Hi All,

Rhiannon, it sounds a little like jensen may be having a growth spurt. He may be getting an ok feed in that 5 mins, but needs to do it more often??? If your worried he wouldn't go back to bb after bottle then stick to it. It is recomended that you don't express at least until after 6 weeks and your milk is established. all that said I have expressed, xavier happily goes between bottle and boob. If I express for nathan to feed xavier I do one of the late evening feeds, as it means I can get into bed early, and sometimes he sleeps a little longer too, sometimes not though. I know how scared you must of felt when you rolled on the teddy. I swear I wake up every second night thinking that Xav is in bed with me and I've squashed him, or droped him off the side.

Hi neuri, congrats and welcome. It sounds to me like your doing a great job. if your breast feeding breastmilk can do wonders for both sticky eye and a stuffy nose. just drip a little onto her eyes and gently wipe away with a cotton ball, just remember to wipe from the nose out and use a different cotton ball for each eye to avoid infection. the nose could be harder, but I found that Xavier ended up passing milk out his nose himself. The MCHN also said that the stuffyness is also bubs trying to clear out their system. To help Xavier sleep with his stuffy nose we just raised his cot mattress a little and he sleeps on an angle.

Sehra, it's great that ela can happily go between bb and bottle so well. Ouchie on the mastitis. I am being very consious of try to avoid that with massage when some sections get firm, but I have to admit I am scared of getting mastitis.

Well as for us we had our 4 week check yesterday. Xavier has gained 1kg, has grown 3 cm and his head is 2 cm bigger!!

I hope you all have some good nights sleep tonight. Happy fathersday to all the daddies out there.