I second what Raven has said, he may be going through his first "Wonder Week" leap which generally happens between 4-5 weeks. I went through something similar with my DD at the same time, she is generally a very placid baby but I had a couple of days of just constant screaming, not sleeping and being very clingy.
If you can grab a copy of the "Wonder Weeks" book (available through Belly Belly Store) it might help you understand what is happening.
The next development leap is around 8 weeks and then another at 12 weeks. I'm lucky we have seemed to have got through the 8 week one without too much drama, so the next one for me is 12 weeks.
Yay, a man! (Why do I feel that now, should a film be made about my life, it would be done in Barbie dolls?)
I think that's about the age when my DS realised he could elicit a response from people and liked looking at what we would do if he did... I made sure I stayed calm, loads of smiles and songs, and he seemed to respond to that.
I gather it's rather warm in Australia at the moment (I'm on the other side of the world, surrounded by ice and snow). Have you tried a little bit of water as well as bottled milk? Milk straight from the breast starts off thin and ends up creamy (so you have water then soup, in a very strange way). If it's warm, baby may be needing more drinks, but the bottle is the same throughout so its filling him up too much? Just a thought. (I don't know if it's formula or expressed milk, but either way it will be homogenised by the time you give it.)
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