yay for the big sleep Emma!! And congrats to Kelpa, I must have missed that one! I dont tend to let Drew cry, mainly because if he does its usually at night before going down to bed and the other 2 are usually asleep.  We have got into a routine of rocking and or cuddling him to sleep, I dont mind though cause hes my last bubba so Im enjoying it while it lasts!!

susieq wrote: I think you are doing so well Emma and without Willie too

Did I miss something......where is Willie??

By the sounds of it with her squawking on and off and then quiet for 10-15mins isnt a real rying episode and she is probably testing you eg, squawk a bit them wait and listen to see if you come then if not try it again lol, babies are so intelligent even at this age.

I never let any of my babies cry too much as this age and it was a big mistake then, they never learnt to self settle or be content to be awake and not held or at the boob.

I say you are onto a winner with what you are doing and you know her and her feeding so well that you know what works and what doesnt.

Fantastic job!!

Wow Maya, sounds like you're doing really well with your routine ... that's something I wish I'd instigated from week 1, and will with #2 for sure. Glad to hear Chiara was much happier for her last feed.

If you do have thrush chances are she does too as apparently it can be passed on via BM, even when expressed and fed via bottle (advice from lactation consultant, had received diff advice from my MW and when I phoned Healthline about it they didn't know the answer, so I tried to take a precautionary approach and believe the lactation consultant!). Ouch, not nice for either of you, and so hard to get rid of too . Does she have any white patches in her mouth or have nappy rash?

I agree about using a dummy - at the time it seems like such a good idea, but months later you're left wondering if you'll ever have uninterrupted sleep ever again!

I'm too much of a softie and couldn't let Jimmy cry for very long at that age. We started using a dummy at 4 weeks old, as he ended up being bottle fed and I think he just wanted to suck - not necessarily eat.

We had many issues teaching Jimmy to settle and sleep, and I ended up reading the Baby Whisperer books by Tracy Hogg. She suggests cluster feeding in the late afternoon/early evening (ie every 2 hrs or so) to tank them up for the night ahead - perhaps that's what Chiara's asking for? Did you have a really tiring day and perhaps your milk supply was lower this evening? Our lactation consultant suggested trying to eat the main meal at midday instead of evening, as it helps your body make more BM in the evenings - great in theory right . Hope you can get her to settle soon.

Not when he was little.....a little now though!  Actually I am a big softie and I will only let him "complain cry"  if he is really upset I alwyas go to him and give him a cuddle.

When he was a newborn I figured it was such little time out of my life to comfort a wee guy who didnt know any better than what felt good and what didnt...and he wanted his mummy.  I now have a pretty independent little fella who happily settled into daycare (couldnt care less whether mummy is there or not) and who mostly goes off to sleep without a hassle....unless he is exerting his nearly-a-toddler-ness.

Yep and he is crying at the moment.