Thanks Marcellus and Kahlan for your thoughts. We took him to the clinic this morning to get weighed and he's put on 325g in one week so the MACH nurses were quite happy to let him go longer as long as he continues to have a good number of nappies and a good weight gain. I must admit as much as i'm enjoying the good night sleeps I feel a bit neglectful letting him sleep so long during the day but I guess I know he's putting on enough (more than enough!!) weight so should all be good. Marcellus - can I ask who Barb is? I still want to talk to a lactation consultant about the shields and attachment issues.

Ooops, I have an awake baby so better dash. Hope all are going well