I am so sad - I'm really excited to know someone who nearly lives in LlanfairPG as the idea of the longest-name-in-the-world entranced me as a child!
Responding to a few recent things but probably far too late now!
The main sling I use is a woven wrap, once she grew out of the Moby. I love it, it's really secure and will be fine till she's quite a bit bigger, though a slight faff to tie you quickly get used to it. I have a Merry Carry in tiger eye brown which I love but I think they might have been discontinued, but am big fan of woven wraps in general esp. for anyone wishing they could still use a Moby. Have an Ergo too, but won't use that till I absolutely have to as I am confused by it! Got it for ds at 1 year and then got too pregnant to use it much. And I do wear a babywearing coat, but it's a Kindercoat - not v. stylish, like a walking jacket covered in zips with a big zip across the back, but it does mean I can zip her in the front and protect her from our Lancaster driving rain!!
I spent a fortune on different thermometers and could never get any of the ear ones to work, we now use a cheap digital under the arm one occasionally just to check, but my rule of thumb is to undress and give Calpol if they're hot and floppy, you can pretty much tell if they're uncomfortable with a fever.
C up every 1.5 hours last night - but I fed her in a chair rather than in bed to make the waking less rewarding for her. Also because dp has had a d+v bug and I didn't want her in bed with him to pass it on. She went back into her cot much more readily and fed much less than usual. I'm going to try keeping that up for a few days and see if it puts her off bothering to wake up - will require a will of iron on my part though not to snuggle into a nice warm bed with her!