Just wondered what sort of routine everyone has for bubs? Do they have reasonably predictable feeding patterns, sleep patterns etc?

Makenzie doesn't really have a routine - she doesn't have her own and I don't follow one really - it's more of a case of fitting in her things with the rest of the family - ie she gets a bath different times each day, depending on when I can fit it in. Probably because she's a real water baby and LOVES her bath, it's not a case of a quick wash and then she's out again - she stays in it till the water gets too cold! Her feeding is all over the place. She still has a late bottle which we try and time to be around 10pm but that doesn't always work. Last night she had a bottle at 9.30pm and slept till 8am..well, she was awake a bit before that I think and the boys were both up early so I just ignored her in her cot and stayed in bed lol! She doesn't cry when she wakes in the morning which is good - if she was crying I'd get up to her straight away. She didn't wake last night at all, either, so don't know what was going on with those few nights of her waking - the night before last she woke at 1am, 3.30am and 5am but I didn't get up to her as she was just awake - not crying.

Haven't tried her on anymore solids yet - probably as I know she doesn't "need" it as such. Might try her on some fruit instead of farex, although they say to go the savoury stuff first (pumpkin, potato etc) otherwise they can get a preference to sweet stuff.

Anyway, best be off and pack the baby bag - my SIL had her baby this morning so we're off to visit this arvo. DH has already been as SIL already has a daughter who is 15, who was going to be at the birth but changed her mind - so DH picked her up and brought her back here and then took her out to the hospital as soon as the baby was born.

The spooky thing is, all through her pregnancy I was convinced she was going to have a boy - then last night I had a really vivid dream she had a girl that had really thick, dark hair. When MIL rang from the hospital to say things were happening, I was telling Dh "Tell her my dream, tell her my dream" like she just HAD to be told. Anyway, MIL rings back and says the baby is born and my dream was right - a girl with thick, dark hair! *insert Twilight Zone music here*.

Okay, better go, this has turned into a marathon post (like the "old" days LOL)