 min or less from 8pm until 1-2 am. he'll then sleep until 5-6. if I want him to sleep longer, I have to bring him into bed with us. I'd prefer not to do this.

We swaddle and need to bounce him back to sleep on a yoga ball.

He has never been able to self soothe or fall asleep on his own.

He most definitely had colic and I believe has silent reflux as well. Je had a tongue tie corrected at 3 weeks and breastfeeding has been established but bc of the reflux and colic, it's never been a comfort to him. he arches and screams if offered the breast when not hungry.

please help! we don't even know where to start! I know we've created bad habits with the bouncing to sleep, but we were just trying to survive the colic.

He sounds very much like my DS was. Have you been given medication for the reflux? We had to really push for it but once we got it things improved quite a bit. It turned out to be CMPI so once we took him off dairy he miraculously began sleeping. Have you been to the GP?

Sounds like our experience of CMPI. Took a while for the reaction to really ramp up. Try cutting out dairy and soya for a couple if weeks - although we saw an improvement within 3 days

Also, I really wouldn't worry about creating habits at the moment. He's just a baby and you need to be able to function! I really do know how you feel.

This sounds similar to our little nightmare up until ds was 3 months. GP sent us to hospital after I had been awake for 24hrs with him not sleeping more than 30 min at a time. Lo and behold, silent reflux. Dr gave us ranitidine and baby gaviscon and it was life changing. Within the week we had a new baby. I started to get my life back as I slept for more than 2 hrs for the first time since he was born.
I would go back to gp or talk to your health visitor.