peach I had a really bad time feeding ds1, different to you in that he just wasn't strong enough to stay sucking. So we had this constant latch on, fall asleep thing. I used to strip him off, tickle him, all to no avail. In the end I just accepted he was Mr Little And Often, but it was very hard and I ended up feeding him (well with a boob in his mouth at least) nearly all day and night. If you can be a leeeetle more conscious of getting a feeding routine going I think that would be good, but I do think a lot of it is personality on the baby's part. Ds2 on the other hand - my God, what a greedy guts. I could never feed him enough and he had this awful way of grappling with my boobs when I tried to get him off!
Neither of my oldest would take a dummy, but ds3 loved his and it was a great comfort to him. He always liked the flattened ones like my poor battered nips rather than the cherry ones.
ibby that's just horrible, what a vile man but good for you for stepping up. You did the right thing, good on you.
fanny I can be a miserable old bag if I see antisocial behaviour, DH just cringes when he sees me wade in, but if I see someone dropping litter or being rude I'll step in. I was on a train recently and there were two girls with an iPod playing music really loudly and screeching in an irritating way. I just said "girls can you turn that off please, it's annoying" - they looked utterly shocked, but were as good as gold the rest of the journey. Three or four passengers mouthed thank you to me, but why did no one else say anything to them? And I absolutely will not tolerate a bully.
Rhet getting excited for you now my dear, keep obsessively checking wondering if things are underway, you can't leave the thread for a quick wee without us all speculating where you are!
Double shred today - shoulders are burning from level 2! 