My boy's name is Liam. Yes, we're getting it compounded and it's double the concentrate of other formulas friends of mine have used, so we only have to do 0.5ml twice a day. But he has no problem taking it, so that's good. It's funny you should make that comment about wondering if your DS would ever smile - I've been thinking the same thing! There have been occasions where I thought, was that a smile? But today I got one for real. It was pretty special.

Can I ask about your 7 to 7 routine? I am really struggling with the "go with the flow" method with Liam. He's pretty much on a three-hourly rotation during the day anyway, so do I just have to start waking him at 7am? My issue is he refuses to sleep. I've tried everything. Rocking, patting and shooshing in his bed, dark room, quiet room, music, leaving him to cry a little, sitting beside the bed. He just won't sleep! Today I got two 45 minute naps out of him, after putting him down and letting him grizzle and soothing him whenever he got worked up. I wouldn't mind him not sleeping if I thought he didn't need it, but he is obviously tired! And I only get blocks of two or three hours sleep overnight, so I'm pretty exhausted too.

We had Liam's first immunsation at six weeks and to be honest, I have no idea if he was bad-tempered because of that, or if it was just more of his usual grumpiness! We have more shots coming up this Wednesday, so I'll let you know how we go.

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