Agitated At Bedtime

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To date I haven’t found anyone with a similar sleep issue that I am having- I hope someone can help me!

My son is 7 weeks old, and we have been having reflux issues since 2 weeks. Currently taking 15mg of Prevacid a day and is formula fed Similac Alimentum. The Prevacid has seemed to help him but we are still not having the best of luck when it comes to comfort. He naps well in the swing in the morning and then off and on in the afternoon, never longer than 30 minutes at a time. When it come time for bed, he becomes what I call frantic and is very wound up and agitated. I have tried an earlier bed time, it worked one night and the next night I couldn’t get him to sleep. Usually, he is up until 11pm simply because we can’t get him to sleep or out of the agitated state. He acts as if he wants to eat constantly, but I know this irritates the reflux. Some nights I can tell he is uncomfortable from reflux and other nights I’m not sure. Normally, a bottle lulls a baby to sleep in a milk style coma and for us we get the opposite. I have tried all the calming techniques that I know: swaddling, shushing, dark room, white noise, binkie. I have even tried some Colic Calm (it works any time besides late night) Often times this soothing techniques make him more mad and he screams. My questions:

1. Is this normal for a baby with reflux to be agitated at night?

2. Is there any thing we can do to calm him down that I haven’t thought of?

3. Is this a signal that his meds aren’t effective in the evening?

4. Would adding cereal to his formula help anything?