hi all

so, after a couple of weeks of these awesome 8 or 9 hour stretches at night, Mr Cheeky has gone back to needing the midnight (or 1am) snack. sometimes he will stay mostly asleep but last night he was bug-eyed and very up! so eventually i fitballed him back to sleep. he woke up five minutes later with vom all over himself. then he vommed again. then he had a nappy leak. his cot was a disaster so i took him to bed with me and we actually slept in... and were late for the doc (imm day).

he had all his needles bar Hep B and Hib. didn't feel those were necessary until he's older. he screamed blue murder for 30 seconds before guzzling a boob. he's doing well so far... (dh did have a couple of tears when jj screamed - he was holding him so i didn't go to pieces).

as for fussing on boob - yes! especially early this morning. lots of pulling at it and wagging his head round like a fool. he had a really good day yesterday (thanks to fitball) but made up for it vomming and stacking nappies. i think he needs to go up to crawler.

he weighed in at 6.7kg today. i think his crazy growing has slowed a little. that's about 160g/w for the last two weeks. he's 61.5cm long and pushing it in length for 00 clothes.

about 'dh time'. dh has been doing the bottle of EBM feed at 5pm. i don't 'need' to do it but i do because i like them to bond and i want dh to be comfortable with him (so i can go to the beach one day!). they're bonding really well now.

for those with babies sleeping through.. apparently it's a weight/tummy size thing. once they can pack enough food in to stay asleep, they usually will (except for the wet nappy/vom scenario). beware that they chop and change. james has done this twice now... had a week or two of long sleeps followed by wanton midnight-snackery.