Thanks bibidanni. DS is breastfeeding, and hourly overnight, at the moment so not so easy to hand over for now. I got away for a meeting last week that was a couple of hours, and the poor carer had him scream for most of that time. When we got home, he was asleep in her arms but still sobbing in his sleep. It was nice to take a break, and i know he was safe and loved the whole time i was away, but it's just not really worth it for now.

We have discovered he likes the swing outside so we got some gardening done, and one of us would just push him every now and then and he was happy.