Hi,

You are right. Babies will not be better on formula, and will probably be worse. It is unlikely that it is anything to do with what you are eating (more about this later) The thing to keep in mind is that crying is not forever - usually it peaks at about 6 weeks and slowly resolves - whether you do something or do nothing, by 3 mnths. Tell me a bit more about his pattern of feeding/crying/waking/sleeping. Most babies feed about 8-12 times or more in 24 hours. offering the breast is always a good first option when babies are crying. The sucking releases hormones which help them relax, make them sleepy and help them digest their food. Many babies will have a crying time - often in the late afternoon or early evening. At this time it really seems like there is nothing that you can do to make them feel better. It's easy to take it all personally, but it's them, not you and it does pass. What do you do to try and calm him?
In really extreme cases we might look into family history and see if there is any history of allergies/food intolerances/eczema/asthma in either side of the family, and this may give us a clue to things that can help. Tell us a bit more about what is happening with you
Hi Barb,

He feeds roughly every 2.5-3.5 hours depending on whether he is asleep or not. Over night it's about every 3.5-4.5hrs. He will wake and be ready for a feed so I will feed him till he drifts off and then burp, change nappy and offer other side. Sometimes he's so asleep that nothing I do will wake him so I'll put him down and half an hour later he's awake again for the rest of his feed. Sometimes he'll be awake for a while after the feed and sometimes he'll go off to sleep. If he's asleep it's very hard to get him to burp so I think this is part of the problem. When it's really bad, like this morning at about 4.30 (everything always seems worse at this time ) he will pull on and off the breast screaming. When this happens we give him a dummy to help him relax and pass wind and then put him back on the breast if he wants more food.
To calm him we will rub his back, lay with him or bounce on the fitball. Sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't. Last night we put him in the bath as well. Sometimes this works but he's not a big fan of the bath. I remember DS1 being windy but don't remember it being this bad, I guess the memories fade after 2 years.

There is no family history of intolerances etc however there is a family history of asthma, both my mother and brother have it.