Phew Charly, you are a mine of info!!! I'll print out your suggestions and pass them on to my friend if she's still struggling when we catch up tomorrrow. I know her daughter tends to feed not just frequently, but for long periods still eg 1 hr each feed, and still seems hungry when taken off. I think that combination is what is making her worry about her bf.

Charly, 4 feeds a day sounds a little on the low side to me (but what would I know!!!) - have you had a response in the bf forum about this? Angus has always been a chucky boy, today I have been covered in it 5 times already and not just little amounts either. It doesn't seem to relate though to how many times he is fed, he's just a reflux boy. I am usually feeding Angus 6 times a day (generally 3 hrly from when he wakes up) and sometimes more depending on what he's up to. He's a speed feeder though - gets through one side in the morning in 5 mins then I spend 10 trying to convince him to have the other side! He did today, and then threw it all up spectacularly all over me! Oh well.

Am feeling kinda blah today, feel just like some grotty saggy smelly taken for granted old barfed on milking machine. Was ****ed off with my husband yesterday as he said he'd do some things and they didn't get done. The most annoying was that I wanted him to look after Angus for about an hour yesterday arvo so I could finish pre-preparing dinner so that I wasn't clattering around in the kitchen while he was in his teleconference meeting from 6-7.30. Anyway, it all kinda fell in a heap and the last straw was that when he put Angus in his rocker in our room just before 6, he didn't strap him in, and so 5 mins later when I go in he's worked his way half out - not very safe, and he was really uncomfortable.

I really want my husband to spend longer stretches of time looking after our son when he is not at work - he did a fantastic job at this on Sunday and I really praised him for that, but it needs to be more often. And 15 mins playing with him before putting him in the rocker and going off to the computer isn't enough.

Rant over!