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I had to take Pops for her first 'weigh in'. Unfortunately the nice friendly GP's who used to hold the baby clinic have stopped doing it now (it's apparently down to funding) and I had to drive to a clinic ages away, park the car on a meter and rush to be seen by 11.30am. Getting out of the house with a toddler and a newborn is a military mission - I have to be ultra organised - which I am not - and I have to remember two sets of nappies/wipes/muslins/juice/snacks and of course sanitary towels! The good news is that Pops has put on loads of weight - she's nearly ten pounds (I can't believe some women have to give birth to ten pound babies - not sure i'd fancy that!) It also means that breastfeeding is going well, although Pops still tends to cluster feed in the evening. This means she is basically feeding continuously all evening until I go to bed at around 11pm. I mentioned this to the health visitor who suggested that Pops could have a bit of colic and she might be feeding for comfort rather than hunger. Her advice was to properly wind Pops after every feed, for at least a minute. I've probably rushed winding her a bit because i've had to deal with The Bean, so now I'm going to take more time over Pops to see if this helps. It's a quiet moment as i'm typing this. Both my daughters are asleep. The health visitor asked if i was managing to get any rest in the day as this can help with my milk supply - i practically laughed in her face. It's very rare that they sleep at the same time and if they do i have mountains of washing to sort out... might just close my eyes and have a quick rest now though...Zzzzzzzz