Hello girls,

sorry for my long absence but was at my parents' pace from Christmas until last Sunday.

Lara, I have never had counselling but I believe it's a good idea to get all the help you can. I hope it works for you. Sending you a big hug and hope things get better. Maybe you can get som in-law free time? You should try telling DH how you feel ...

Dachlostar: when Wolf is unsettled and it's nothing of the obvious (hungry, needs to poo, etc.), I give him some naked time in the warm bathroom and give him a gentle baby massage. A lot of the times that does the trick - though not always. That's of course just for day time unsettled-nes. At night, he is usually fine but when he has a rough night, I am also clueless as to what to do. One time I sang and danced with him over my shoulder and he fell asleep like that - though sometimes I think it's just that they need to cry for half an hour and whatever you do at the point they get tired seems to be the thing that works, when really he has just passed his point of grumpiness and tired himself out. (that's at least my theory to the observed randomness in why things work sometimes and not other times).

I had a good but quiet NYE. Spent it with my brother and his family (2yr old and 2.5 months old). We managed to stay up until 2 a.m. much to everyone's amazement since we had all been falling asleep at 10 p.m. the previous nights. All in all it was just a normal night, really. I have to add that I hate NYE because it always turns out to be a disappointment so I have stopped having high expectations about that night.

Snowy