Hi girls. :smt039 What a weird day it is today in Sidoneey. Perfect blue skies one minute and torrential rain the next. I am desperate to pop out for a walk with Gussyboy in a sling (am feeling a bit cabin feverish and the sling stops his crying) but dare not risk it at the moment. Even with an umbrella we'd get soaked. Hopefully the afternoon will settle into sunshine so we can head out for a little bit.

Well my sweet lil boy still seems to be a screamy one. If anyone has any magic colic/reflux remedies, I'd love to hear them. So far we've tried Zantac, Infacol and Brauers Colic remedy all without success. Gus screams from about 9pm each night and stops about 5am the next morning. He barely gets more than 20 mins sleep in between feeds overnight. Then during the day he screams for at least an hour out of every three hours most feeds. His doc thinks the initial cause of the screaming is colic/reflux but escalates into a temporary hernia when he strains. Gussyboy was born at the time when lil boys testis are still descending down a passage and due to his prematurity the passage didn't close off (called a hydrocele (sp?)). So when he gets colic/reflux pain he strains and pushes his bowel into this passage and it gets trapped causing a temporary hernia. Apparently this is particularly painful. This problem can be corrected with an operation, however he's still to weak to handle general anaesthetic. So whilever his bowel can pop back out by itself, he has to live with this problem for another 3-6 months. Aghhhh tis very exhausting. Wish I knew how I could comfort and settle him better. I feel that if we could get the colic/reflux under control then that would stop the cycle that causes him to strain and push his bowel into the passage. We're having our 2nd Tresillian day-stay on Thursday. Hopefully that will shed some light on things I can do differently.

I think I managed about 20mins sleep total last night. Have spent this morning trying to nap in between his cries. He wakes himself to feed every three hours on the dot (how does he know what time it is?!) so there's not a lot of time in between. We're still needing to give him EBM bottle top ups after breastfeeding 'cause his sucking sux (!!) so the whole feed and colic crying process seems to fill at least 2 of the 3 hours. No time to get anything done. Don't know how I'd manage if there were other kiddies to be looked after!

Kristie - Great news about the dummy helping. What sort did you get? We've been offering a couple of different brands to Gus - but so far he's not the least bit interested unless he's hungry.
What's the name of the settling video you've been watching?
Bummer about your pram not fitting into your boot. Can you take the wheels off?
Good luck with work this afternoon. You're a wonder! Can your DH cook for you or can you get takeaway for dinner tonight? You'll no doubt be extra tired this evening.

Linda - Congrats on having a better night last night. Maybe Emma's lil growth spurt has taken place and she's now settling into her new hunger levels a bit better. Long may it continue! Tis amazing how desperate we can be for a little more sleep these days and how grateful we are if it comes off! Great to hear you are getting out in the pram. Bring on those natural exercise endorphins!

Bonnie - Hope you're pain is just everything settling back into place and that you are feeling much better soon! Keep us posted.
Re nappies, we're using Huggies to. I'm really happy with them so far.

Kazzy - great to hear things are going so well. Lovely mental image of you, Eden, your DH and Brandon. Don't you wish you could capture those moments on video?!

Nikki - How are you feeling today? Did your GP have anything useful to suggest for how to help speed up the healing process with your scar?
BTW, what sort of dummy are you using with Chantelle?

Tracey - Thanks for popping in to say hi. We hope you're here to join us really soon to. Sending lots of LV to you!

Agghhh I really must try to post little bits more often - 'cause this post has turned into a mammoth one! What a motor mouth! 8-[