hi guys,

well just when Charlie seems to be calming down everyone else;s babbies are unsettling.

Fee - I tried the rollover feed last night - it was hard to wake him and I felt a bit guilty - but we got him up at 10pm and fed him and he slept through until 4.30am - not quite as long as I would have liked but way better than 2am! when I fed him at 10pm he was ravenous even though we had to wake him to feed him - so obviously his tiredness over rode his hunger - I reckon you should try the roll over feed too. I'm going to do it again tonight.

well it's true you can break habits in a young baby in a couple of days - two days of perserverance and consistency and Charlie is happy to go into his cot awake and will put himself to sleep - he has his moments of squawking every now and then but a little cot jiggle and a few 'ssshhhh' noises and he's off to sleep again - I am so glad I canned all visitors and cancelled any appts I had and stuck with this for a few days - it has made heaps of difference - and I am much better at working out his tired signs - he seems much happier too!

Chantal - we don't co-sleep because I am a deep sleeper - so I get worried I will squash him - I have done it a couple of times when he was really young and wouldn't settle - it's lovely to know they are so close. Dh wont let me do it now he's bigger because he doesn't want him to get into the habit of sleeping in our bed

Thanks for all our advice ladies - I took it all on board and tried different little things with him yesterday - it appears that he is normal and it's really good to read that you guys all deal with the same issues (not that I wish them upon you!) but just reading that you are going through the same stuff makes me feel relieved and happy that I'm not doing anything wrong - he's just a normal baby!

Thanks everyone!

Em