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My first was very much like that. Do you have a big yoga ball/ exercise ball? With both our girls but especially the crankier first, DH and I used to take turns bouncing in the ball while holding the baby to our chest and patting her back pretty hard. It was the only thing that worked for a while-like a long enough while that I dreaded seeing the ball at all! But it worked.

This sounds like my second who had colic :-:

She was gassy and grumpy during the day. Things that helped were putting her in the carrier (solly wrap and later ergo) and moving . Bouncing on the exercise ball calmed her sometimes. She loved loud noise (vacuum, hair drier, swing sound turned up). She cried ALL. THE. TIME. to the point that I would just hold her and try to tell myself that at the very least I was trying to comfort her. I was plagued with an overactive letdown and none of the techniques really helped with that. Sleeping in the rock and play seemed to help her sleep better initially. Even when the colic passed she was still “grumpy”. I remember bursting into tears when a well meaning lady in the grocery store asked “is she a happy baby?” Life changed and she became my smiley girl when she started moving and crawling. Hang in there

My son had absolutely horrible reflux and MSPI and it was truly the darkest time in my life. He cried nonstop and never slept. I would nurse him in the middle of the night and then he would cry for 2-3 hours after every feeding.

Treat the reflux aggressively if you can. He slept in a Rock & Play - laying him flat was much worse. He hated being worn and always vomited (pressure on his esophagus, maybe?). We used super loud white nose (vacuum cleaner app on our phone), very tight velcro swaddle. And I walked and rocked and bounced him so much I thought my knees would give out, I was in so much physical pain.

I don't think there is an easy answer. For my son, he was miserable and in pain and that was the underlying issue, so nothing was going to help that much except aggressive treatment.

I'm 36 weeks pregnant with baby 2 and absolutely terrified of going through it again.

We just survived this with my now 6 month old. She's still not an easy, chill baby at all but it's much easier to manage at this stage.

When she was really little the yoga ball saved our lives. We'd put her in the carrier or hold her and bounce and bounce and bounce forever. Movement was key, so walking and stroller rides and bouncing and bouncing and bouncing. Fresh air also seemed to help. She took to a pacifier really well and that was also a big help for us.

Our first child was a nightmare. He didn’t like the yoga ball - only deep knee bends while holding him upright would do. He didn’t like the RNP bc it was too confining. He would sleep on my chest while I sat in a recliner, but only in short bursts. Stroller rides while seated somewhat upright (we used those insert things) facing outward to look at stuff would calm him somewhat.

Zantac can stop working. I went straight to Prilosec with our second because DS1 was so awful. We also used gas drops at every feeding and used gripe water pretty regularly. Holding the baby under their armpits and kinda standing them upright in your lap will get some good burps out.