Heya mummies! Long time since I posted in here, just realised there was a new thread, lol!

Nat- did the article say what they meant by 'ready', do they mean the baby should be able to sit unsupported before you sit them up? Coz I just bought a Bumbo today and it says that baby can be sat in it as soon as they can hold their head up, and that it actually promotes development...?

I really feel for all you ladies with sleep/nap issues - although I really cannot complain, I did get a taste of what it's like to have a crying unsettled baby at night. For 3 nights and days Blake kept waking and crying hysterically and was really clingy and hardly finishing any of his bottles. I thought I had lost my beautiful placid baby! But I took him to the Dr and turns out he had a sore throat, the poor bubba! As soon as we started on the antibiotics I had my sweet little smiley baby back - phew!!

I'm going to invest in an amber teething necklace when I go to the Pregnancy, Baby and Children's Expo next week. I know of 2 babies IRL that have these and noticed a definite improvement within a day!
Beata - you can get either a necklace or bracelet made of baltic amber beads, and when worn against the skin, the warmth releases a natural painkiller into the bloodstream. Have a google of amberbebe or allaboutamber

As for us, I am happy to say that all is going really well On Monday I decided to start putting Blake in his cot for sleeps - up until now he has just been sleeping in his rocker or my lap (i know, very very naughty!!) and his bassinet at nights. I didn't (and still don't) really have a 'plan of attack' i'm just putting him to sleep as i usually do - cuddling/patting/rocking with dummy in and blankie on his face - then placing him in the cot and creeping out the room with my fingers crossed, lol. During the day he's going a max of 1hr before he wakes n cries for me. At night he's sleeping from about 8:30 to 4:30 then i put him in bed with us till around 7. I probably should be re-settling him and putting him back in the cot, but at 4 in the morning i just can't be bothered, lol!

Does anybody else find that their bubs like to have a little blankie over their face to go to sleep? or is mine just odd? hahaha! It must block out any distractions for him or something, but as soon as i put it on his face *bang* eyes close and sleeping begins might be something to try if all else fails?