PP - Thanks for the present suggestions. I like the idea of getting drawing/paint materials.

katones - It's so great that Jack is doing much better on the goat's milk. And I love the gown.

amy - :hugs: Hope things are better today.

belfie - Sorry to hear that you need an op. Hope it all goes well. And I hope X is better soon! Poor guy. :hugs:

Hollye - :hugs: That's great that you are seeking a second opinion if you're not happy with the first opinion. Hopefully the paed can come up with something. But as for weight gains Mia is doing great compared to Maya and my MCHN isn't worried about Maya at all. She was born 4 kg and was weighed today and at 3 months she's 5 kg! So it's taken her 3 months to put on 1 kg! She doesn't spew much so I don't know why her gains are always so small!? Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that to me Mia's weight sounds fine. But the screaming after eating must be hard and I hope the paed can find a solution for that.

Georgi - Hope the operation goes well and you're not in too much pain afterwards. :hugs:

On starting solids: I don't have an opinion but during a mother's group session our MCHN mentioned the study that katones is talking about and said that they now think solids can be started anywhere between 4 and 6 months. And they are looking at the correlation between starting solids later and allergies.

I do agree with what Sami is saying though. That so much of our food nowadays is so processed! That can't be good for us or babies!

I had a nice day at my mothers yesterday. The drive there was OK and I even managed to get Maya to have a couple of naps. But the drive home was absolutely horrible. It's about an hour's drive - a bit longer maybe. And about 10 minutes after I left Maya starting crying. Then a few minutes after that she started absolutely screaming. And I had no idea what to do! I'd just fed and changed her so I knew she couldn't be hungry. And she screamed and screamed and screamed all the way home for an hour!!! I kept thinking maybe I should stop and calm her down but often when I stop I can calm her and then she'll just start up her crying again as soon as I get her back in the car. So I decided to just keep heading home and I kept thinking 'surely she'll stop soon!' Nope she screamed the whole way. And when there was about 10 minutes to go I finally broke down in tears. I just couldn't take it any more. And I was so angry too so I started yelling at her to shut up! And now I feel so crap for getting so angry at her and for being so helpless and not knowing what to do. It also makes me never want to drive anywhere with her again! Sorry I know it's not as bad as ops and sick babies, but an hour of screaming while being stuck in a car just really did my head in!