Week 3

I went to the breastfeeding network (BFN) again when Logan was exactly 3 weeks old (I had gone when he was exactly 7 days old, but he slept all the way through so couldn't show the ladies how we managed breastfeeding) as I was still pretty sore and couldn't contemplate another 4 months of the same pain 3 or 4 times a day.

Again he slept all the way through, but I spoke with the ladies and they arranged for one of them to come and see me the next Saturday evening to help me out. Unfortunately we had guests for dinner that night, so it was a bit hectic with preparing dinner, guests arriving, the BFN lady coming and spending a good hour with me, trying to put Logan to sleep, I think we eventually ate at 9.30 pm that night! My husband was brilliant at keeping them entertained while I was upstairs with the BFN lady. Our guests were very understanding as they themselves have a little one who is now 15 months old. So new mums out there: don't plan having a dinner party until your baby has some sort of evening routine!!

The BFN lady's advice really helped. Well, not all of it. One of the things she said was to pretty much show him a boob every time he squirms. Well I did that the day after and was knackered by 5 pm! So the next day I took the decision of feeding Logan every 3 hours and not more often. It sort of works, but when he screams his head off because he's hungry and it's under 3 hours I do feed him. It's not like I've got a bottle to prepare and clean afterwards so it's not much hassle.

So since she came and helped me out, my nipples are not sore anymore (it took another 2 weeks mind!) and we both know what we're doing so I hardly ever try to put him in the right position now. And he's putting on weight and feeds pretty quickly so we must be doing it right!

On week 3 we also tried to set up a routine with him (it was way too early!). We wanted him to fall asleep on his own in his cot as opposed to on us. There's a technique where you put him down, let him scream for 5 minutes then go and talk to him to reassure him, then do the same again 10 minutes later, and 15 minutes later. The first time it took him 1 hour to fall asleep. Poor wee soul it was really heartbreaking. We didn't keep this up very long actually. We're now at week 8 and I can't remember what we did for him to sleep between then and 2 weeks ago.