when my son had colic, our magic remedy was chamomile tea & homeopathic colic tablets.

i didn't have time to elaborate in my original response, so here goes... the chamomile tea worked wonders with my uncontrollably screaming baby during his colic. it saved our parenting relationship, i believe. although it must be used with caution on a child with allergies to the daisy family. tea is perfectly safe to give kids. if he doesn't like it, sweeten it. a little sugar won't stand a chance against the calming powers of chamomile! and i'm sure that CALM is your goal! the teething tablets are really good calmers, too, as are the colic tablets. i used to make a cup of tea, steep, then separate 1 tablespoon to cool. into that i would drop 2 colic tablets, down the rest of the tea myself, then nurse until he (and sometimes i) were zzzzzzzzzzz............ i understand about the painful nursing shenanigans... believe me. i am THIS CLOSE to weaning myself. you can also look into other homeopathics such as calms forte for kids. i can't remember the age restrictions, tho. maybe he has an ear/tooth/tummy ache. i hope you can find your answer soon. let us know.

I am sorry you are going thru this, I cant even imagine how hard it is for you, for the three of you! My first thought was something I-dra mentioned.....some reaction to food or environment. It could be something HE is eating or YOU are eating...have you introduced anything new into either of your diets in the past week or so....it soemtimes takes that long to affect ones body/mind.

Also, Has anything changed in your life in the past little while? Anything that is making YOU anxious or nervous or unable to calm down internally (besides the screaming, lol)? Babies are very sensitive to whats going on inside the parents esp. the mother if you are nursing and share a close relationship. So on top of whatever else may be bothering him, I would suggest trying to do something for yourself...i know, easier said than done, lol.
Have you ever tried Tapping? Its called EFT mostly, and I can give you a link or two. I have used this successfully for years for myself and for my husband and in the past two years for my son. You dont even need to do anything to him, you can tap yourself. There are a few key points, like acupuncture points, that you tap while using affirmations. I have actually used this in crowded places with OTHER peoples babies, lol, and they have responded, and Ive been nowhere near them. Crazy but true.
In your situation, here is what I would do...

- get as calm and relaxed and comfortable as the circumstance will allow.
-take about three deep slow breaths and exhale slowly.
-picture a blue (calming) waterfall of energy/water/light whater you want, flowing down over your head and your sons head, into the earth, and with it, all the frustration and anxiety. Do this for about a minute or longer if you can. You should start to feel calmer and more centered, adn your baby probably will also.
-Using your fingers and thumb(brought together in a point) start tapping the point on your hand that would make contact if you were doing
a karate chop. Either hand is fine. Tap continuously firmly while repeating something to the effect of " Even though *sons name* is crying and agitated, I love and accept him as he is" basically you want to identify what is causing you stress i.e sons crying or agitation. Repeat this three times while tapping and move onto the next point.
-Repeat the above for the following points:
- center of chin right below lip.
-tip of nose
- above the eyebrow, in the center, either eye, ideally both at same time if you can.
- in the center directly belo the eye
-at the dent right below your collar bone, either side or both ideally
-in the center of your sternum
AFter you have completed this, you may feel alot better already, maybe not.
-Next, repeat all the points, tapping while affirming the positive " *My baby is calm and relaxed and healthy" or something to that effect.
Continue the tapping thru the same points as above. This whole thing shouldnt take very long.
When you finish tapping yourself, you can do the same for your son, though with one finger and more gently.
This has the affect of resetting your meridians and nerve pathways, and you can totally rewrite alot of programming in your body and mind. I will find some links for you, they may use a slightlly modified approach from what I use, but you get the gist.

Try this, seriously, it does wonders for me and I hope it will do somethign for you to. you can use this for ANYTHING, headaches, anger, lol, whatever you want. Babies respond quickly to energy techniques.

Another thing you can do is to surround yourself in blue and wear blue and your baby wear blue and put on some soothing music and drink some chamomile tea like idra said, and then while you sit with him, dont focus on his cries or his agitation. Close your eyes and breath deeply and gently, and picture yourself with long strong roots extending down from your root chakra/base of spine (i imagine you are sitting with him)...picture them taking hold deep inside the earth and then bring this energy from the earth into your body and up your spine and, breathing calmly all the while, out the top of your head, with branches reaching up to the sky and feeling relaxed and calm. Continue feeling yourself this strong flexible gentle tree taking in nourishment from the Earth and channeling it thru your body, it will channel thru to your son also.

you can also do basica reiki, and you can ask your daughter if she'd like to help, kids love this stuff. And they usually have a powerful energy field.
Have your daughter or you place both hands, side by sid, fingers extended but close together, on your son, over his stomach area. Hold them there, gently, and breath calmly and center yourself and focus on the love you have for him, or other peaceful and loving thoughts. Make the intention ' I am channeling healing energy to my son' and keep your hands there, you sould feel some sort of tingling or burning or other sensaton after a little bit and thats how you know the energy is flowing.....keep your hands there and in a space of love, till this sensation stops or you feel you need to move on. You can then do the same for the top of his head. ANywhere on the body actually, but these are two powerful spots.

If you can try some of these things, I can almost gaurentee you will get some releif for you both....if its something more serious or he is sick you will find out, but in the meantime, and even if sick, this will help alot. Let me know if it helps. I do this whenever the chance arises, and I have never had extended crying or pain for my son. Theres almost nothing that hasnt been helped by this, in my case.

And pulsatilla and chamomilla homeopathic 20c dilution works great too. Both calm and angry and irritable child, chamomile for children who are quite aggressive by nature, pulsatilly usually for children who are rather cheery and pleasant by nature.

Thinkin about you,
Puella