Meg, not sure when we start the day, because it kinda goes:

6.30 - feed but looking at window, knowing it's morning
7.00 - stops feeding, closes eyes
7.30 - giggles and cuddles, cue him to poo and he may or may not do one (in a little bucket) nappy and new suit on the edge of bed, down to nana's for nana time while mama eats with DD.

I guess I'd call the 7.30 part the start of the day, but we're definitely "awake" before that, but both of us too damned lazy to do anything about it. Play is still on a body here, on a lap, or in arms or in sling. Although recently, I've put him on the play mat on the floor but it weirds him out. Too much stim and he can't take it for long. Then we do a mini feed when he starts to grizzle and then sleep. At night, there isn't a routine, and I can't stand it. I'm trying to implement one but DH has him at that time while I deal with DD. At the moment, the only cue he has that it's sleep time is that it is darker, dinner is being eaten at 5pm and we have a bath sometime around 6pm. He sleeps on the couch while DH surfs online and is brought to me at each hunger wake. So there is no "bed" to have bedtime for. I must change that soon.

Which reminds me, I'm getting a tetra bed. Anyone used one? His cot overwhelms him, so I need to "shrink" it for him, and this will come in handy when we eventually bring him into the family bed. He's a big boy though, so I hope they're big!

Who does night time nappy changes? I... don't. Bad mummy. He goes 12 hours sometimes in the same nappy (he has feeds in that time, just isn't awake). He hasn't had a rash or anything, but has soaked through his clothes at times but I use two boosters now and that has curtailed that. Tell me someone else does that so I don't feel so bad.

Michelle, that's cool about how it all worked out for you!

Nettie, your cot looks just like ours.

Can you all keep me updated on how your cot transitions go? What works, what doesn't, etc. We are cot napping, co night sleeping too so I'm interested how others take to it. Ci only does one half hour stint before he wakes and until I can brave putting him in awake over and over until he sleeps, that's probably all I'll get.

Does expressing mess with your supply? I'm worried about getting too much milk again, now that my supply has chilled a bit. But I want to build a freezer supply, but don't want my body to go nuts replacing all that milk that His Chokeness has to deal with. Is there a best way to do it?