Cooper is doing something weird all of a sudden. The last couple of nights. Basically his last feed for the night before I go to bed is around 7.00 pm. Two nights ago he went 7 hours until the next feed and last night he went 6 hours until the next feed. So this morning that feed was 1.30 am.

Anyway he then wakes up again just 3 hours later. Normally it's at least 4 hours between his night time feeds - if not more. Anyway so I get up to feed him and he's either asleep by the time I switch the lamp on and set up my glass of water etc. Or (like this morning), I go to feed him and he feeds for about 3 minutes and then falls asleep! So this morning that happened at 4.30 am... then he woke around 5.30 am but when I went in he was asleep so I went back to bed ... then he next woke at 6.00 am where he finally fed for 20 minutes. What's up with that?! He's trying to trick me or something?!

Maybe he's crying for another reason? I don't rush in the minute I hear a grizzle from him. I wait until it sounds decent.

Next time he does this I will just go in there and try to re-settle him with a pat. Maybe that's all it is. But I have no idea why he's just started to do this.

Bubseykel – Yay for getting a smile out of Danielle! Hope you get some more.

Shellbabe – I saw Tizzie Hall on Kerri-Anne I think it was. It sounded like a very strict routine.

About feed time … Cooper can vary. But 10 minutes is his norm. Sometimes he goes for 20 but it's rare these days. In the early weeks it was longer but now it's a lot shorter.

Yes I hear ya about it being messy at feed time. Sometimes Cooper rips the shield off and milk goes everywhere! Also sometimes it can leak out the bottom if the shield is not suctioned on well. Plus the fact that Cooper often dribbles milk out his milk at the start of the feed. He is sooo messy! And I agree about it being quite "in your face" when feeding with a nipple shield. There is no being discreet when you have to put it on etc. So I'm not really keen on BF-ing in public at the moment. I tried yesterday without the shield for a bit and sometimes Cooper would latch on and suck but then he would come off. I think he's confused.

boybump – LOL at Ben weeing on his head. Cooper did a wee one day while he nappy was off and it got on his face. Perhaps even some got in his mouth!!!

chantal25 – Cooper has been the same recently. He wants to feed every 2 hours at times during the day and is not sleeping that well. He's hard to settle after feeds as soon as it's daylight! Yet, he's fantastic at night. I wrote a post about it in the Sleeping Issues forum. I've had some friends on another forum tell me that they found week 5-8 to be very difficult with their babies.

kmh – Yay for losing 14 kgs! I'm sorta stuck on the same weight too. I have lost 12 kgs so far.

Cassie – Don't feel bad about the nail clipper incident. I have heard of soooooo many mothers doing the exact same thing! I think I read somewhere the clippers aren't the best and you're better off using nail scissors. I haven't tried either yet. Still just tearing Cooper's nails.

My 6 week OB check up is on Monday. I assume I'll be having an internal. Not really looking forward to that. It's so uncomfortable!

Baby~amore – I hope Cooper doesn't have a growth spurt at 6 weeks – I feel like he's already been through one! It's so hard to tell though. I guess their routines are just always changing. It's hard to keep up!