Babies Born May 2006 #40

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There are many issues that you will encounter as a new parent. We have put together this list of useful articles and threads in order to assist you with some common questions or issues you may have, and to provide you with bit of extra support that we all need as new parents:

Feeding Support:

Breastfeeding General Chatter
Breastfeeding FAQ's
Is My Baby Hungry?
Bottlefeeding FAQ's and Useful Information
Is Feeding Your Baby Taking Too Much Time?
Bottlefeeding General Chatter
Feeding Your Baby
Lactose Intolerance
Starting Solids/Homemade Baby Food
Starting Solids - When Is My Baby Ready?
Starting Solids General Chatter

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Comforted Sleeping & Sleep Issues Forum
Comforting Tools to Aid Restful Sleep
Babies & Sleep
Controlled Crying/Comforting/Sleep Training
The Con of Controlled Crying
The Crying Game
15 Ways To Help Your Baby Sleep

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Baby Massage
Cuddle Me Mum
Infant-led Feeding & Weaning
Baby Wearing
Recommended Reading List

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We are funny chappy's 2nite aren't we all!!!!!! :pray::pray::pray:

Hi girls,

Just wondering as i obvioulsy have'nt paid enough attention...but where has Kim moved too??? What are the circumstances there?? I know it was for a job. I think!!!

sara - Poor Briley, aren't teeth the nastiest things, Archie had had one side of his first molar through yesterday and today it has gone back in, that has happened with nearly all his teeth so far, takes a couple of weeks of pain to get them through for good, must be awful. Sounds like Briley is at the same stage as Archie all of the sudden last week he came out with all the correct animal noises and heaps of different body parts and stuff, they are getting so smart and grown up! I can't remember exactly where Kim has moved, maybe it ws Griffith????? Probably way off, i know it was 600k's from where she was, i hope its all going okay for her and Darcy. they moved i think for DH's job and im sure Kim got a transfer there too, hope she's managed to get upthe duff again!

DH took the night off work last night and we had such a beautiful relaxing family day today just the 3 of us. Archie has all his teeth on the move atm i think, not getting a hell of a lot of sleep night or day unfortunately, not too bad though. he had one side of his first molar through yesterday but its gone back in now of course, tonight i looked and he had a HUGE lump where i guess a molar is trying to break through on the bottom gum, he just keeps sooking and showing me where his teeth hurt, wish i could make it stop hurting. i reckon chances of us going to my family reunion in a few weeks are looking slim especially if Arch is teething then.

We should have our new car (not new new) very soon just have to organise a time to pick it up from Dh's cousin, woohoo freedom!

My poor youngest sister (15years old) is getting braces on in 3 weeks (she's actually looking forward to them though cause she wants nice teeth) but before that she has to have 2 teeth pulled and 2 fillings put in. Mum is working during all the appointemnts so its big sis to the rescue, Arch and i will be taking her to her dentist appointemnts next week and when she gets the braces. i can remember all too well the pain i was in the first night i got my braces put on, not nice at all.

the weather here today went from and rainy this morning to quite warm this afternoon, wind must have swung around to the north, so Arch is wearing summer pjs for the first ever time, he looked so grown up in his muscle top and boxers, he was very impressed with the feel of the boxer shorts he he.

Yeah I am pretty sure it was Griffith. Hope you come back online again soon Kim.

Gosh we are all having molar problems hey. Lachlan is the same, last week with his high temps for 3 nights and 2 days both molars on the bottom left and right were swollen to buggery and it even appeared like one broke through the surface but then a few days later it was gone again, but just tonight I can feel it sharp again but the other side is still a huge lump, but no more temps thank god. So yes Sara, I do believe they come up and down up and down for a while. Actually I just realised that Lachlan already has a top molar on left and right. Ooops I didn't realise it was a molar till a friend and I were sussing it out the other day. And he always has issues with his teeth, but I must say these molars have given him alot of grief, I wonder what the difference is.

As for saying animal sounds, lachlan wouldn't have a clue, the only think he says is bark when a puppy barks. Gosh your kiddies are so smart.

Yay for the car Elissa. We are atm thinking about getting a hyundai sante fe on a lease arrangement. Our car is good, but it is getting a few miles on the clock and a few little things are going wrong so it might be best to get a newy!

Glad you guys had a nice family nite last night. I can imagine the disspointement of your hubby right now, but atleast he has his family.

We have had shockingly hot weather here, 33-35 degrees already, with storms. The lightning last night was amazing. I am sooo not looking forward to this summer. And our a/c is on the blink. We only purchased it in Feb this year when we got here! Only thing is the nearest agent to fix it under warranty is being a pain. I rang them 3 weeks ago now and still no-one has come to fix it. Makes me furious, cause I keep ringing and leaving messages (about 3 times now) and have spoken to the receptionist 3 times, asking if someone could ring me and give me an idea when it is likely someone will come and nope haven't had one phone call back. Rude, rude, rude. If it wasn't so big and heavy I would take it to the next town - Emerald (an hour away), just because I hate dealing with people like this and they don't deserve my business. Guess thems are the breaks for living in the Country - GOSH IT SUX!

Alrighty girls this is my signing off post!

I have no time for personals (surprise, surprise!) but I wanted to let you know that I'll be offline as of tomorrow. Fingers crossed they have the new connection set up real fast!! It is meant to be anytime from Friday so with any luck I won't have to wait long!

Wish me luck girls. I am not a fan of moving lol. Though I can't wait to get into the new place!

Don't miss me too much!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Oh we will miss you terribly Nat.

GL with the move and can't wait till you are back online. Mwah.

Forgot to tell everyone we are off to swimming lessons for the first time this season, can't wait to see how Lachlan goes in the water this time, he will be so much more responsive this time! He loved it before, but they are so knowing now and I guess I will know straight away if he likes it or not!

Morning girls,

Nat - We will miss you! Hope everything goes well with the move hun. I know how moving is and am i so glad i don't have to do it for a long time. Possibly never! Looking forward to your return!

Sheree - Good luck at swimming lessons! Now that you mentioned swimming,i am thinking about going swimming myself today. Its been very hot up here lately. No doubt the one day i want to go swimming it will be overcast in town! Hope Lachie has fun! On the A/C probs....just take it back to the store you purchased it from. Have you still got your reciept??? If you do you can ask for either a refund or an exchange. I used to work at Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) so i know bit about that sort of thing.

Elissa - Well its sounds as though you all had a lovely day yesterday. They days are nice are'nt they. Poor Archie with his teeth. Briley does'nt have any problems with the teeth affecting her sleep though. I think she sleeps through then pain cause sometimes when she wakes up she carries on like her gums are hurting. Panadol has worked a treat here. She wont let me near her gums to put Bonjella on. I have to fight her! Your a good big sister then! Good luck to your sister.

Well its thursday today (pay day ;)) so we are going to do a few things in town. Maybe even swimming. See how i go. Not much else but. Just groceries. YAY! (not!!).

Hope you all have a great day!

sheree - gosh im glad we dont live where you are, we are shocking with the heat, cant handle it when it gets above 30! Bummer about the air con, strange that it would break down so soon, i hope it gets fixed very soon, you dont want temps like that without the air con! I dont mind the santa fe's they look pretty smart, our car is over the 200 000 k's now so we are thinking about getting a newer one in the next 12 months or so, dont like the idea of getting a loan though, hate having debt, as im sure we all do. I reckon we'll probably get a fairmont or berlina or something like that, i'd like a camry but J's not so keen cause that is what his Dad drives and he has HUGE issues with his Dad, oh well anything that isn't a V8 will be a big improvement on the budget! Hope Lachlan enjoys the swimming lessons! I should probably look inot taking Archie this summer...he hasn't been before, i hate water....(and bathers!)

nat - GL moving, look forward to hearing from you soon, hope the connection is up fast!


sara - im glad Briley's sleep doesn't get affected by the teeth, Archie is quite good to once he manages to get himself to sleep, he does the same as Briley wakes up and cries in pain, but Panadol works well here too. have fun shopping.

I cannot believe it, i am so excited and proud, my baby boy is asleep in a big bed!!!!!!! He is sleeping on an old foam matress onthe floor atm, went and priced a bed for him today but when we got home form the street i thought, bugger it, i'll try him out on the matress. He didn't like the pillow, he came out of the bedroom once but was happy to go back up to bed and he went to sleep much quicker than he would in the cot.....i bet tonight wont be so easy though! i can't wait to start buying cool quilt covers and sheets! ATM he is using my single mink blanket, it had Buzz Lightyear on it so he was pretty keen on it. i am a bit concerned about him being ablet o play with heater/fan/nightlight/power point. Im thinking he'll probably just play with the switches on the heater/fan for a few nights then he'll get over it.

How many others are in beds now?? Do you use a side rail? Have they fallen out?

We're not in a bed yet over here. I thini Katy would destroy her room!!! Not to mention walk to the pantry for a midnight snack! I'll keep her in the cot for as long as possible! Her cot turns into a toddler bed so we'll try that out first!

Not much going on over here. Work work work before a few days off to go and see Mark's mum down south.

Best be off.

leanne - yeah i thought id leave Archie in his cot as long as possible for the same reasons, but he was in a portacot and fast running out of room. Are you looking forward to the trip to see Marks mum?

So far so good, he was so extremely tired after a few days of teething, couple that with a new bed and he ended up beside himself sobbing tonight at bed time, but it didn't take much to settle him down for sleep, i just got im all excited by his new doona cover that has "Twinkle stars' on it, worked like a charm. Wonder how many times ill be up with him during the night though....

Just spoke to my Auntie who has organised the family reunion in a few weeks time, she gave me the website of the place we'll be staying, it looks fantastic and im really excited to go now! it is only about 3 hours drive which is good too.

Council sent us a letter today saying that due to their property being bigger than a hectare they dont have to contribute to the new fence....well wasn't that the straw that broke DH's back!!!! Everything culminated this aftenoon and DH was one big bundle of stress anger and frustration. He did the right thing thoughby going out by himself for an hour to calm down, he is nice and happy and calm again now...poor guy.

elissa ~ my Dh ( he works for our local mob ) just said for you to have a look at the SA fencing act to see what is the state law or council fencing laws or try the deviding fences act for SA

Morning all
busy busy today our 15 year school reunion is tomorrow night so i'll be MIA over the weekend so much to do yet and so little time it should be a good night though we have found 85% of our graduating class just hope most of them are still coming

Gosh you just made me realise it has been 15 years since I left school too Shazz, OMG now I feel old hehe. Hope you have a lovely time. We didn't even have a 10year union everyone was too slack to organise one.

Sorry everyone no time for personals, will go back and read later.

We had 2 storms last night. The first one we had a power outage for 2 hours. Now that was fun with a toddler. It was from 6pm to 8pm. I feel sorry for the people across the road with 3 kids and their 2 year old was crying the whole time.

Have a good day everyone, we have just been swimming again for the 2nd time. The temp of the water was so cold, below 20degrees, that Lachlan not only had the shivering mouth as he always does but also had the whole of body shakes. I had to take him out yesterday I was worried I would terrify him of the water. I haven't found him to be as good in the water this time round, keeps monkey gripping me around the neck, won't let go and cries sometimes. Today he was a bit better, hopefully each lesson he improves.

shazz - thanks for the advice, we checked it out, rang consumer affairs then called the ombudsman and a Bill was passed that states that if the council property is greater than 1 hectare they are exempt from the fencing act, the reason we are pset about it is cause the soil is extreley hard like cement so to dig holes for the fecne posts is gonna cost a fair bit of money to get a machine to dig the holes for us.....thanks again to you and your DH.

sheree - Gosh that water must have been so cold! bummer about the power outages, we had one a couple of weeks ago that went for most of the day, come back on for night time thank goodness, hope you dont get any more for a while.

i am so tired, i think its mainly cause of the hayfever tablet i took this morning. Archie did really well in his big bed lat night, only had to go inot him once cause he got disorientated and banged his head on the wall, but he went straight back to sleep, he was up at 5:30 though which didnt excite me too much. Putting him down for his day sleep today has been tiring, i think he came out of the bedroom at least 40 times, i ended up shutting his door, he had a bit of a cry and went to sleep, magic! Mum is picking him up when he wakes up and taking him to her friends farm for the afternoon to see all the animals. I am very grateful as i think DH needs some one on one time after the stressful week he has had.

Hope everyone has a relaxing weekend planned

Hey there girlies! Thanks for thinking of me. having enormous probs with internet and finally have some dial up. I have read most of the posts but it's taking soooo long to get anywhere.
Elissa YAY Archie!!!! Buggar about your fence though. Darcy doesn't usually get up once she's gone down. and if she does, it's not to play it's to find me.

Sheree, I'm worried about Darcy this year too, but will get onto swimming lessons shortly.

Leanne that was a gorgoeous pic of Katy!!

Good luck Nat

:hello: Shazz

Sara you're better than me - you know my track record with teeth - Darcy got 11 in a fornight and I had not a clue! :dunno:

I have had the crappest week. We packed Tues/Wed. Travelled Thurs, moved in Fri, Cam left Sat, Mum left Sund.
Darcy gor gastro from daycare on Sat, mummy got it (and still has it) Monday night. I had to go home sick on my first day!!! I slept 6 hours when I got home though.
The new station is unfriendly and unhelpful and very very strick on rank and protocol (not like a city station at all). I have an enormous job with no training in it and no one to tell me what to do - they just left me one big mess.
When Darcy isn't at day care she's either screaming or being carried by me. She won't sleep on her own (understandable but no less frustrating) and she won't eat. I can't eat and sleep due to the gastro.
I've have to unpack most stuff by myself and today the washing machine packed it in.......I am feeling very sorry for myself. Sorry - I have no-one here that I know or can ring. My poor mum is beside herself and Cam's new job is full of things we wish they'd told him before he applied. He's going to a community 4 hours out of Alcie Springs that's never been policed before with an officer from Qld he's never even met......Koori law is still very strong and contradictory to state law (of course)...far out. I just want to go home......oh and there's no communications home and no trip half way so I won't see him until February.
Thanks if you got this far.....

OMG Kim that is absolutely terrible. I wish there was something I could do to help. Big hugs and kisses to you. Hope everything sorts out for you, sooner rather then later.:pray:

THanks hun. Just needed to let it out.

Heya Nat - when you get back on - the last thread link is for August not September. :)

Kim- you poor thing! I wish we could pop down and see you, you sound so lonely. Does that mean Cam will be away for Christmas too??? Huge hugs to you hun, I know what its like to move far away from your family.

Oh Kim huge hugs to you hun you certainly sound lonely i'll email you my # so if you ever want to chat

kim - oh i wish i could give you a big hug, you poor thing what a rotten start to your new life. i hope youa re starting to recover from the gastro, could anything go wrong for you??? Lets hope that is the end of your run of badluck for a long time. I hope Darcy settles in okay soon. So you don't see Cam at all til Feb, is that right? It mut be really hard for you to at the moment, lucky you are a very strong woman and a wonderful mum for Darcy, an all girl household for a while, i can't imagine what that would be like!

Arch has gone down really well tonight, he came out 3 times and on the third time i told him i have to shut the door now and he didn't argue, just went straight to sleep. i got a couple of hours sleep this arvo when mum took Archie it was wonderful! DH is out in the shed with my sisters boyfriend having beers, i am on the net eating chocolate....

Thanks Shazz and Christine. Yeah I guess I am lonley. Darcy's just awful atm and I'm just so tired. Guess it's good I'm not utd.

Thanks too Elissa. Guess I should be greatful for what i have got though. Nope no Cam until 10th February. No christmas, no nothing....also means not much of the ILs though.....

Good job Archie! amazing how well they understand now. Darcy was told to sit on her bed until she stopped screaming today - and she did. SHe can also mange green and red atm - that's what we learned today lol.

Hey Kim, did you know that Cameron had to work away from you guys and that far with no communication or has that only just been sprung on you????

Yep we knew it would be that far, but the no comms thing is a new development. They were promised all this technology and surprise surprise none has materialised.

We're having a better day today. The screaming hasn't been constant. We planted some vegies this morning, and Darcy was actually a great help. Then she put all the weeds in the bucket as I pulled them out.

Glad you are having a better day Kim. Been thinking of you.

after noon all well i'm getting to go to my reunion and i have actually got nervous WTF oh well repeating to myself - i love my life it is good it is good it is good i maybe fat but i'm happy it is good lol there is a bottle of scotch with my name on it i think be back tomorrow wish me luck

GL Shazz, who cares what people think eh? Just have a fun night, let your hair out.

Oooh SHazz, hope you did end up having a great night!!!

Hi all it was great i had a great time catching up with everyone who came bit tired today and no hangover woot

Glad you had a good time Shazz and Yay to no hang over!!! Now that is awesome.....

Evening ladies,

I've been so busy lately! Trying to focus on my Doula course at the moment and have'nt had much time to come on here. I do pop in and check on everyone though.

Had a big day today! Briley got her first BIG bed!!!!! I am going to pick it up tomorrow! It dark wood with engravings. Beautiful!

Will come back in the morning to do personals. We are all good!

Hope you are all well.

Ni night!

kim - good on you for concentrating on the positives! Wow at Darcy sitting on the bed til she stopped screaming, i really forget ho grown up they are now, i still treat him like he's 12 months old a lot of te time. I told him this morning that if he wanted his dumies he had to go to bed, so he did! i couldn't quite understand what you were trying to say about red and green...do you mean Darcy can tell the difference between red and green?! LOl at not having to see the IL's! Glad Darcy was feeling a bit happier for you, what a great little gardener.

shazz - good on you for going to the reunion even though you were a bit worried about it, i a really happy that you enjoyed yourself!

sara - Yay for Briley's big bed!! Its so exciting isn't it. Archie has had his for less than a week and he has grown up so much already since sleeping in it, he thinks he's so grown up. Hope Briley loves her ne bed and doesn't have too many issues adjusting to the change.

We have had a full on weekend. We picked up our 'new' old bomb for DH to use for work and then Saturday we bought a new car for me and Arch (providing we can get the finance for it, find out tomorrow, should be fine) It is a blue 2004 BA Ford Futura, i picked it out, its the first car i have ever had a say in so im pretty pleased, we are sad to part with our current car but she's getting on in age and km's.

Archie has grown up so much in every way, i can hardly believe it! he is doing really well in his big bed, though the 5:30am mornings really got to me and i had a bit of a 'breakdown' sat night i was just so tired. Arch came into our room this orning so i put him in our bed and played with him, then realised it was only 3:30am! i put him back to bed and shut his door and he slept til 7:00 thank goodness for that i wasnt handling those early mornings at all!

We had roasted vege quiche with caesar saladlast night and Archie ate 2 big plates full!! i didn't think he'd touch the salad so that was a nice surprise.

Hope everyone enjoyed thier weekends

Hi all wow it is quite in here
Ryan is majorly teeething atm and is one unhappy chappy he temp is spiking and nuerofen is not doing so much so it is pain stop tonight with polarimine poor little thing

shazz - poor Ryan, lucky for painstop with polarmine(doe the polarmine knock em out? i haven't used pain stop before, sounds like good stuff though!) hope he sleeps okay tonight. i reckon Archie is teething again as well he has been really irritable and frustrated today, thanks goodness he is asleep atm!

We picked up our new car today, we feel very special to have such a new car, Archie isn't keen on it though as it is a bit smaller than the Fairlane so he cant see past the passenger seat adn through the front window, will move the anchor bolt to the middle seat tomorrow that should cheer him up.

5am start this morning......glorious NOT!!! bring on Winter again for the dark mornings.

Sorry ladies I am in a horrible place atm with my emotions and I just can't seem to get a grip lately. I hate feeling like this, so I am hoping to try to get ontop of things real soon. Just taking a break from the internet atm, as I don't have the time or energy to read or being of any use to anyone. So sorry. I love you all.

sheree - oh i am so sorry you are feeling the way you are, i wish i could help you to feel better, shame its not so easy. i will be thinking of you and please email me if you like. i am sending truck loads of hugs for you, just remind youself please that you are a wonderful, smart, loving woman and a fantastic mum to your perfect little boy lachlan. Try to go easy on yourself sheree.

i have caved in and put Arch back in his cot tonight, can't stand locking him in his room to get him to sleep, feel really cruel but if i dont shut the door on him he constantly comes out and it turns into a game for him. Do you think he can sleep in the cot forever??? Fingers crossed he will sleep better, i transferred him from the bed to the cot after he fell asleep though so he'll probably wake up wondering where the heck he is! Sometimes being the mum is a hard confusing job!

Morning girls,

Thought i better get by bum into gear and do personals!

Sheree - I'm so sorry your feeling to great at the moment. Just take your time and come back when you are ready. We will all be waiting here for you when you come back. Lots of hugs and kisses to you and lachie.

Elissa - Briley went to sleep and stayed asleep in her big bed all night lastnight! I also changed rooms cause the other room was where the sun rose. So the new room in darker. She is still asleep now!! I had a lovely sleep-in till 7.30am. The first night though she kept coming out of the bed and i ended up putting her back in the cot to fall asleep then Brent transferred her to the cot later on. She would've slept in yesterday too but the geese escaped and were right outside her window making heaps of noise! Damn things! I had to do the transferring thing for the day sleep too. She rolled into the wall and woke herself up after an hour of sleeping and did'nt go back to sleep!! Grrrrr.

Kim - Oh you poor darlings. It all sounds quite dodgy does'nt it. So you have moved further down south yet Cam is going to Qld??? Is that right??? Thats a bit silly. If i lived closer i would come and see you and Darcy. It all takes time honey. At least you will ALWAYS have us! Darcy is probably just spinnning out on everything that is going on. Baby's tend to adjust pretty well though. Will you go back home for Chrissy??? Keep you chin up hun.

Shazz - Great to hear you had a good time the other night. And no hang over! You did well. Was it good to see everyone??? Did everyone look the same??? I can't believe its been almost 7 years since i left school!!! Time just flies does'nt it. How are you going with the Doula course??? I am starting to fly through it now. I am setting aside ANY free time i have during the day to do a bit on it. I am only on Module 1 still but i will probably buy the 2'nd on this week. I can't wait to go to a birth that is'nt my own!! I am meeting with a lady named Phillipa on the 31'st of October. She runs a business called Birth Buddies here in Townsville and i think they'd rather have me work along side them rather than in competition with IYKWIM! See how we go!

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well.

Its been rather quiet in here lately has'nt it!

OK now for us...

We are all doing ok. Briley and Colby have caught the flu of my sister though. Briley is coughing and spluttering and is all snotty nosed. Just in time for the pre-appointment for the eye op tomorrow quite conveniently!!! I have been pumping the medicine into her and even brought a liquid multi-vitamin for her. Seems to be helping though. We had chicken soup lastnight.

Briley has just crawled out of bed and its 8.13am!! First thing she says to me is "daddy work!". Daddys girl!!! She is going so well with her speech. She is starting to put words together. Only really 2 words at the moment though. She came up to me yesterday and asked for peas and corn!!! And yesterday while i was moving things from her old room to the new one she was playing around me. She was looking at me saying something but i was'nt really paying attention until i realised what she was saying. One of her toy fish was stuck under a draw on the bed ( i was transferring clothes into the new drawes) and she was trying to pull it out. She was saying to me "Pish stuck, pish stuck!" LOL! She says the same when she gets her fingers caught. So funny.

Yeah so we are off to her pre-op appointment tomorrow at 1.30pm. Then her op date is the 23'rd. She seem to be better today though. I'd hate for the op to be put off again. She really needs it done.

We are going to our first mothers group tomorrow! I've never been to one before and am quite nervous. There are'nt many Townsville mums on here so i went and had a look on 2 other forums and both had mothers group meetings in Townsville. The same day i signed up to them their was 2 other mums, the same age as me, who signed up aswell. I have been chatting to them aswell as a mum i met here on BB on MSN and we are meeting in the carpark tomorrow as they will be newbies to the MG aswell. I have always thought that MG's were'nt my type of thing but i really want Briey to have interaction with other kids without paying for it. This is the best way i suppose. If i don't like it at least i will be able to keep in touch with the mums i've met on MSN and just meet up with them. Between them they have 7 kids!! All but one, a boy 5 months, being the same age or older than Briley! More than enough for her!

Colby is going well. Still sleeping well. I am having a few afternoon issues though. She cries heaps and does'nt like too be put down. I don't think its evening colic. I jut can't work her out. I have been trying something different every day. Yesterday i though maybe i will try and put her down at 6.00pm cause maybe she was tired. So i bathed her and everything and she fell asleep till 7.00pm and i had to get her back up. Then she finally went down at her normal time of 8.30pm. She just seems to want to be on my boob from about 5pm to bed time. She does sleep quite a bit during the day somedays so maybe she is trying to make up for lost time! I don't know. I will figure her out sooner or later

Other than that she is going well. The breastfeeing is going wonderfully! I can't believe i have managed to feed her for this long. Briley only lasted just under 4 weeks. Colby does'nt seem to want too give it up either. When i have tried to give her a bottle during her crying periods she won't take it. Maybe cause she knows i've got the goods! But yeah its all going well. Growing well. Lifting her head and all the rest. I measured her the other day i think she is 62cm and just over 6kgs. A big girl!

As for me, yeah i am going ok. Handing being a mum to 2 under 2 quite well actually. I do have my stressful moment where i just want to break down and cry but its no use. I am really focussing on my Doula Course at the moment. I am quite enjoying it especially as it is mostly "me" time. Brent has been really good with it. He tries his best to look after the girls while i do some study. He is only male though so i don't expect too much from him! I told him how much a Doula can make, once she is qualified, for each birth. Well...he started saying oh well you'll have to do as many births as you can a month!!! I was like bub you have to understand that if one of my clients calls at ANY time in labor, i have to pack up and leave right then and there. No matter where we are. He was like yeah but i can just tell work what you do and i will just come home from work!! YEAH RIGHT!!! I'm sure work will really appreciate that too. He not much of a reality thinking my ol' boy!

Well i better leave it at that. Briley is watching the Wiggles but i should get her some brekky! She is totally wrapped in the Wiggles at the moment. She is going to love Wiggles World when we go their in January!

Ok girl, well i hope you are all well. I will try and keep up with personas now girls. You get so far behind if you miss a bit don't you!

Take Care!

Hello there girls.

Well we made it back from MIL’s and FIL’s down south, and it broke my heart seeing MIL sick. I felt so bad cause I was complaining about having a fat day and mum says well I have one boob, and no hair and I feel just wonderful. It really hit home just what she is going through. I just wanted to cry.

The weekend down there was good, but the drive home was crappy. I ended up with gastro on the Monday night, so travelling home yesterday was the pits. Luckily my FIL is an ambo and stocked me up with spew bags, and I had a good stash of gastro stop for the other end. We got home at 7 and I was in bed at 8.
I worked today (well I attended work anyway) and I get home and guess what?........ My DH has it. So now I am just feeling a little better and he’s got it. Nice huh.

Now for some personals.

Elissa – How exciting about the car!! You won’t know yourself. Way to go Archie sleeping in a big bed!!!! Are you looking forward to the family reunion?

Nat – hope to see you back soon.

Kim - oh you poor thing hun, I wish there was something I can do. Could you email me your new addy? I could not imagine doing what you have done. You are a champion and will get through this. Perhaps I should drive down for a visit… Chin up eh

Shazz – good to hear that the reunion went well.

Sara – hello there. Hope the girls are good and Briley’s teething has settled a little bit.

Sheree - We’ll miss you hon. Take care of yourself and please email me if I can help with anything.

Jodie- How are you. How’s bubby going? Not long now!!! How’s Shaun?

Actually all of you girls, please email me if you need to chat about something. I know I am not really around here much these days but I do think of you all all the time, honest…..

Lastly, I have a gripe. I sent a whole heap of invites for my girls night in and so far 8 out of 26 people have delined. I can’t believe it. Bingo, nutrimetics parties, and Tupperware etc have all come before my FUND RAISER. I am a little ticked off actually. But what can you do?


Bye for now. Ni nite.