Hayley, I would be careful with dairy if there is a family history of allergies but if she is fine with formula then a bit more dairy in cooking won't make a difference. W likes to sip a bit of my cereal milk in the morning (only time he will eat off a spoon), but then I am not overly worried about allergies as there is nothing in either family.

Agnes, my W had several grizzley nights when he was hard to resettle but then he started crawling and it stopped.

Clare, congrats on the crawling.

MD, is E worse at night when your DH is away or is it just harder to manage on your own? You said she is a clingy bub, could it be sep anx when daddy is away?

Sherie, sorry A isn't sleeping well, constant wake ups are a pain.

I have some friends visiting and we stayed up until 2am playing boardgames. Between 9pm and 2am I had to go and resettle W 7-8 times. It is crazy. I had an appointment with Plunket but the lady but she said to feed him and put him in the cot and that he would 'protest' but would eventually get used to it. I told her I wouldn't leave him to cry and then she had no other ideas. She referred me to a family clinic but I think I will cancel because it is a two hour drive and I doubt they can tell me anything I haven't thought of.