Hi,

Celsie - Don't let me put you off the Bellamys formula! What happened was when I was in hospital and realised I couldn't breastfeed, DH had to go to the pharmacy and get some formula quickly. So he asked the pharmacist what was best. I had asked him to look for the Bellamy's but the pharmacist told DH that it wasn't as nutritionally advanced as the others and it was relatively new on the market. He recommended Karicare to DH which we used until we had to switch due to constipation.
But that was only his opinion so you should compare ingredients because maybe there's not much difference and really it must be good enough otherwise they wouldn't be able to sell it. I'm wondering if its just the probiotics as I know that the formulas now have them in so maybe the organic doesn't yet?
But when it comes to rice cereal and solids I will definitely be going organic and I would have loved to use the organic formula too but the first days were such a blur I just took DH word for it and used the Karicare!

Regarding teeth, yes I can see 4 teeth in Lewis's gums, 3 from the middle. But nothing in the middle yet. As Debbie and Charly said it doesn't mean they will come through first anyway so I'm not so freaked out by them anymore!

Lewis was al little gem last night. He slept from 7pm until 5am and then from 6am-8.30am! It was great because it was daylight when he woke up! My sister and 5 year old niece come from England on Sunday so I'm hoping his sleep patterns remain like this so I can enjoy my time with them. I have changed his feeds to 4.5 hours. Do you think this makes a difference to how long he sleeps at night?

Also regarding starting solids, the reason they say 6 months is because their digestive systems usually are developed enough by then to take it and feeding any earlier may cause allergies to food etc. But as we have seen all babies develop differently so I'm sure some would be ready sooner than that. I'm going to go as long as poss without giving Lewis solids but one reason for that is because my SIL told me that once you start you are constantly thinking of what to give them to eat everyday!!

Anyway must go. I was on my way out and the lift has broken so I'm stuck inside until they fix it. Aaaargh!