Hi everyone!
I disappeared again - we started sleep training (controlled crying, or "intermittent reassurance" as that Tanya Byron woman calls it!) on Friday and needless to say I'm even more shattered than before. It was DH's bloody idea and apart from the first night, he has been sod all help - apart from coming in when he thinks I'm not doing it properly and making executive decisions about what to do 
. The first two nights weren't as awful as I expected, and the 2nd night in fact he usually dropped off before I went in a second time (we were doing 2 mins, 4 mins, 6 mins etc).
3rd night when he woke at 1:30ish, it took until we'd reached a 14 min interval for him to calm down and go to sleep, which meant I'd been up for an hour and a half.
And last night he just went utterly beserk at 1:30 and wouldn't stop screaming at all (normally it comes in waves), so we calpoled him and DH decided to bring him into bed with us.
I just don't know if we are making the right decision by doing this, but I feel like we have to stick at it otherwise there is no point!
Sorry, whinge over...
larle excellent choice of pump 
hope it makes things a lot easier for you. I haven't pumped for ages, but DS starts nursery in a couple of weeks, and although I was intending for him to switch to cows milk during the day (he turns 1 on the 25th), I thought it might be better to send in some EBM with him so we can work up to switching. So the good old pump has been brought out of retirement!
I am a bit worried about the fact that DS should now (or at least soon) be getting most of his nutrition from food - we are still a bit hit and miss on how much he will eat and I am useless and disorganised. I'll still be bfing morning and evening so at least I know he has that to fall back on, as it were.
Sounds like a lovely day MrsN and you sound very relaxed, that's great 
Right, when the next thread starts, I'm going to make a conscientious effort to stay more catched up (bad English, but you know what I mean 
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