hi all

phew another hottie here today so i took the kiddies to myer stocktake sale, they have an extra 25% off the reduced prices so got myself a $100 pair of shoes for $45 and bought size 1 summer stuff for lani for next year a little dress with big red flowers and a matching hat, and red surf pants and matching top and a spiderman t-shirt for jay all for $48 gotta love the bargains and it was soooo nice and cool in there.

dachlostar/christy - absolutely correct in the flying thing i have flown a bit from melb to qld over the years with the kiddes as i have a lot of family up there, they need to suck (i suffer from terrible ear problems flying) so am well aware of it, best time to start bottle or breast is just as the plane is lifting its wheels off the runway and continue getting them sucking until the plane flattens in the air ykwim hopefully, when landing the sucking should start as you feel the plane descending this is around 20mins before landing i know when to do it cause that is when my ears play up, with ds he just chews lollies and i tell him to chew like a cow it looks hilarious when he was younger (over 12mths tho) i used to give him a dose of panadol and demazin 1/2 b4 the flight on drs instructions and i have never had a problem.

bon - good to see grace's head circ is increasing hope it keeps up, i also started lani in her cot for daytime sleeps around 6wks and finally when she had grown out of the bassinet at around 13wks she went into the cot at night and i still miss her awww

jessica - welcome i hope you are enjoying your mothers group - when i had my 1st i was adament (sp?) i was not going to a mothers group it wasn't me but hubby convinced me = that was nearly 7 yrs ago now and out of the orginal 13 there are 7 of us who are the closest friends we have all had 2 or 3 children, they were fantastic support to us when you daughter was diagnosed with cancer and i go away with them once a year to daylesford for relaxation, we play volleyball once a week, see each other at the gym, i went out for dinner with them last night and we always meet up on a friday with the kids - parks houses whatever, originally we all joined a playgroup but the kids started getting to big for it but these girls are the greatest friends and i can really rely on them love em all.

i am going to have an icypole

see ya