Well we are in a bind again, same thing happened when he was about 3 wks old ...

I swear he has only had 4x 30 minute naps today - not much at all. So, vicious circle of being over tired (somehow, not through lack of trying!), and then when he decides to have a go at a feed, being too tired to feed properly, falling asleep just after the let-down, waking as soon as I move, and then another 3 hours goes past and I wonder how on earth he is surviving on that piddly little amount from the last feed.

We went out to DS1 school fair, he slept in pram for 10 minutes and then just looked around with big red eyes - still cracking an occasional smile little bugger. He fed very poorly at 6.20, stopped sucking after about 3 minutes and fell asleep, so I put him into his cot at 6.40 - and he is still groaning and moaning but unless he has a hissy, I AM NOT getting him up, he needs some sleep in an effort to feed properly.

He will not take a bottle when tired so can't even entertain idea of a first time comp feed or something ... obviously he is not hungry though ... oh heck I just don't know - see, and this is my third!!

Hate days like this when nothing gets done, I feel like I have neglected my little girl, and am now a cranky mother and wife at this time of night ...

Itsme - well you have tried and done what you can to get her to take a dummy, unless you try a different shape like PP just posted ...

I'm laughing about getting out of the house by 8am - I remember my first mothers group time was 9.30am with DS1 and I thought what a bad time that was and how on earth are we supposed to be organised and actually get there by that time!! Now I can get DS1 dropped off at before school care and DD to child care and home again by 8am on those lovely 2 days of just Zander and I - but of course without a shower

FWIW - all my family are in Melbourne/Ballarat too.

Let this day finish!