When will feeding be regular/follow a pattern?

[Emma1979]

thanks.... he really does seem to prefer the breast milk to the formula so i suppose that is saying something... he is also having some difficulty breathing, he sounds like a little snorting piggy, so i suppose that is complicating things a bit, i keep thinking he must have a cold, but its just piggy snorting it seems...

i REALLY REALLY REALLY want to use a sling, i had an ergo and a HAB with my first, and i just bought a 100knots ring sling, but can't for the life of me work out how to get him in it comfy... i got it second hand off ebay, so if anyone can recommend a good sling with good instructions (i want to carry him cradled/nursing position and feel the ergo and HAB will be better once he is older) i am really thinking i will need to buy a new one... i did used to have another ebay sling called a jazzsling that was unable to be adusted, but suited my first born in the cradle position, have no idea where it is now...

i have help during the day thank god, i honestly don't know how mums have like multiple children then a newborn, does the newborn get left to cry a bit, as long as he's fed, changed, warm etc? i can't possibly fathom looking after other children while tending to a newborn.... i am blown away by this concept at the moment.

i just feel so much guilt that i don't get to spend hardly any quality time with my daughter anymore, although i know once bubs is a bit older this will change, and in time she will have a playmate which is such a fantastic gift for her, but at the same time i am struggling feeling like all my attention goes to the baby... she doesn't seem phased though so i guess i'm being hard on myself.

[fourthontheway]

I have a friend who was the eldest of four, and some of her fondest memories are of sitting with her mother while she breastfed, and read them stories

The piggy noises sound cute, babies are so funny at first aren't they!

[Jennifer13]

I'm not sure on the most comfortable position for the ring sling (although I've been given to understand that while it might not look comfy for bubs, as long as he is still it doesn't really matter if he looks a bit squashed), but I used the HAB from birth for DD. I know it's a bit fiddlier to get on and off (although once I'd mastered it I think it took about 20 secs!), but there's no harm in using it straight away, rather than waiting until you have a new ring sling. FWIW I found my DD would sleep for hours in the HAB, peaceful and undisturbed, and I was free to carry on with whatever I wanted to do. I just had to remember to cover her head if I sat down to eat something, or she ended up with food all over her!