Well, we had our 6 week checkup. Notwithstanding that the drs scales are calibrated differently to the MCHNs - he is now 4.85 kg (290gm up on last week's weigh in at the MCHN - which is why it can't be right - I think the scales are about 100gm out TBH), 58cm and 39cm HC. My big boy!

I spoke to the dr about the MCHN's concern about his weight gain - the dr asked me if I'd be worried if he wasn't getting weighed. I said no, that I figured that he wouldn't be sleeping for 7 hour stretches at night and longer if he was hungry. She said good, don't worry - he's perfectly fine, and that she'd only worry if he was putting on less than 100gm per week (he's averaging 130). I also told her about his sleeping pattern (or lack thereof) and she asked me if I went to sleep at the same time every night? Yeah, right - talking to the ultimate classic insomniac and night time reader!

So I'm very happy to hear that he is going well! He was exceptionally adorable at the clinic - had a huge sook at getting his nappy taken off for the weigh in - the ultimate torture for my little guy, but apart from that was as cute as a button and charmed the receptionists silly. And, after a feed at the clinic, he went straight back to sleep and didn't even wake when I got him out of the car seat - that was at 3:30 and he's still asleep. WTF? Someone must have been tired after yesterday's marathon, but I shudder to think what he'll be like when I have to pick his dad up at 9:00 tonight. Mummy should use this time wisely and get dinner ready instead of playing around on BB, she thinks.

After contemplating trying to start establishing a routine I've decided that I'll just go with the flow. I'm sure there'll be days when he's good and sleeps when I'd like him to sleep, and there'll be days when all he wants to do is play/feed/cry/whatever. But even though I love hearing about what everyone else's bubs are doing - I think that there is the temptation to compare bubs - eg: so and so's bub is sleeping well - why isn't mine? Oh, and so and so's bub is feeding well/talking/etc, etc. And it is so easy to want our babies to be an amalgam of all of the good things about everybody else's babies - probably the mum with the fantastic night sleeper (this week, anyway) has a rotten day sleeper, or one that isn't putting on quite as much weight, but when we are worried about our bub's behaviour we tend to focus on that one aspect of behaviour and not the big picture.

So I've decided to trust my instincts a little more, not to worry and over analyse his behaviour - and just enjoy the good days and deal with the bad days as best as I can! I'm sure there's a mighty big rod that I'm creating for my own back somewhere in this, but I'll deal with that later!

(And you are all welcome to laugh at me next week when he is 'little demon' again and I am neurotic as anything - it's so easy to be logical when they are asleep, isn't it!).