hi everyone! Thought I would also come and join the troops over here in the "not getting much sleep" department.

Zac has been quite good for us. Neither of us have any idea what this is supposed to be like so when he has a 30 minute crying fest we sort of think he's sooky or theres something wrong but I've read thats quite normal and that things can be a whole lot worse. Reassuring. MIL was telling me about a friend of hers who had a baby boy who cried nearly 24/7 and she would go and walk with the baby while her friend slept. That really puts Zac's little sooks into perpective.

He's a great burper but sometimes has trouble getting the last bit out so he'll sook for a bit then get it up. Usually feeds 3-4 hourly which is nice because he's starting to find a routine. His necks so strong that if hes laid on someones shoulder hell pop his head up so he can see around - cheeky bugger. Makes burp time fun though coz he doesnt want to relax and put his head down he wont...stubborn like his father.

Megan, I've had the same problem with Zac wetting through his nappies and they're disposables too. At first I thought I was doing something wrong like not changing enough but if he goes down dry, sleeps for 3 hours and wakes up wet through, what more could you really have done? Not much. So I went with the nappy liners and they do absorb more (not as much leakage) but still some sometimes. I found that even after a three hour sleep the leakage was always just on the side he was sleeping on (makes sense) so i put his little willie slightly to the other side when I changed his nappy and this seems to have fixed the problems all round. There no leakage on the other side when he sleeps on that side or on his back or anything - so far so good. I found that when he would suprise me and wee while changing his nappy it always went to the left and thats the side where the leakage was so now his willie is to the right a little and we dont have any problems yet. Maybe his pressure was too much on one side and this has evened it out - I don't really know but there just some other things to try in addition to the extra nappy.

Sorry for going on so much - it's good to finally get in here and see what everyone else is going through. Nice to know you're not alone in what you're experiencing.

Hope you're all doing okay and getting some sleep. Funny how quickly we go from sending labour vibes to sleep vibes. One minute we all want it out, now we alll just want to get some sleep. But babies are so wonderful - it's worth it.

Cheers everyone.