Oh Liz, please come back to the clothies thread - some days it's just crazy in there but it's usually not that bad (I remember them organising that meetup - it made all of us non-Melbournites very jealous!). What was your question, maybe I can help? Although I'm a bit of a newbie myself, but I'll do my best!

BekZ - have you tried tilting the cot, I think that it's supposed to help with reflux? Gee, I've not heard that FFing is an answer to colic/reflux - I'd heard the opposite - that FF babies were supposed to be more prone to these things than BF babies, or is it neither here nor there? Anyone know? We don't have a set routine, we just do whatever works on the day. Up until a week ago he had to be carried to sleep. What is working ATM is wrapping him and giving him a dummy, then laying down with him on the bed. Sometimes I don't need to do anything, sometimes I need to stroke his forehead, or cuddle him, or pop the dummy back in, or jiggle his legs if he is a little gassy. It's almost like he wants to self settle most times, but can't quite do it on his own. If he is particularly gassy or starts getting distressed (like today, where he hasn't slept longer than 20 minutes all day), I keep him wrapped and sit him with his legs tucked in between mine and rock him forwards and back, this is a good gas relief position but also soothes him and he'll sometimes fall asleep or at least get calm enough to lie back down again. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. Tonight we've taken the path of least resistance approach - he is wide awake (I have no idea how!) but not unhappy, so we just wrapped him up, stuck a dummy in his mouth, popped him in his cot and we'll see what happens. He might surprise us... Good luck darl, you sound like you are at the end of your tether - I hope that you find something that works for you and for Loren.