Well i was hoping to start getting in here more now, but i cant say i will be able to now! Not only do i have 5 school aged children ( one working part time) one toddler 17mths and Molly, who is feeding every 4hrs during day and anything from 5hrs up to 8hrs (on a really good night) at night but i now have two kids (baby goats) that need bottles every 4hrs plus one needs physio as much as possible over the next few days to see if his legs come good otherwise he has to be put to sleep! DH is on shift work and so wont be around to help over the next 4dys so its just me! I think i will be insane by the end of this 4dys! The first kid we ended up down at the housse with us on Wednesday ashis mum is a first timer and she just headbutts him and sends him flying, so we had to foster him or she would kill him. He is a good kid and already knows to wait for me to take him out before he does poos but not so successful with wees as yet, thank god he has a pen! The other little one was only born yesterday and has a great mum but his back legs aretoo weak to use at the mo! So after the vet checking him out he is now on our back deck too! Hes not to good at feeding from bottle yet so its very time consuming!

On top of all the i have had DD 6yrs at home all week with conjuctivitis and even after being meticulous with her washing her hands and no one using anything she has, my DS 17mts (mitchie) now has it so i feel like all i do is clean and bathe eyes and feed babys and goats!!!!!! Someone is always crying for saomething atm! Somehow i have to find time to clean house and cook shephards pie for dinner! I think i need more hands
This is the only break i have had so far today and its not really a break as i am feeding Molly!!!!

OK sorry for whinge fest but just needed to get it out!

Jodi yay to getting 8 and 9 hrs at night that must be bliss! Wish it was me (of course dont think goats would sleep through for me)! Woohoo to both Nina and Emily being such good girls while out today! Wow to Emily being in 000 & 00 clothes, Molly is still in 0000, she can wear some bonds one piece in a 000 but she still fits in the 0000's so i am getting as much wear out of them first. I assume that MCN are some form of nappy ( to me) i have both Mitchie and Molly in disposables as we live out of town and cant afford the extra water. I was a cloth freak before we moved out here though, and much prefer cloth nappies to disposables.

laranna don't worry Molly is a bit hte same with her dummy, she only uses it as a last resort and thats if we can gt her to take it as she still gags from time to time. Yay to your 4hrs straight, its huge when they are not big sleepers, my first born would feed every 2hrs so i know how exhausting it can be. I hope your little one doesn't go as long as my first bron did, he was like that for a good 4mths!
With the fussing at the boob it could be that your flow is a bit too quick to start with and he can't keep up or he might jsut have a pain in his belly and has to move and squirm to releave it, hence the hurry to get back on as he is still huingry! I dont know just a couple of ideas there.

Kristale like Jodi said its genereally just a growth spurt so they feed more and are more unsettled, 9 times out of 10 they go back to their usual pattern within a week. Hopefully this happens fo ryou.

Beckstar regarding poos whilst BF, yep they can be different for every baby, my first born went 7 dys with out pooing so took him to docs and they said yep thats fine jsut take note of when he goes next, but they werent concerned at all, he ended up foing on day 9 and was it a ripper!!! So beware when the bomb explodes its generally big if theres a bit of storage!!! Molly is going every day at the moment and still a few nappies a day. But Mitchie (17mths) was only every few days by this stage so i guess over time you will get to know her pattern.

Ok well hi to everyone else and i am off to put Molly back to bed and start some dinner before the next round of bottles for goats!