7 month old crying in the night, help at end of tether

[FrameyMcFrame]

DS has never slept through the night but i have got used to feeding him 3 times a night and that's fine. But what has been happening recently is that he wakes up and cries and cries and we can't sttle him back to sleep at all.
We have had him to the doctors twice this week to rule out any illness and he is fine apart from he does have a cold. But the way he is crying it is like he is in pain. It could be wind, I don't know.
Me and DH are seriously sleep deprived. only getting 1 hour sleep here and there during the night, arguing and feeling terrible during the day. Dh had to take a day off work last week. And I found myself shouting at DS, which is totally pointless and felt really bad after.
We are both sitting up with him at the moment, after an hour solid of crying, DD is also getting woken up and she looks very tired too.
Don't knw what to do. What can i do if it is wind? Anyone got a magic wand?

Hello Framey - I hope that you have all had some sleep?

Is your DS showing any signs of teeth yet? I know that teeth are what is keeping my 5mo up crying and I can usually get him back to sleep by letting him suck my finger.

Sorry I've not got a more useful tip but didn't want your post to go unanswered tonight.

{{{hugs to you and sleepy thoughts to your DS}}}

Is it separation anxiety? Teething (try calprofen)? Try something with Simethicone to rule out wind. (Could be if you're weaning in earnest.) Can you co-sleep until the phase passes?

Your DS sounds too old to be developing wind, so it sounds to me like teething - my ds2 went from sleeping through the night at seven weeks to howling the place down at seven months too, and it coincided with teething. Even if you can't see or feel anything coming through that doesn't mean it isn't teething - teeth can take weeks or months to come through and it's the sensation of them moving beneath the gums that causes babies so much distress. I'd try teething powders and gel, and if they don't work, give Calpol or baby nurofen. Good luck!

Hi thanks for all the replies.

Last night was quite bad, he woke at 3 and screamed the house down until I got up with him and took him downstairs. I stayed up with him til almost 6 and when i tried to get him back to sleep in bed he screamed again but eventually went to sleep. I can't stand it when he cries!

The strange thing is that once he gets downstairs he is absolutely fine and starts playing with his toys. He even ate some tast stolen from my plate at 4 in the morning!
But as soon as I even walk back into the bedroom the screaming starts again.

DS has already got 2 bottom teeth fully through so we have been through the teething thing and I don't think it is that at the moment as he is not really dribbly or chewing frantically on anything he can get his hands on!

Even so when he starts one of his marathon screamathons we give him teething powders, calgel and a dose of calpol just to cover all the bases.

We are already practically co-sleeping as we have his cot right next to the bed with the side off and he ends up in bed with us anyway. but even being cuddled in bed with us is still not enough to stop the crying.
I am paranoid about the neighbours too as I can hear that it is waking them up too as they start moving about the house when it starts. i don't want to keep anyone else awake. Also DD, she gets very upsed and disorientated if she is woken in the night.

Sorry, meant to say 'toast' not tast!

Also, we try to feed him when he wakes up, both breast milk and formular as he is on a mix of both now but he is not really interested. just screams. It is not low level crying either, it is full on screamy crying.

Thanks again

Oh my, what a mare! I would try simethicone in case it's gas. How long have you been weaning and what have you introduced lately? It's quite normal for them to brighten up when taken downstairs; playing distracts them from teething pain/belly ache. It can't be separation anxiety if he's in bed next to you.

Thanks Ches, will get some of that to try.

Last night we decided to ride it out and not talke him downstairs when he screamed, and it seemed to work. After 20 mins of crying he went to sleep.
I think we have to be tougher and not take him downstairs, otherwise he will think that if he crys for long enough he gets to go down and play with his toys at 4 am!