Hi girls

Trying to snatch some time in between settling Liam for the night here.

beany - Sorry to hear that Michael is still waking so much at night. Could be the six month growth spurt come early? I hear you a bit on the anger, too. I've been getting really cranky after nights when I don't get any sleep. It's really, really hard.

Alison - Go you with the weight loss! Did you end up doing WW? Sorry if you've mentioned it, my brain has been a bit awol. Wow, that was a good routine that Amelia was in before she got sick - I hope she gets back to it soon. That must have been so hard being sick yourself and having to look after poor little sick bubba too

suz - Go you getting back into your old clothes!

Hi to everyone else! Sorry if I've missed anyone. I'm being too slack to go back to the old thread.

AFM - Have had a really rough week. Insomnia and Liam being restless made the PND really, really bad, despite being back on the full dose of my meds. His sleep has gone to hell - at his worst, he was waking every hour all night and not sleeping more than two 20 minute naps during the day. And being fussy most of the time he was awake.

I don't know why it didn't dawn on me before, though - I think it's all down to his reflux acting up. He's been feeding lots, chucking lots (to the point of getting almost dehydrated sometimes), crying for a feed just after he's finished feeding, wanting to sleep on people again and waking crying as soon as you lay him down. And he's been waking congested at night and coughing a lot.

I'm kicking myself a bit for not thinking about it. He was diagnosed with reflux at two weeks of age, and has been on the same dose of Losec ever since, although he's doubled in weight. We gave him a higher dose last night and have done a double dose today, and he's been much more settled. I even got a 45 minute nap out of him in his crib today, which hasn't happened in a while. And he's not crying for a feed every hour during the day. Fingers crossed his sleep goes better tonight - he was still up every 2-3 hours last night.

In the midst of all of this, I've also developed tendonitis in my right thumb from lifting Liam. Had a cortisone injection the other day and have been wearing a brace and it's feeling better. It was just the icing on the cake with me feeling so rotten in general, though.

I can't believe that Liam is over five months old already, though. I was feeding him earlier and feeling kind of sad about starting him on solids. I'm not going to be doing that until he's at least six months, though, and we'll be doing baby led weaning anyway, so he'll still be mostly dependent upon milk for a while to come.

I swear he's just been through a growth spurt, too. Suddenly a lot of his nappies are too small for him. Which means that I need to do some nappy shopping. Which is horrid, of course

Oh and beany and Alison, I'd be keen to catch up soon