Morning all - wow - heaps to catch up on
Sarah - love teh photos of Lewis, they are all growing up so fast...
Megan - i cant access your photos, asks for email & password as well was so looking forward to seeing some photos of Lee.
Danielle - what you are doing is fine. If it works for you, then stick to it. My theory is that i would rather sit up and nurse Aiden to sleep, then to try to put him down and have him scream and get upset. I have a little book somewhere that i got from the hospital, and also they have them at the community health centre, it pretty much says that at this age, we cant spoil them, as they are to little to understand. All they know is if they are happy, or sad. Its our job to make them happy, and when they are sad, to figure out what it is. Its how they learn to trust us as mummys and daddys, cause they will learn that if they are unhappy, then mummy & daddy will make it all better. Later, worry about spoiling, now, just do what it takes.
I find that Aiden does settle well at night, so, have very few rough nights, and thankfully, when he does take a while to settle, its at 9 - 10pm, when we are still up anyway, not at 4am when i just want to go back to sleep. Touch wood - so far, so good.

Explosive nappies OMG! We went thru a stage i think on Friday, where i had about 3 - 4 nappies where it was down the legs. Eeew. So, i didnt have sultana bran for breaky for 2 days, and no poop at all. So, back to sultana bran, and now 1 really bad, smelly, runny and orange nappy a day. Thankfully, he seems to do it while i am feeding him, which is good, i can hear him going for it.

I think we have had a slight case of reflux. Had a couple of feeds in a row where Aiden would throw up afterwards. But, he is not upset or anything. I just go in a check on him, and notice that he has been sick. Annoying. Scary abit as well, what if he chokes etc on it, so make sure his head is always on his side.
So, to combat the problem, when i bf him, he sucks constant for about 10min, and then starts to stuff around. Once he has had his fill, after the first 10min, we have a big burp session, and then some more. Sometimes will change his bum as well, espeically at night (so i can feed him to sleep). I used to mistake his crying and thrashing abit for being frustrated at not getting enough milk, but, now i think it was wind. And also have now jacked up the front of his bassinate by about 5cm. His mattress was propped abit already, but, since i have started burbing him during feeds, and propped his bassinate up, no more spews.
I had noticed that after feeding, if we held him, or put him in his bouncer, he wouldnt be sick, it was just when he was laying in his bed.

Has had formula 3 times now, the karicare gold. Only for his night time feed. Works wonders at knocking him out. Feed him at 9 last night, took him a little while to go to sleep, about 30min, then he woke at 1.30, again at 4.30, and then slept thru till 9. The night feeds are only about 15min, but, must be just enough to top him back again, and send him back into lala land. He is pretty good at putting him self off to sleep. But, he is awake during the day alot!

Oh, i weighed Aiden yesterday, weighted 4.15kg. His birthweight was 3.585kg. Doesnt seem like he has put on enough weight. What do you think?