sesame - Amelia's nappies almost always have a little bit of poo in them. It seems to come out everytime she farts or sneezes. But she has a big one about every 5 days.

Rose - I've been playing some of the Baby Einstein stuff too. Also, some friends gave me a CD of Metallica songs redone as lullabies. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, though.

Alison - Amelia started bubbling at the mouth a couple of weeks ago too. According to Babylove, babies start to produce saliva between 8 and 12 weeks. Its around 15 months when they figure out to swallow it.

beany - I hope Michael is more settled today. Amelia wants to sleep on me all the time but its been too hot to put her in the sling, so I'm not getting much done around the house. Thankfully, today she's been happy to sleep in her swing.

BS - I do keep Amelia up for at least 30 minutes after a feed. She hates sleeping on her side unless she's in bed with me, so we curl up together and I give her my finger to suck on if she's unsettled. I have lifted one end of the bassinet but I think she hates it because she can't see out of it, whereas the pram she can still see whats going on if she wants to (although, she is currently sleeping in her bassinet and has been there for over an hour now). I haven't really been avoiding any foods except cabbage. After a whole week without wind issues, I ate some coleslaw and we had issues again, so cabbage is a definite no-no. Since she isn't really having issues with wind anymore, I haven't bothered cutting out anything else, but I don't eat a lot of spicy food anyway. I don't think Amelia's reflux is wind related. It's to do with the sphincter between the throat and the stomach being immature so not keeping the food in the stomach. It's worse when she's stressed, ie right before a big poo or when it the weather is really hot (which it has been quite a bit lately). Today has been a pretty good day though. Well done Eva for sleeping so well. Hopefully its the beginning of a pattern.

suz - Glad Craig is in a better mood. Funny you mentioned headaches. I used to get tension headaches once every 2-3 weeks that last 2-3 days but they became much less frequent while I was pregnant (maybe the muscle relaxing effect of progesterone?). Yesterday I got my first one since Amelia was born and its a doozy. I've even had a few dizzy spells with it. Am trying to keep my fluids up (its been so hot here the last few days) and just relax today.

AFM - Had a terrible night last night. Amelia has gone back to being a wake at night. I think its because DH gets home at 11:30pm and he and I are chatting about our days while she's having her late feed. Also DH is so excited to see her that he wants to cuddle and chat to her and she's up until 3-4 in the morning. Its a vicious cycle: we're up late, so we sleep late and DH doesn't get cuddle time before he goes to work. We need to hold off chatting until she goes to sleep. Amelia is stretching out her sleeps though, we slept from 4-11 this morning.

I'm also working on getting her into her bassinet again. I love having her sleep with me, but DH is sleeping in the spare room at the moment as we suspect he has sleep apnoea. Also, he has a bad back and he complains that our mattress is too soft, but it doesn't help that he has to be aware of the baby in the bed as well.
She has currently been in her bassinet for the last hour and a half and has only woken up once. I even managed to wrap her which I'd given up on because she used to fight to free herself when she had wind. I also caved and am using a dummy to help her settle for sleep. I didn't want to use one, but it can't be any worse than her relying on me for comfort. Why should I deny her an alternate source?

As for me, I had a breakdown at 2:30 this morning. I felt like such a terrible mum and started questioning whether I should have had Amelia at all. I felt selfish for having her when I don't feel capable of giving her all that she needs. Being everything to another human being is a lot to live up to. Plus, I'm having a hard time with my mum being sick. She spent all of last week in hospital (her third admission already this year) and its really only just hit me that she could die. Up until last week I thought I was being positive, but I think it was denial.