M2SC, I have been using the hydrogel pads all along... they do help, but not enough for mu liking! Thanks for the suggestion, though. I'll have to have another look at BB on the phone - last time I tried, it was a real pain having zoom in enough to be able to read the tiny letters, then to scroll for miles from side to side to read each sentence. how cool with the crawling! We did baby led attachment for the first few days, and it was just incredible how much Thor could manoeuvre himself, with only the tiniest bit of help.

Thor gets 3 or 4 changes of clothes a day, too. With the top-ups from the bottle, we've found that if we take it out of his mouth and give him a very short break, he keeps looking for it if he's still hungry, but if he's not he is content and ignores it. Maybe you can try the same thing with the boob - detach her, every few minutes, when you think she might be getting to the end, and see if she's still rooting/ making hungry faces/whatever her hungry cues are.

To all those with lactose issues, my sympathies! It must be really hard to exclude dairy from your diet. I'm constantly snacking, even with only 50%BF, and cheese and yoghurt are really big parts of my snack choices!

Lady_neon, I really hope you get your 7 hours sleep again! Doesn't it make you feel amazingly good?!?

Chrispe, what a gorgeous moment in the shower! We had our first shared shower today, and T was really befuddled. He loves his bath, but he just looked a bit worried all the time in the shower, sticking out his tongue to taste the spray, and blinking at the mist landing in his eyes. Perhaps it won't be so strange next time.

Shadow, what a gorgeous pic! i love all the hair, too.