Suse and Limesplice - i honestly wouldn't be too worried about the weight gain that you have. It really doesn't sound too bad to me. Some babies will have weeks where they put on a lot of weight and not at other times. I agree with Dragonbub about the expressing, it is the best way of increasing your supply if that is what you are worried about. If you start comp feeding it just works to decrease your supply and then you get in a bit of a vicous cycle. In QLD there isn't a regular CHN that you go to unless you go to your local chemist, so I haven't worried too much about weigh-ins apart from the 6 week checkup and next week when we have our immunisations. I am just going on if Jacob is happy, alert and filling nappies.

Dragonbub - I have been charting Jacob since we came home. Really only when he feeds, but it has been interesting to see patterns develop. I do know he has a monster poo sometime between 4-5am (and has had since he came home) which means he is pretty grizzly until that happens. After that we get a little more sleep thank heavens. Last couple of days he is feeding about 4 and then not waking up until 7 which is a reasonable start to the day. I would love for the 4am feed to disappear, but I won't hold my breathe.

Limeslice - make sure you get out of the house a little. Mothers groups are great, but it could just be as simple as going out for a walk. Maybe there is a mums and bubs exercise class you could join (i'm about to start that). I have days that fly by and I have no idea where my day has gone and others where I sit around wondering what to do with myself. Not used to be on my own so much but I am making an effort to get out and meet people as much as possible. Not easy for an introvert like myself but I am getting there.

So sick of the rain here. It has been raining pretty much on and off for about a week. Summer has compeletely disappeared here in Brisbane. I really want to go for a walk with the pram but there is no way we are going out in this.