None of my kids ever took to the bottle this young ... not even with EBM ... although DS2 was OK to take a bottle from about 3 months old (if I remember right), but I am still having great difficulties trying to get Veygas to suck the bl00dy DUMMY!!!! And I KNOW that half the time, he his just wanting to suck for comfort (he prefers to suck my finger than the dummy!)

When I was drying him after his bath last night (an extra long one cause he's basically only had a couple of "bird baths" / sponge downs since surgery, so now with the dressing off, he could have a proper bath!!) I realised how much scar tissue is under the incision - I know it will eventually settle, but I wonder if he finds it uncomfortable at all?

We had a "two-hour-night" last night - I think he might be having another little growth spurt, but I am finding since his op that he's not taking in as much with each feed as he was before (I wonder if his stomach or something is smaller?? The paed surgeon did say that he also had to mend a tear in his stomach lining in addition to removing the hernia ... ) Poor little thing must have been in so much pain before ...

to everyone, I think I might start preparing dinner while the little man is sleeping!!