Hmm. I was always planning on ebf for as long as it works, probably looking at about a year. DH certainly still thinks that way. But d has formula in the evenings now, and I'm starting to droop under the very frequent wakings - every single hour last night and the night before - and I wonder if more ff or hungry baby ff would help. DH dead against it though so won't do it without his agreement.
If I knew hunger was def the cause I would consider early weaning too, but then read around and couldn't find any real research that suggested it actually helped. Plus I don't feed dd every time she wakes, generally just 3 times, so it isn't necessarily hunger waking her anyway. I just wish it would stop! I know I shouldn't compare but even the youngest baby in our nct group, 5 weeks younger than dd, has started sleeping through and I'm beginning to wonder what I've done to deserve this.
My own feeling on weaning is that BLW is probably for us, but not in it's militant form of never feeding from a spoon, I disagree that all spoon feeding is force feeding!
I think it's sweet for thank you notes to be from dc. I felt a bit awkward writing them from us after she was born, like I was about 6 again! I do need to get on with them though. The invitations to dd's dedication service should come through today so I can post them along with the thankyous
Weather is awful today. I thought I might take dd down to clinic to be weighed and see whether the HV had anything vaguely sensible to say about sleep, but I don't fancy taking the buggy out in this weather, and I'm too tight to pay the £3 to park at the hospital for 20 mins!