Hi All,

I have been mia for ages now....we spent 10 days up in Sydney showing off Ben and I have only just had the chance to read emails and get onto this site to see how everyone is going.

For those who don't know me, my Dh and I had baby Benjamin on the 7th April.

I am thinking of all of you who are having a bit of a rough time at the moment. Everyone says that things get easier and I am sure they will for everyone. One friend of mine said she was having a good day if she had a shower before midday and a cup of tea during the day!!!

Ben is doing really well. I am almost scared to say that he has already grown out of most of his 000's and we have been putting him in the toddler nappies at night!!!! At the last weigh in on Tuesday he weighed 5.4kg and is 60cm already. It's as if I never had a little baby and he is already growing way too fast!

To make things sound a bit more even, he does have days where he seems to alwyas be on the boob, feeding every 2 hours, but luckily during the day. He has an awake time for about 3 hours in the late moring and wakes every 3 hours (you can set your watch by him) at night. I laughed at the squirty poo stories because Ben does that after almost every feed and I have been the target!!!

Hope to pop in more often now I am home again, but Ben is ready for a feed now so must run. Big hugs to all of you that need them........and fingers crossed that everyone has a fantastic day (and more importantly night) today.