Ann - my boy was the same as urs (nose blocked, can't breathe, hard to latch bcos ve to breathe thru mouth), i thought he was sick too, but pd said its normal. so I guess he just ve too much mucus in his nose. I noticed when he vomit, quite alot of greenish phelgm or mucus came out too, so may be good thing to vomit to help clear the congestion. Now sometimes he's blocked sometimes no.
MVH - how many wks is ur baby? Its normal for breastfed babies to poo many times in a day. My 2 kids poo after every feed in the 1st mth. It will be lesser by the 3rd mth. My 2nd boy also abit abit (but only in the 1st 2wks), now getting more (qty). For the nappy rash now, desitin cream can help to treat the rash too (apart from prevention), so i usually apply more when there's a rash. also, try to use nappy cloth instead of diapers for now, bcos cloth allow for airing for the bum area, so can b less painful for ur baby.. can recover faster also. And r u using wet cottonballs to cleanup baby's bum or wet tissue? cottonballs is more gentle to the skin.
CL - EBM can only stay in room temperature for abt 2-4hrs. if u intent to keep longer, u need to refrigerate them either in freezer or normal fridge. When u want to use them (those in fridge or freezer) to feed ur baby, u can either use the warmer to warm up ur milk or use the traditional method of using hot water in cup and soak ur ebm bottle in it until its warm enuf to feed (but the warmer works superfast as compared to the cup). Also bear in mind, when u warm up the milk, u need to shake the bottle and test again whether is it really warm enuf (sometimes its only the bottle is warm up but not the milk yet). cold milk can cause tummy upset. "Just expressed milk" doesn't need any warming up bcos its of ur body temperature.
Nightfeeds:
if baby doesn't wake up, i think its ok, some babies actually sleep through the night (lucky parents!!). btw, i don't pump my milk at night, i latch on when baby wants,bcos i too lazy to go n get the milk fr fridge and ve to spend a few min to warm up the milk, with the baby crying so loud, makes me very tensed up so i rather just latch on and sleep with him (i bf using lying down position). when he is asleep for abt 20-30min, i put him back in his bed.
SAHM:
I stopped work since my #1 was 4mths old (abt 2yrs+ liao). Loved every moment of it bcos I get to see my boy grow up. every precious moment fr learning how to play with his pillows to taking his first crawl, step, word etc). My #1 is very attached to me, i even bf him for 28mths (bcos i am SAHM, it was easy to bf him for so long). BUt of course, i too miss the days when I can wear pretty clothes, high heels and the CASH! But i think if i go back to work, i will miss my kids even more than miss going back to work. However, i still go out once awhile to meetup with my friends. If hubby can babysit, i go out alone, if nobody helps, i bring baby along.