Hi all!

Rebecca - What Saffi said! She has described the settling technique perfectly. I was told that technique by a MCHN, she even demonstrated on Kieran and it worked straight away, I love her!

Catherine - Sounds like you are doing a great job with Rochelle, half your luck if you get to drop a feed! Try not to worry, babies are great at telling us when they are hungry! If she is happy within herself and still gaining weight then I wouldn't worry at all.

Ursula - I think babies do 40 minute sleep cycles and sometimes have trouble settling back to sleep by themselves. My first DS was a shocker at getting back to sleep. I put him in a baby hammock and would bounce him for ages until he went back to sleep. This bub I can settle back to sleep by either re-wrapping him, patting him on the back or picking him up for a minute and patting him then putting him back down. I hope you find something that works!

Celtic - Bummer about AF returning . Not sure if it's worth worrying about getting a 6 week check up, I'm sure it would be OK to wait until 8 weeks.

Claire - I wish DH would let me get a cleaner in! It is so hard to find the time with two children, I have no idea how I will get any cleaning done when I start my business back up!

Boomba - Myles is such a cutie! Thanks for sharing your pics.

That's weird how some people dispute whether or not babies need to be burped! I think it will just depend on the bub somehow. I know Kieran will cry, go red in the face and look in a lot of pain and when I pick him up he'll do a big burp and settle straight back down.

Re: VIC meet-up, I will see how I go, but it may be a bit hard for me to co-ordinate driving that far with Joel & Kieran. Kieran will probably be due for a feed and Joel due for a nap around then so I will play it by ear a bit. It would be great if DH could come so he could help me, but he has to work

I was going to start business back up in early December, but I'm having reservations now. I'm considering running it online only until February. I think it will be easier to manage my two boys and life in general by the time Kieran is three months old. I dunno...It's all too hard right now!