I went to sleep school today with Shaun !!!
Our main problem is that he goes feral from 6pm to midnight - every single night. He doesn't sleep at all.... he cries most of the time.
Unfortunately sleep school runs from 9am to 3pm, so I didn't think I would get much from it. He is usually 'well behaved' during those hours.
But I picked up a few tips, and right at the end he started to play up a bit. The nurse was trying to settle him, but couldn't and he was 'different' than earlier in the day. I explained that was a 'taste' of what he is like in the evenings. Multiply that by 3 or 4 and persistant for 6 hours. Then she realised why I was there! All she could come up with is she thinks it's colic. But he has wind drops, he burps, he farts like a trooper, and he doesn't appear to have any tummy pain. And the GP said he didn't have colic or reflux. So I'm not sure if colic is his problem.

But I went home, and tried out the techniques of settling. And it seemed to work. I was surprised that they didn't believe in swaddling as they think it represses their movement skills (or something like that). Shaun doesn't like being swaddled, but if I don't swaddle him - he flings his arms around all night - hitting himself in the face all the time, and knocking his dummy out. But I settled him tonight without swaddling.
And although he got fairly feral tonight... he settled down around 10pm, so we've had 2 hours of silence which we don't normally get! And he didn't have to co-sleep which we sometimes have to do.
I gave him a bath in our big spa with me tonight. He loved it. It's like a swimming pool to him. But as usual, he got upset when he came out of the water (so much for relaxing him!!!).
I've also increased his formula amount a bit. He's two months now and 5.5kg - so he should be on more than 125ml. Hopefully the bigger feeds will satisfy him a bit more. As a first time mum - I was never told by the hospital to increase his formula. In the first week home he was losiing weight as I was meant to increase it every few days. I really believe first time mums should be allowed to stay in hospital longer if they wish, so they can ask questions and get settled. I was in hospital 4 days and I'm 38yo, and I was petrified when I came home with Shaun! I had no idea what to do.