thanks for all your advice ladies. Happily I can report that Harris went to bed at 10, slept til 2! and again till 6! wow i feel so much better, who knew two 3 hour sleeps would be so rejeuvenating? i'm none the wiser as to what the last 24 hours before that were about though. maybe just a hungry grumpy day.
He is a very windy character though. I'm giving him infacol, and it has improved a bit, but he still looks uncomfortable all the time, like a little frog with his legs up to his chest and grunting and gurning. i'm drinking peppermint tea too and avoiding windy foods. Weird thing is though since i've had him i've had constant wing too, like never before in my life. I haven't changed my diet so i don't know what to think really.
Co sleeping eh? well harris sleeps in his amby hammock next to the bed, so he's within an arm's reach anyway, and when he wakes in the night i can bring him into bed and feed him lying down without rising. i just don't think i could sleep though if he was in bed with us, he grunts and wriggles all night and i'd also be scared of hurting him. He won't sleep on my chest either, really struggles to get comfy on me. i'm thinking my boobs get in the way.
and dummies, cooor well another can of worms.... everyone keeps suggesting one but i'm trying to wait till six weeks. I want to start trying expressing milk this week and then try him on a bottle when hes 5 weeks. thought maybe a dummy too would be too much confusion in the sucking stakes. but it's undeniable he's big on hand sucking, loves my little finger and has almost found his thumb on several occassions now. Och I dunno.
All abit of a minefield innit? too much conflicting advice! it's like being pregnant again. Atleast his bums fine now and his gunky eye is clearing up.