Smithy - she has done the same thing again, feeding like a trooper, good thing her feeds only take 20 minutes, but bf is great, I roll over pick her up out of the portacot, lay back down, put her on and go back to sleep (well dozing) until she is done, pick her up and put her back.

If bubs gets stools that are edging on to hard from being on the thickened, coloxyl drops are safe to give them I think from 4 weeks as well, its better to stop constipation fast before they do any damage. My poor niece suffered from it bad.

Colestar - sorry to hear about the reflux, at least you have a dr that has diagnosed it quickly, sometimes it takes much longer with ftm's. Both my nieces were severe silent reflux babies, and it kinda runs in our family, so far I have been lucky with Amelia not having it and Chloe not so far, fingers crossed. If you find the formula isnt helping dont hesitate to ask the dr to put her on some medication like zantac, its perfectly safe but for some reason some dr's can be hesitant but it makes a huge difference to bubs, the reflux can damage the valve at the top of the stomach if it is to severe and goes on to long. I understand how they feel as I suffered from bad reflux for years as an adult and I damaged mine.

Reflux babies can usually feed more often and smaller amounts, knowing that to much can upset them more, they can be catnappers to. Try feeding her in an upright position and leaving her upright for up to an hour after feeds (bit harder at night), so swings are good, you can also put some phone books under the legs of one end of the cot to raise it slightly. When burping try not to compress/bend the stomach over or lean her forward, try keeping her back straight and slightly lent backwards. Ummmm, thinking, oh yeah, change her bottom before a feed but if you cant roll her onto her side to put the nappy underneath instead of lifting her bottom and legs into the air (cause it is tipping her stomach up). I hope she gets better on the new formula, fingers crossed no stomach problems though.

We are going to try Chloe on a bottle this afternoon to see if she will take it, we had such problems putting Amelia on one at 3 months so I could go back to uni, so I wanted to introduce the random bottle earlier this time to see if it helps cause I aint going back until she is 6 months this time. I really dont like mixing bf and bottles cause it did cause a bf strike at 6 months with Amelia where she ignored boob and cried until presented a bottle which she happily took and rolled around drinkin, soooo frustrating but I dont really have a choice if I want to go back to uni.

Well off to a bbq with friends, should be fun, pity I still cant have a drink though.