Butterflykisses: hope your baby gets well pretty soon!

Kellyc: my kid has taken to chucking his breastmilk. My problem seems to be that his appetite and his stomach are mismatched. He drinks more than he can handle. I lowered his intake by block-feeding; I offer one boob at a time He now chucks less. He doesn't seem bothered by it but I don't like cleaning him and myself up after every feed! Also, my kid takes his daynaps all in the swing. Fine with me. I gotta look up if there is any harm in that though.

Rayray: Oscar sounds just like my kid in the chucking department.

Tatoo_Mama: good luck with the housing and it sounds like you and Jade will do really well.

TMTM: Ouchy! Your family sounds lovely, though.

What is this "sleep through the night" everyone is talking about!!! Jonah still feeds every two and a half hours, pretty much round the clock. I just go to bed really early and try to catch enough sleep in-between the feeds. I think he feeds more often at night than during the day -- he can sometimes sleep for three-four hours during the day. I think it might have to do with co-sleeping; I mean, he's sleeping right next to the open bar and that must be pretty tempting The good thing is that we pretty much dreamfeed through most of it but around 4-5 am every morning he starts getting uncomfortable and starts grunting and turning red. Neither of us gets much peace or sleep until he manages to poop with great fanfare. Then we go back to sleep on good days and stay in bed for a few more hours. In not so good days, I'm up. Of course, he naps shortly thereafter but I can't seem to manage to nap during the day.

I really, really tried swaddling. The kid just does not tolerate it. He also does not like dummies. I wish he did; I sometimes end up as a human dummy to calm him and it becomes tricky to manage it all since I also don't want him overeating.

Sorry if I missed anyone. I have a short break during which I have both hands free so I thought I'd check in. I usually manage to keep up with the reading but not so much with the writing.