Shereejoy - Regarding your boobs not feeling full – when I was breastfeeding I noticed this too, but Jovi seemed to keep feeding and I didn’t worry too much. However in my case I was actually losing my supply and she eventually went onto the bottle. As long as bub is continually putting on weight there’s nothing to worry about, but I would talk to your GP if you’re really worried.

Jodie259 – Sorry to hear the Shaun has brochialitis. We were worried a couple of weeks ago that Jovi was getting it, but she was just snuffly.

What are the indespensible items that you have used with your newborn? The Dummy! Normally calms her down straight away if she starts screaming and kicks it up a notch to migraine level.

Lea13 – I pretty much figured out that Jovi was constipated. After a few does of Infants Friend her poos went back to normal on the third day. Have you tried Infants Friend? I have found that it comes with a lot of good recommendations and is good for just about everything (wind – both ends, constipation, teething etc).

Angelique – I don’t know where we’d be without rocking! Jovi occasionally (very occasionally) self settles, but she used have to be rocked for ages to go off to sleep. Now, thankfully, we just give her a cuddle and rock her for about 5 minutes and she’s out like a light. She still has her moments, but if she needs to be rocked, she gets it. When she gets a bit older we’ll start to self settle, but until then!

Neverplan – Regarding constipation and formula – I agree! We have Jovi on Nan, but in the week she became constipated we had to by Nan Gold as it was the only that I could find. I didn’t want to switch brands as a lot of them I had heard cause constipation (from rellies and friends). Getting her back on to just the regular Nan today, but I had to go to every supermarket (incl. Big W and Kmart) today just to find it! So basically by the 6th shop and DH basically climbing the shelves to grab it, we finally got some … and bought 2 cans! Why don’t people restock their shelves??

Jovi’s doing really well. She’s been sleeping a lot more (like she should be!) since her Granny was here … luckily for us she kept the habit. Now we change, feed, play for about half and hour or so then we sleep! She’s been asleep now since her last feed – about 2 hours, which is pretty good for her day time sleeps.

I went and had her weighed again today, basically to put my mind at ease that she’s still putting on weight … another 200 grams! Woo hoo! So now she’s up to 4550g … so impressed, and she’s into the 10 pound mark! YEAH!!!

So I think I can be rest assured that she going to continue to put on weight now. The nurse said she won’t have to come back again until her needles … IN ABOUT 5 WEEKS!!! OMG! She’s 11 weeks tomorrow and due for her needles at 16 weeks. Insane!

Jovi has always been really strong in her legs – when you hold her until her arms she will put weight on her legs (little bugger). Yesterday during tummy time, although she still needs to put on the muscle and strength in her arms … she got on her knees! I was so shocked and impressed … then was like “What are you doing you little bugger! You’re way too little!” … I crawled at 4.5 months and I say she’ll be the same. Was cute, but a little bit shocking.

Hmmmm … spoke to soon about the sleeping … she just woke up! lol