Just a quick vent for now sorry ladies.

thrilled- I know exactly how you felt with your MIL. I have mine here at the moment and while she isn't quite as obvious as yours she still tries to grab Toby off me when he's crying. When she arrived at our place after DH picking her up from the airport she walked in to the lounge and I stood up to give her a hug and say hi and she proceeded to grab Toby and start cooing over him. Not even a 'hello' for me! Not a good start to her stay I've started feeding in my bedroom so she can't whip him away as soon as he's finished feeding. Honestly, the mother lion in me is very close to coming out and whooping her ass. How can these women, who have had children themselves, be so oblivious to the fact that mums need to comfort their baby when they're upset?

We're having a bit of a rough time at the moment. Although not a patch on you M2W, you poor thing. Toby is very unsettled after feeding, which is about 2 hrly. He hasn't slept for more than about 45 mins at a time during the day for days now. He'll drop off to sleep because he's exhausted but I'm pretty sure he's getting tummy pains that wake him and he can't get back off to sleep unless I'm holding him. And even then it's not for long. I'm not sure if it's just bad colic or something more. DD had reflux and an intolerance to the protein found in cows milk, and the screaming and wriggling and taking hours to get a poo through (although they are runny) can be a sign of this intolerance. I've decided to look in to taking Toby to a paed just to get him checked out. We left it way too long before we acted with DD and I'd rather be overly paranoid than have something overlooked that may be easily fixed ie. me going dairy-free or a prescribed formula. I ended up with PND after months of DD not sleeping and I'm so scared of this happening again. I've been a bit teary today and desperately hoping it's just sleep deprivation. It's so heart-breaking to see my wee guy so uncomfortable and in pain all the time

Do any of you know if Medicare will cover part of a consultation with a specialist? And will I need a referral from our GP? I'm an old hand at all of this in NZ but no clue here!

Sorry for the lack of response to everyone else. I'll be back when I have some time without a baby attached.