danni - hope jazz is ok.. lakshman makes lots of noise in his sleep and he has mucous still. but the paed said the noises are ok, and he's fine. go get her checked, jic.

jade - you could use the fitted ones for all your kids cos they fit all sizes, better than AIO. you just need different size covers.

sj - hope DH is better now, you too.

bron - thanks.. lucky it was just excema, i was worried when paed said he has sensitive skin that it might be lupus....

shell - hope your milk builds up. for the first checkup, we werent contacted by the ECC, we just turned up at the centre.

i did something very stupid yesterday, i thought id try to feed Poopy without a nipple shield. It was at the end of the feed and thought by now my nipples would be better, so i gave him the nipple without the shield for the last couple of minutes. then they hurt so much, it was excrutiating. it was so painful all night, i had to take some panadol. i cant feed him on the right breast now, im feeding one side and expressing the other. giving him a bit more formula.
Today i tried the right side again with a nipple shield but its still so painful, damn, now feeding is taking even longer. cos i have to feed, formula and then express.. im so annoyed with myself, i just thought after 4 weeks it'd be better. im starting to get worried there might be some bad damage.

hi everyone else.