Promise to try and read all the threads later.
The Good Stuff-
W now sleeps in his crib, and not on me - yay! And, he is asleep by 9 (at the latest)only waking once in the night (usually at 2.30) for a feed, which lasts for about 10mins, and goes straight back done til 6/7ish. Result! (think the swaddling blanket might have had something to do with it)
With the help of my mum, W will now take from a bottle. Did a "cold turkey" session last week. I took J out, left W with mum and ebm, and he took 4oz. The best bit was, there was no real stress on either side. Means that dh has been doing more night shifts on the weekend.
The Bad Stuff-
Fil was very badly beaten up on Saturday night on his way from his local 2 men jumped him on the way home, and beat him to a pulp. The pub is in the middle of a residential area, so someone must've heard what was happening and thankfully called the police. The police went back to the pub (after they took fil to hospital) to ask if anyone knew anything, and one of the blokes actually admitted there and then Apparently he has just taken a dislike to my fil (fil can be v sarcastic, but not nasty) and decided to do something about it. Crime is unheard of in the area they live, so its shocked a lot of the residents, esp as fil is well known, and pretty well liked.
BUT - the worse part, is that fil dad got attacked when he was in his 60s, 2 weeks later he died of a brain haemorrage(sp?) which had been caused by the attack. Fil is 61, so dh is really stressed atm.