Screaming every night

My baby is 5 weeks old and for the last 2 weeks the evenings have been terrible. It gets to 6pm and he becomes so fussy and frantic. He’s really difficult to feed because he’s constantly crying. Nothing seems to work. We make sure his nappy is clean, try to burp him, try taking him for walks and offer the breast regularly but nothing works. He’s a completely different baby in the day, really happy and not grizzly at all. Is this just a phase? Is this normal for a 5 week old?
Any tips are very welcome!

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Sounds like colic potentially.

I agree it might be colic or PURPLE crying my girl went through it for a few weeks when she was a newborn - it was every single night and it started bang on at 7pm she would just cry and cry and cry, now at 5 months (and since about 3 months) 7pm is bath time and she’s a very happy girl and asleep by 7:30pm after her bottle. It did happen for weeks until she was out of the newborn phase though, and as a mama who went through this literally 3 months ago please take 5 minutes to yourself, just put him in his cot/ next to me or if you’re with someone have them take him so he’s safe but just take a breather he will be okay but it gets extremely overwhelming for you hearing your little one cry so much and not being able to do much about it.

My baby is 5 weeks also and does this, everyone I have spoken to have said the same, they are established in a routine which takes some time. They want mum and warm, skin to skin and while I love it, its defo exhausting!

Experiencing exactly the same thing here with our 5 week old too. I’m done in🫠

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