HI,

Well we have increased feeding my baby boy to every 2 1/2->3 hours and it is sooo much more work and exhausting , but I think I can honestly say that Nathan must be benefiting from it and is definitely worth it. As much as I thought everything was going along OK I now think he must have been lacking because his poos have increased to what they were like just after he was born and he gained weight weight - what a lovely thing to post.

We keep bumping into people and they keep saying how little he is and that he is still small. I am finding that I have to not take it as criticism and bite back that he is growing but slowly - they just don't know how touchy I am about it at the moment. I really hope that I can keep on track with the more regular feeding when my husband goes to work up north because of the cyclone up off Townsville. He has been great helping out with the feeding, housework, cooking etc even though sometimes he must have thought I was a neurotic and worrying over nothing.

I am trying to look on the good side of things though - at least Nathan is getting plenty of wear out of his 0000 clothes - my other 2 kids probably wore this size for about a week, he's not too heavy to carry around for long period of time and we can enjoy lots of cuddles on the move, he still fits nice and snuggly in his sling. I know in a few weeks I'll wonder what all the fuss was about, but better to worry than not.

I also just wanted to thank everyone for their support and encouragement to continue with breastfeeding him and not taking what may have been the easier option and to formula feed him. My next goal is to keep breastfeeding him, if there are weight gains of course, until he is 6 weeks, then 12 weeks and then 6 months. I will be so thrilled if I could do that and hopefully longer .

Big thank you to everyone!!


Peta