AJP and OP - Yeah I'd been thinking about not watching the 2 hourly thing so much while he's being so fussy and unsettled at the feeds. So far, he hasn't really demanded feeding much before then anyway and sometimes he can take an hour to feed, change, burp, top up and settle anyway so it's only another hour or a bit less before I'm potentially feeding again anyway.

I would probably worry if Jacob slept that long in a day too - mainly because I'm getting it drilled into me that he needs to feed 6-8 times at least (for almost a week he fed 7 times a day every day - that changed yesterday though) and the MCHN were encouraging me to fit in another feed - I was like, when? Anyway - I bet they don't do it tomorrow!!

OP - that really sucks that you got stood up!! Obviously your mate doesn't realise how much effort it is to get into the city with a 6 week old!
AJP - I don't really like the dummy either but Jacob came out and sucked his fingers and it seems to be the only thing that will calm him down sometimes. We have used it heaps the last couple of days but about an hour ago he kept spitting it out and crying. The last time he did it, I was in the bathroom and couldn't get there straight away. By the time I went in to him a few mins later he was fast asleep and has been ever since I keep holding to the mantra that you can't give them bad habits this young. If he's still relying on it so heavily to settle in a few months time we might re-look at it.