No I don't have a sling/carrier, but I gotta a pretty secure hold down packed :-) but after these feeds no matter how you hold him he still doesn't the whole tongue "I'm hungry" action. His dummy normally requires a bit of "encouraging" to get him to take it but it doesn't seem to work in these situations. As for help I had a great weekend for help, with hubby home, I have a cleaner around home once a week and normally I leave the general tidying for her also.

Fingers crossed things don't get too painful