Meg - Overnight I usually resettle by feeding J. Have tried a few times not to but it's not working great atm. We're not particularly consistent with it though so that doesn't help. During the day if J doesn't resettle on his own, then nothing I do helps and if I try he usually gets more and more worked up (screaming) so I've stopped trying and just get him up and hope he'll go back down before he gets too grumpy. Sorry. Not much help I know.
Ali - Yeah thought it might have been teeth early in the week but the past few days I'm not sure it is anymore. I think it's just him. Hope all goes well with the surgeon - have been thinking of you guys heaps this week and have been meaning to message you but never get enough time with J so grotty. Glad to hear Ash is on the mend. I know I should remember but what did you do to cut down on her nighttime waking? I know you had a rough trot but seems like it would be worth it to have her sleeping through so much now.
Shell - m/w appt went ok. She seemed more worried about me than J though! Kept saying he looked great which I took to mean that I wasn't looking so hot She advised me to cut out the 2am feed and replace with resettling but it's not working and I have mixed feelings about stopping any of the overnight feeds this early - we're doing BLS so he's not eating a huge amount yet. Sounds like Em is the same?
AJP - What does your DH do to resettle M overnight?
Holly - I agree with Malyna darl. J did the same thing to start with but he is better and better at picking up slippery stuff and getting it to his mouth. Now he only drops it when he gets distracted (which is still often) Just have more on hand than you think he'll eat and keep replacing it. He'll get there. It's a good sign that he wants to feed himself imo, he's developing his fine motor skills and at least this way you won't have trouble getting him off mush when he's 12 months old
Malyna - Saw your pics on fb. Great to have a face to the name!

AFM - Rough day yesterday and early waking this morning so that makes a week of crap sleep and increased crying. Took him out twice yesterday for walks in the pram to settle him. Don't know what else to do anymore. As I said above, anything I try during the day just gets him more and more worked up and overnight is pretty much the same except I'll usually feed him. Keep thinking that it's not really that bad, it's just that I'm taking a negative view on it. Been really teary the past few days. Got my parents coming to stay this weekend. Be great to see them but I'm dreading it too cause mum will have lots of well meant advice about how we need to be more consisent etc and I'm just not up to hearing it right now.

Hope you all have great weekends. Freezing here lately - snowing somewhere and there was sago snow here on Wednesday. I want the sun!!!!