Well, Ava was awake yesterday from 5am until 10pm last night DH and I were pulling our hair out cos' she was so unsettled.... she slept on and off sometimes when on our chest or in our arms or in the sling but hardly at all!! DH and I were so tired.
Last night was a good sleep she slept pretty well however I kept waking to her noises. They are such loud little sleepers aren't they!?

Do most of you girls find your bubs are extra clingy? And I thought newborns just sleep and eat??? Ava doesn't!!! lol Ava won't settle unless we hold her in the sling and even then she will fall asleep but if we put her down later on she'll wake soon after.... thankfully we don't have those problems at night and she seems to sleep well in her hammock at night time. She is only little and they must suffer a bit of "womb withdrawal" I guess!!

Lactation Consultant visited today and weighed Ava and she's now 3.79kg so YAY we are fully breastfeeding now and don't need top up's of EBM!!! so proud of Ava and I.
We have come along way through all the pain and problems of attachment etc.

Orange - thank you for saying we are doing well!! You are so lucky your two self settle from day dot!! yehhhaaa 8hr block for a 6wk old?? how good is that!!!!!! whats your tip?? lol
Soph - i'll get some of that stuff from the chemist this week, thank you! It would be hard for you to get routine for your 3rd, with two other littlies. You'll get there.... hope bbq was fun!
Sonya - we are doing self settling also but i've heard it can take weeks/months for some babies so we have to be patient. It is hard tho hey. Just when you leave the room and think they are falling asleep by themselves then 10 mins later.... whhhaaa!!!

Anyway, while Miss Ava is asleep in her sling I am going to finish my lunch while I can! I've given up on making cups of tea cos' i just never get to drink them cos' i can't drink it while holding her and by time i get to it, it's cold!!!
And with regards to a routine..... well we aren't even worrying about that just yet!!! Only routine we have is the bath routine at night I'm still just trying to get used to having a newborn and BF!

Ava is 3 weeks old!!!!! where has it gone..... still got to type birth story!