Wow I have had a few days off the computer and this thread has gone crazy. Hope everyone had a great new years.

We have been pretty good over the last few days. Jacob is sleeping pretty well at night, he seems to be feeding 4-5 hourly at night, but during the day for some reason he has decided that I can't put him to sleep. It doesnt' matter what I do he will either just cry continually until I hand him to someone else, or if I do manage to settle him he wakes up as soon as I put him down. Thankfully today he isn't doing that, so I'm hoping it was just a passing thing. We have also had a few lovely evenings of crying before his big sleep. We suspected it was because he was getting a little overstimulated during the day (way too many visitors lately), so we had a quiet day yesterday and he settled wonderfully. I just love how we had to change daily what works.

He is growing so quickly now, I have now taken all of his 0000 outfits out of the wardrobe. We go to the Dr's on Monday for his two month immunisations and I can't wait to get him weighed.

Mastitis has completely cleared up which is great. If any of you even suspect that you are getting mastitis go the the Dr's as quickly as possible, it gets really bad really quickly. I couldn't even rest my arm against the area at all.

Suse - congrats on the big sleep. I hope it gets repeated for you. Our record is 6 hours. How did Euan go in his own room? We have had Jacob in his room since the start and I am so glad we did, he is just so damn noisy.

Limeslice - Welcome. I like your suggestion for massaging feet and the oils, might have to give that a try.

Krisp - How are you managing in all that heat?

Keira - Sounds like you have pretty much the same routine we do. It does change a lot but thats pretty much how it plays out at our place as well.

Hoody - I hope Molly is settling a bit better for you. We had the unsettled period around six weeks too, but it only lasted a few days. It also seemed to coincide with him wanting more awake time and me not picking up on the cues of when he was tired. He then got overtired which made him an absolute nightmare to settle. I am now really strict on starting to settle him for a sleep as soon as I see him getting tired, or if he has been awake for about an hour. Not sure if this would work for you. Hopefully you get some answers with the CHN.

Dragonbub - how is the new sleep routine going?

Hope I haven't missed anyone. I hope you are all getting some rest, remember your sleep is much more important than the washing.