Oh my gawd, except for the age thing, I could have sworn this was something I wrote 9 months ago... My DS was exactly like your little man...NON STOP screaming and I was so tired & cranky from basically no sleep (I was counting hours back then and I'd get maybe 3 hours in total per 24 hours). I couldn't put him down or do anything but hold him in the rocking chair...it was the only place he'd stop screaming for a few minutes...I even fell asleep with him on the boob (the only time he was quiet) a few times while sitting there.

My DS has reflux and had colic too...he was a shocker and everything you've said was what we went through. My DH would come home to find the both of us screaming & in tears almost every night. I also wanted to run away sometimes and I also screamed at DS to stop crying (not that he did of course).

We don't have any family near by (at least 3 hours drive from us) so we were basically stuck doing it all ourselves. No one understood and no one wanted to be around us and I couldn't possibly take DS out because he'd scream so much.

Everyone told me that it would get better at 6 weeks, then at 12 weeks, then 16 weeks etc... Blah, don't believe them...all babies are different! For us it finally got better around 6 - 7 months. DS still has really bad reflux (we tried taking him off the Losec but all the horrible symptoms came back) but at least now he's happy and sleeps! I never thought it would happen... Those first 5 or so months of his life were sheer h*ll for me and no one else (except those with similar babies) understands what it was like.

Anyway, enough of my babble...I just wanted to let you know that you're definitely not alone and that it is REALLY hard but it will get better at some stage. I don't know how but we managed to get through it (but I can't imagine ever having to do it again & while others are talking about 2nd babies I'm still too scared to even think about that).

If you want to vent more, feel free to send me a message...I'm more than happy to try to help out someone else with the same problems as I had. The girls in BB are fantastic...I think they got me through an awful lot in those early days.

Good luck!!!!! I promise that it will get better, I just can't promise when...

(sorry for the novel!)