what is going on with my child?

Nothing has changed. My diet is the same as always, his diet quite plain (breastmilk, the odd brown rice cereal, water) but yet my child seems to have some tough tummy problems! We went to the doctor this week to see what was happening after the third restless night - waking up crying and trashing about every single hour of the night. My poor guy. Nothing seems to calm him. Not the mommy cuddles he usually loves, not lying on my chest to hear my heart beating, not nursing, not rubbing the back.... we finally collapse in a pile of tired crying and I can tell he's just not feeling well.

I have some homeopathic colic preparations that I 've tried giving him. Some nights it helps get him to sleep (although he's still awake in an hour) while other nights it does nothing. Frustration grows as doc tells me nothing I don't already know. Likely colic, revert to plain diet and give Advil before bed. Advil was dutifully administered at 7:30 pm and my bug still awoke at 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:04 and 10:24. This is a pretty recent change. Sleep patterns changed over Christmas but he still would sleep for 3 hour stretches before waking to nurse. Suddenly naps and nighttime mean fits of crying and pain... Oh how I'm hoping things are better on vacation or else we'll be having little sleep on holiday. At least we'll be warm!