Nicky - i thought Lucas may have had silent reflux as he was screaming at every feed when i was breastfeeding to the point where it was so stressful for both of us that i gave up at 8 weeks. He is so much more content on the bottle. I hope you get it all worked out, sounds like you're going through a rough patch!

Fran - not sure what to do about Lucas and this whole hand/thumb thing.....he puts himself to sleep which is ace, but only because he sucks his thumb, not sure if i should be concerned about it at this stage or not. How funny is it when they try and get both hands in, what is with that!!

Rebecca - i am sure you looked great at the wedding! I agree about the clothes, i have all these vouchers i got for my birthday and cannot find anything i like, its always the way!

Jan - i hope things get better with the night waking. I went to a settling class and basically they say to wait for one minute of crying then go in and pat them for about 5- 10 (it is alot of crying!) then put the dummy in if you want to and keep patting and hope they settle. We used it with Lucas so he would learn to put himself to sleep during the day and it actually worked after about a week and now he goes to bed awake every time without a fuss. He is sleeping about 12 hours at night so i assume that means he is self-settling in the middle of night, but he is a bad day catnapper and i have also heard that these babies start to surface at night too once they reach a certain weight so who knows whats in store. At the settling class (run by Tweddle) they don't recommend controlled crying till 6 months, just this controlled comforting. Sorry for the rambling....

Mel - i hope Charlize is better and the moving is going ok!