Howdy girls,

Wow, time is so flying for me I come in here thinking it's only been a day or two since I posted, but it's been almost a week!

Jen, the heat here has been foul hasn't it? I've been going from my place (aircon) to mums (aircon and pool) and back again, and that's it! Though today was much cooler! Thankgoodness. Since having Liam I so can't stand the heat...
I'm so torn over calling Karitane. I get to the end of my tether and then all of a sudden we;ll have a week of great nights and I'll think thank god she's sleeping, and then BAM! It starts again... and I just keep thinking it will stop soon, she's nearly 2 and she'll get the sleep thing...and now I think her ears are playing up again which is why she's been so bad again. SO I just don't know what to do!
I would love to ba able to send Lily to childcare or something for a break, but money is too tight for it. CC in our area is $60 a day, just too much. As an early childhood teacher, I have very specific requirements too, so it will be hard for me to find a centre! Family day care is cheaper and more appealing, but is fairly hard to find a place. She will be going to occaisional care when I start working for four hours once or twice a week if I need it, but otherwise it's too much money

Von, your nights sound like mine lately...they suck. Big time! My DH isn't as bad as your's he does eventually hear the kids, but he can sleep through most of it....where as I'm up at every peep. I think that's half my problem. I think that makes it all the more stressful cause they're not there to help, kwim. Well it does for me sometimes, and I resent that he can have a good nights sleep regardless of if the kids are wakeful or not. WHere even is the kids have a good night and I get to sleep, I can't cause I'm wondering why they're not awake, LOL!

DG, sorry to hear you're having a tough time. I hope things settle for you soon, it might take a few weeks but it does get easier and you get used to the extra work. You're lucky Jared is sleeping so well already, Liam is still up every 2-3hrs most nights Sorry to hear Ben's up early though. For me it's the early mornings that are the killers.....anything before 6am these days really hurts!

As for us, well, DH is on holidays now for 2 weeks (yay!) and I get to catch up on sleep! LOL Lily has been ok, a bit stroppy some days which has got me thinking her ears are sore again. I will be taking her to the GP tomorrow, and we have another specialist appt in mid Feb. I'm thinking dairy will be off the menu for a while. Which is ok for me, at least she won't have to have an operation sor grommets.
We are going to Adelaide in a few days (so I won't be online much in the next week or so) and then I start work and uni again in Feb, so I will be busy busy busy!!! I only have one unit to do for uni, and I'm only working 3hrs a day, but it will be fun trying to keep up with everything! I'm thinking BB might be the thing that's going to have to suffer for it all! But I will still be around a bit.
Ok that's it for me, I hope everyone had a great long weekend!
Ok gotta go