LO has colic. She screams sometimes for 8 hours with just 15 minutes breaks in between. She's only a month old and I am ready to lose it (so is DH- he jokes about moving out for the next 2 months). Please let me know how you coped and when it subsided (pedi says usually by 3 months). I feel so guilty for letting her cry sometimes in her bouncy or bassinet, but sometimes, I have to just have 5 minutes of non-screaming.
Re: Colic Survivors?
We survived it! I would say that a switch went off for my DD right around 3.5 months. Since then, she has been the most delightful baby. In fact, I don't even remember those days of non-stop screaming because we have such good times now.
We used a lot of gripe water, gas drops and the Moby wrap to get through it. There were nights when I would sleep upright in the recliner with her in the Moby wrap because she seemed to be most calm like that.
Just remember that it is okay to walk away and let her cry if all of her needs have been met. You need to stay sane for her sake. It does get better!
My son is getting a lot better but were not out of the woods yet. Not by far.
We use a lot of prevacid and mylicon (for the reflux) and colic calm for the colic. The first time we tried the CC it did nothing, but we started again 2 weeks ago and have noticed a HUGE change.
Cooper+Evie=Soulmates

It does get better, I promise. I had so many moms tell me this and never thought I would get to the point where I could say the same thing. It took many bottles of mylicon, zantac, and prevacid. Many nights of sitting up in the bed or recliner holding her the whole night just so she could get some sleep. A lot of nights sitting out on the front porch in the middle of the night to change her environment. Hours on end swaddling her and just walking her around the house in circles. Things started looking up for us around 2 months and by 3 months she was a completely different baby.
Hang in there and like PP said, it's okay to lay her down and walk away for 5 minutes. You have to keep yourself healthy and sane to be able to take care of a colicky baby. You will look back 3 months down the road and not even remember the bad times.
At about 6 weeks, Hunter started crying every night for about 3 hours. We finally tried Baby Bliss Gripe Water after about 4-5 weeks of the crying, and it worked almost instantly! He would stop crying within a minute of taking it. If you haven't tried that yet, I'd definitely give it a try. You can give it to them several times a day, and Hunter loved the taste of it.
Cooper+Evie=Soulmates

I hardly survive it. It sucks. It made my PPD even worse and my decision to have another child to be completely regretful. But, I'm still here. My baby is still here. Prevacid, gas drops, gripe water, probiotics, and zoloft have gotten us this far. I dream of the day it's all over and wish the baby stage away on an hourly basis. I want a toddler who laughs, talks, and sleeps.
I only told you all of that so you have a sense of reality...that's what it feels like to me.