Morning brookers
Hope everyone is ok and had at least some sleep last night?
Pomme how is little A doing now? Has the oxy-whatsit stuff done anything? In glad that at least the HCPs are listening to you. Really really brooking that there been some improvement.
Scream - hope A agreed to try out her basket for at least some of the time last night. Tell you what, Fishcake has just made a great big lightbulb go on for me about GF! I could never understand how the babies were just supposed to settle off to sleep on demand at the appropriate time! I never figured that in fact you would be leaving them to cry!
We never did GF, but we did try it for maybe 1 morning. When DH was going back to work after ds1, I was absolutely freaking out about how I could possibly get through a day on my own. I just didn't know what to do 
. (I realise now of course that all I had to do was feed him, change him and if possible feed myself too - anything else was a bonus 
). So the day before he went back we decided to try GF thinking that this would help me get through the day iyswim? We tried it for a morning and gave up before lunchtime when I was in tears because it was all too hard with this expressing malarky (I hate expressing) and getting him to sleep on demand. We didn't do the 'putting to sleep in a dark room' that she decrees suggests as it went against the sleeping in the same room SIDS advice but did try everything else (for that few hours).
I actually thought that maybe if I'd done GF from day zero that maybe he would have even sleeping on demand and self settling. I realise now of course that this wouldn't have been the case. But I NEVER thought that she was suggesting leaving ten. It makes a lot of sense though that that was what she meant. I can remember moaning to DH though saying 'well how am I supposed to just 'put him down for a nap' and then crack on with all the things she suggests?'. And I say this as someone who has two boys who have both been quite good at self settling as it turns out, but no way they would have done it at a few weeks old.
The other thing I couldn't figure out was how to fit in my social engagements - nowhere did she have a daily slot for meeting friends for tea and cake . I felt it would all be a bit restrictive. I only know one friend who did it and she swore by it. That was why I bought the books because I thought 'I like routine, that sounds ideal'. No doubt it works for some people / babies though and ultimately we're all trying to get calm babies that sleep and feed nicely so whatever works I guess 
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On the back of that though Scream I can confirm that she doesn't include details for cc or anything like it. If I recall correctly it just said something along the lines of 'put baby down for a nap in their room in the cot with the curtains drawn for x amount of time. Meanwhile you should wash bottles / express / whatever' oddly she never suggested you drink yea, watch tv and eat biscuits while they're asleep. Which was mainly what I did .
Dream how are those wee boys of yours? Any improvement? I have to confess I still get confused with which twin has the bad reflux etc 
. Is it worth trying a stronger medicine if the Gaviscon isn't working?
Fishcake how's it going getting out and about to toddler groups etc? Any joy? I've discovered our children's centre this week - it's amazing and free and I've met loads of parents there this week alone! Do you have anything like that locally?
Hawthers has F been repeating his sleeping through amazingness? Hope so.
DS2 has this week started to sleep from 7:30-8:00 ish when he goes to bed until 7am ish