Hi guys - bet you hardly remember who I am!! I havent posted in ages.

Christy - sorry to hear you've been sick, I really hope you get over it soon. You probably know that the ventolin puffers no longer even require a script, which is great news if thats the type you use. I had athsma when I was a kid and got it back when I had a cold when I was pregnant - amazing how that stress on our bodies can bring it back.

Pee - apparantly you should make the cot up at different ends so Ryley is turning his head a different way when he looks towards the door or whatever. I dont think flat spots are a huge problem or anything, but worth doing. Also, the muscles in the neck can get used to only looking one way and they can get to the point where they're incapable of turning their heads the other way.

Michelle - cant believe you're organising a party - I only have one baby and theres no way I could do it! Congrats on Jessicas good gain. Fraser had his 2 month injections today and I cried, but he's fine. Although having been through it all before I'm sure you're a seasoned pro by now!

Marcia - hope the thickened formula helps, it must be horrible to have your little bub in pain with reflux. Good luck with the picnic! It sounds really nice.

Rose - I'd been thinking about freezing milk into ice blocks, it seems more flexible in that you can just get out what you need.

Katyana - what type of business are you looking at starting - it sounds like a really interesting time ahead of you!

Sorry if I missed anyone - thats as far back as the page would go!!

I'm going really well, Fraser is a little trooper, sleeps well - I usually wake him up to feed him at about 10pm and he sleeps through to 6.30 or so. Unless he gets his arms out of his wrap, then he wakes up whenever! I wish I didnt have to wrap him, but he just doesnt sleep properly if I dont. I even tried him in a sleeping bag but didnt put his arms in the arm holes, but that didnt work out.

He's gaining well, this week it was 280g, he's up to 5140g from 3180g at 9 weeks which is good. He is smiling a lot and laughing which is just heart melting. Today he had his first lot of needles, and I think I was more upset then he was!

He's a really good baby and really only cries if hes hungry or tired, as well as when he goes in the cot. I find if he stays up for any more than 2 - 2.5 hours at a time to turns into a monster baby and grizzles and cries constantly, so I have to make sure he gets his sleep. I tried him on the routines from the contented little baby book, but he needs more sleep than it allows (it allows 14 or so hours he needs 16 or so), and it came to a head when he wouldnt feed properly. He'd arch his back and thrash about, he'd bite me and scream, and it turns out he was just tired, so now he sets his own routine. In the couple of weeks it took me to work out what the problem was I was beside myself, and ready to try bottle feeding him, it was just so horrible.

Re: EBM - I express in the mornings and if he's still hungry after his 10pm feed I top him up with EBM, but is it safe to freeze the EBM left over in his bottle? Or do germs get in from his mouth?

Sorry to hear that some of the babies are suffering from reflux - it must be so horrible.