Just thought i should re-visit this thread and give you an update. We found out that Em is Lactose intolerant, and severly so. she could not BF no matter how hard she tried. She is now just over 6 months old and has caught up and passed some in her age group. at 13 weeks she started losing wieght rapidly again and that is when we discovered the LI. I always try to congratulate the mums in the parents room that do things like BF or use cloth nappies, because they have decided to go against the 'norm' and persist with the way things probably should be. and good on them for ignoring the rude comments and looks! I try so hard to ignore the looks and comments now and have just had to say things like 'you are lucky he/she can do that! you dont have to carry as much cr@p!'

I am lucky that i have the suport of BB and the knowledge that i do, i would like to thank everyone for supporting me thru this tough time and i also want to let other mums, who have had this situation come up more recently, know that there is support there for you and not to feel guilty for giving it your best shot