Naomi - Sounds like Bailey is having one super power-nap! Lol! Your house will be sparkling, hehe.

Amy - Today was our first "unofficial" mothers group. There was only 4 of us mums there (plus the 4 bubs of course) and we had it at one of the girls house. I've offered my house for next week. The hope was to find a venue we can use, but we're hoping to find one that we don't have to pay for, hehe. We're having a veranda built out the back (starting tomorrow), so when the weather is nice and Kyson is a bit older I'll get him to do his messy activities, like painting, outside. Is it bad to hose off a messy child?

Bek - Welcome to the forum and our lovely little thread. Congratulations on the birth of your little boy, Connor! You'll find that all of our bub's have different "quirks" (I don't like to call them "problems ). I thought that my Kyson was the only one still feeding around 3-hourly until recently when other girls in here posted that their bubs are doing the same. I was also getting worried about Kyson's day naps because he only does one 45 minute cycle in his cot (he'll only sleep a second cycle in my arms), but now I'm finding out that it's not uncommon. I read last night that at this age he should be getting about 12-15 hours sleep a day, and I worked out that he's getting about 14. He just has short naps, but more of them in a day (about 5 naps a day, then 10-12 hours in bed overnight with 2-3 night/early-morning feeds).

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we all get worried about things that our babies are or are not doing, and that at the end of the day they are all different, but it doesn't mean they are doing anything wrong. You'll little man might be going through a growth spurt, or perhaps he is just using a lot of energy and needs all the milk

Sorry to hear that your husband doesn't understand how hard it is for you when he is not there. You should make him look after Connor by himself one day. If you are breastfeeding you could still do it by making your husband sit down with you and not do anything so he can begin to understand how much time feeding takes up each day.

I hope you stick around in our thread. If you would like me to put you details in our birth list (on page 1), then just post Connors birth details for me such as first and middle name/s (if he has one), birth date, time and his birth weight


Kyson is currently being a cheeky monkey. He's tired and keeps going to sleep, but if I put him down in his cot (or anywhere else), then he wakes within a couple of minutes. So he's now sleeping in my arms.