Heather, I agree with the others that Hendrix is cute - especially that photo in your ticker. And wow at having a haircut already. Thomas has fuzz!!!

Well, I dunno whether the wonder drink is doing all that much, but it tastes yummy and is giving me fluid so..... I went to the GP about that gall bladder thingy yesterday (had to get resutls of u/s) and everything is clear which is good news (no operation to remove gall bladder). GP said that we would just take pain as it comes as he really isn't sure why I'm getting such chronic pain, although I haven't had an attack in a couple of days (touch wood). But I mentioned my milk supply issue to him and he told me to increase my fluid intake to 4 litres a day and also gave me maxalon tablets to take (1x3 times a day). I've had this before but for nausea when I've had migraines. He said that he doesn't know how it works or why it works, but it does work. 24 hours on, I tend to agree, as my milk supply has picked up a bit (not back to normal, but maybe it will never be). However, I've had this wonder drink, upped my water intake and also taking Fenugreek capsules as well as the maxalon, so something better be working. But Thomas seems to be doing a "jess" atm and seems to want to feed 24/7 and I reckon that no matter how good my milk supply is, there is no way it can keep up with his demands atm. I think also that it used to gush out so fast before, and now he has to work at it a bit more, that he really has a hissy fit at the boob and almost gives up feeding although I can still hand express milk out, so I know that there is plenty there for him.

Ahh, considering giving him forumla at night to "bulk" him up through the night, but after what Gemma mentioned (that Amy not necessarilly getting longer sleep) maybe I'm kidding myself and really being a bit selfish about wanting my own sleep. I'll keep plugging away....

Thomas has been rather cranky for the past 24hrs. In fact DH is in with him (oh oh, Dh has gotten him out of the cot). He won't settle and is only sleeping about 1 hour at a time. I have no idea what is wrong. I would have said that I thought that he was hungry, but I've been expressing and I fed him off both boobs and then gave him another 90ml of EMB only at 7pm and he is wide awake again (and has been for about 30 minutes). I really dunno what to do.

Can I have a bit of a whinge here????

I feel a bit torn about DH settling Thomas at night-time. He means well, but he doesn't really give Thomas the time to settle before he picks him up or talks to him or gives him the dummy (I try not to give him a dummy if at all possible not because I am against them, but because Thomas spits it out and then if he is still partially awake, cries and I have to re-settle him again). The problem with DH doing these things is that I know that eventually it will be me up till all hours getting Thomas to sleep because DH will have to be up at 4.30am to go milk cows and he won't want to stay uphalf the night nursing Thomas because he upset the usual night-time routine. No matter how many times I have told DH not to talk to him or turn on the light or pick him up at night-time, he still does and then I'm up fixing it all.

Whinge over.

Ok, the lad is not settling. i think I'll go to bed and take him with me. May work.

Hayseed