Sarah - I hope things get better with you and DH. Everything probably seems so magnified at the moment with a new baby on the scene as well as a 4 year old. I am sure things will settle down for you all soon.

Rachel - seems Grace has set a pretty good routine, I wonder if Nicholas would sleep longer if we didn't make him for the 'dream feed'. We usually feed him at about 10.30 - 11pm each night. He will go 4 hours between feeds during the day and sometimes up to about 5.5 hours at night. If we feed him at about 10.30pm though we only have to get up to him once in the night.

Cass – I hope you are feeling better.

Sonia – I am fine to catch up on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. We are going to Busselton next Thursday to Sunday, so maybe the week after that?

Richelle – Hi! We had a change at about 7 weeks as Nicholas has reflux and the medication only started working for him at about then. I think he has only just had his first major growth last week and put on about 300g in about 6 days! Before this he was struggling to gain weight. I hope Kailee gets over her cold soon. As for routines, I have had Nicholas feeding every 4 hours during the day and our routine is basically set around getting my other 2 girls to school and then picking them up again.

Jessica – Hi! Sounds like Tate is going well. Glad to hear from you!

Caro – how’s Michael going on the losec?

Bec – I hope Sebastian is feeling better soon, poor darling. All these babies with colds!

Nat – It sounds like Taia is doing really well. Can you post some pics?

Well, Nicholas seems to be having some trouble sleeping during the day at the moment. I think I have been going out too much as he won’t sleep in his bed during the day any more! On the bright side, he does love his HAB which is a godsend as I am able to get things done around the house while he snuggles in and sleeps in it. He seems to really love the piano, so when I sit with the girls to do their practice, he settles straight away. Other than this, things are going great. He is putting on weight at a steady pace, he is about 5kg now. He had his 6 – 8 week check with the paed on Thursday and was all good and healthy.

Has anyone thought about contraception yet? I know those breastfeeding at this stage probably don’t have to worry too much, but I had my 6 week check the other day and my Ob suggested Mirena, which is an IUD. I have a g/f who had one fitted last year and thinks it is fab. I have all the paperwork and he has booked me in for June to have it fitted, but I am a bit scared! They fit it under a local anesthetic, or you can be knocked out completely. I know I gave birth with no pain relief, but am not too sure about this!