Oh, meant to say - Holly had no problem gaining weight. I agree with Charliekeys, it's a total myth.

Mine has always been on the 96-99% for weight no matter vomiting 20+x a day! It's a faulty belief (although it is true that MOST reflux babies are lower weight). I believe OmarsMum's boy was the same?

Sorry you are going through this. George had silent reflux. He hated to be lying flat and for the first couple of months I just had him in the moby all day as he wouldn't stay anywhere else. Evenings were by far his worst time but he was unsettled in the day too. I cut out dairy including goat / sheep's milk etc and also soya since most babies who have issues with dairy will react in the same way to soya. I was very strict about it and it took three weeks before I noticed any change but after that there was a big difference. I also got prescribed omeprazole which helped loads. George turned out to be a totally chilled out little fellow once his reflux was under control, it was honestly like having a different child. When I weaned him I slowly reduced his meds and reintroduced dairy very gradually through my own diet at first, and he has been fine with it. He was also on the 91st percentile and gaining weight like there was no tomorrow!

Colic babies are very difficult. I often wonder how I survived. Just thinking about how terrible it was is making me want to cry. (I am seriosly tearing up) I think it was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to deal with.
My son never slept, he was bionic. He could go literally 7 hours without sleep (and this was when he was a newborn) and he cried all the time. There was many times I had to just set him down and walk away because I just couldn't take it. I would hold him and we would cry and scream together (my poor neighbors must think I was insane) there was just nothing to calm him. So I 100% understand where you are coming from.
The good news is it will end. My son stopped being real colicy a little after 5mos. We discovered at 3mos (after terrible weight gain) my son had reflux and needed zantac. He would throw up so much and I guess his little tummy hurt (he was EBF, so all this did was frustrate me) once he was put on zantac this helped a lot. Then he would just cry rather then pain cry and eventually it just ended. Just like that.
If I were you I would try to get as much support as you can (and help). If you have friends or family that can help you out, even if its for an hour, that will help. I remember there were days when my husband was at work I drove an hour to my MIL's so she could hold Jude and we would have to pass him back and forth because she couldn't even handle his screaming (and she is the coolest and most loving grandma ever!) Its tough stuff, people don't give credit to those who deal with colic.

This is EXACTLY how it is for us. I felt tearful reading what you wrote because it is exactly how I feel. A few evenings ago my husband was at work, toddler in bed and Tommy was on his 5th hour of inconsolable screaming and I just sat and held him as he screamed and sobbed my heart out.

We had a fairly positive doctors visit today. I saw a GP I've never seem before and she was pretty sympathetic and really did listen to me and spent a long time with us rather than trying to rush us out in 5 minutes. She said that silent reflux is ever so difficult to diagnose in a baby but she agreed that it is a definite possibility and has prescribed infant gaviscon to try for 2 weeks and then we'll go back and she'll review it. Fingers crossed this helps him.

He has to take a dose 6 times a day and as he won't take a bottle I'm a bit worried on how to get him to take it. She said a spoon would be better than a syringe if he won't take a bottle so we'll see how we get on.

Thanks again for all the valuable advice ladies .

So glad the Dr listened to you!! Hope the gaviscon works but I found it works more for the sickness than the acid but fingers crossed!

I was hoping she might prescribe ranitidine as I think the acid is the problem rather than being sick, which he isn't, but gaviscon is a step in the right direction and they are reviewing it in 2 weeks. Thank god they didn't just send me away telling me that he'd grow out of it again though. I just hope so much it works for him. I hate thinking that he's in pain. I got awful acid indigestion when I was pregnant and it was so painful and I hate to think he's feeling that pain.

I took a video (click on pic below for video) of Tommy to show the doctor. This is how he is up to 13 hours a day, every day for the last 10 weeks. He's inconsolable and nothing calms him .

I never once left Daisy to cry when she was a baby but poor Tommy has to be left to cry sometimes because he cries all the time and I have a toddler that needs me too. It is heartbreaking and I just want this to end.

I am a naturally a calm and patient person but oh my god, this is pushing me almost to breaking point. As I'm typing now I have him on my lap screaming so loud that my ears are ringing.

im tearing up reading what u wrote. i recognise that your lo is even worse but I have spent the last 12 weeks in a similar situation n its been utter hell. we hav had a couple of better days this week butiv never gone thro anything so tough. im so so sorry n i hope things improve soon. xxxx

Its awful isn't it. I'm sorry you're going through it too. It really is one of the toughest things to deal with.

We're into our 4th hour of the screaming now tonight and I feel like crying myself. It feels like there's no light at the end of the tunnel sometimes .