Meg- Im so so gald that she is settling for you, possibly sounds like it could have been a wonder week or two for you.
Nettie- fabulous self settling you have got htere, what a clever guy
mgm- i know how hard it is when you just want them to settle, plus having other kids to entertain. You are doing a great job.
BW- Hope the vacs went ok
Fire- how much are the ebay grow bags?
Well i went and got MJ weighed today and its kinda not good.. She has lost 80grams from her prevous weigh in 5 weeks ago and is only 5.4kg. Im hoping that maybe the bronciolitis when she was sick is why she lost weight.. or maybe cause she has grown 5 cm in that time as well
beatrix, is that the wonder weeks of the book you refer to? if so, what is that book like? a woman makes good grobags on ebay and sells them for about $30. my friend is happy with the one she bought.
Steph, don't apologise. this is the hardest thing a person can do, raising kids. esp this stage. makes us appreciate all the crap our parents put us through, eh . and trust me, you'll get cranky with her many more times yet! and feel guilt every single time. and you'll both forget all about those times - every single time.
Mgm - we were rocking him to sleep. BTW - he didn't want to repeat the trick for the day sleeps (although he fell asleep in the pram this arvo which is unusual) - but that's cool. If he only wants to do it at night, I'm ok with that!
Had mothers group today but only had 3 of us turn up which is disappointing. Was nice to chat with 2 other mummies though!
Nessa - I was going to weigh Liam today, but ran out of time. I'm sure MJ is doing what's normal for her and will put weight on again soon...
Meg/Steph/Janine - about gro-bags. Every one that I have seen has a big red tag saying "high fire danger" on it. This worries me - does it concern you? It's why I haven't bought one yet. Liam seems to be losing his startle reflex so hopefully we can get him in one soon. I saw one at a shop in town that was made from alpaca wool - looked very good... expensive, but good
Meg - lucky you on the sleepthrough!
BW - good luck with vacs. Nice new ticker photo too!
Janine- Please please, do you have the tickle turdle wrap pattern? I'm making my second batch and even working from my old ratty ones I'm having trouble remembering the edging. And of course, the website has disappeared and I can't find my copy. Argh. As for the guilt, well, she's smiling at me again at least...
Nettie- I am somewhat concerned about the whole fire danger, but not very much. She's never around anything that would ignite. BTW if you can get your hands on alpaca, its worth every cent and I'd say go for it. Alpaca is soooo wonderful. I'm a bit of a fibres nerd, I love pure natural stuff, its so good to use with baby. Alpaca does shed a little bit but no big deal really...
Beatrix- Its normal to have weight fluctuations, isn't it? Like you said, she has been sick and I'm sure she'll make it up in no time.
Beatrix - The only thing i did diff was wrap her then feed her then put her in the cot. I think she had a empty tummy, or was just hungry. I dont think its a good thing to do, to feed her when she wakes, then 1.5 horus later before she goes to sleep, but it seems to be the ONLY thing that works..so i dont know..
High fire danger could possibly just mean it is a natural fibre, which is actually what I look for in clothing for us. Synthetics may not burn, but they melt, which is much worse!
Steph, I have the pattern here somewhere. I'll see if I can write the edging out or scan and upload it to my blog for a few days so you can copy it. I have to find it first, and that will be a small miracle in this place at the moment.
Meg hope the change in sleep pattern lasts and isn't caused by something else, or more that the unsettledness was caused by something and she is back to normal now. DD had a change in pattern for the worse and seemed to be related to her having sinus pains - doctor says she is fighting of the infection well herself so no need to give her anything, but the sleeps are like you are describing with your little one.
Belle I find that DH listens when I get snappy/bossy too. I got a special break last night, not only did DS sleep with DH, DD slept from 11.30pm to 5.30am with a poo then wanted to play, I waited until 6.45am then went and had a shower with DD gave her to DH at 7am and DS didn't wake until 7.45am. I feel like I got a good night's sleep. 8.15am and DD has gone back to sleep which means I won't be taking DS to daycare until late again today. He's happily watching Scooby Doo anyway.
Fire Do you know if there is any particular nutrient deficiency that would heighten panic or anxiety - triggered, not panic attacks. Just seems that the panic level is greater than they should be for the trigger. DH thinks that maybe I'm missing something as I can rationalise that I am overreacting after the initial panic.
Well Liam was a little trooper again last night - self settling. But he woke up 3 times crying and needed the dummy put in to get back to sleep (and we think his hands were cold because he'd gotten them out of the wrap, so we re-wrapped him). Then he slept through until 6.30 am this morning!!!! He's never done that before either so there's firsts all round this week.
I think I'll take some new pics today because he's looking different to me like he's grown up a lot this last week. I'm wondering now if it was a wonder week for him as he's doing a few new things like growling and a couple of times he's chuckled - but I can't get him to repeat it unfortunately.
Nothing else to report. I hope everyone else is doing well
. and trust me, you'll get cranky with her many more times yet! and feel guilt every single time. and you'll both forget all about those times - every single time. 
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