Hi ladies,

So sorry about my total slackness in keeping up with this thread. I feel like Jambin has finally gotten himself into a groove during the day, and I actually have time to do things now. He's generally pretty happy to watch me potter around the house (e.g. laundry, vacuuming, folding) but cracks it if I try to sit down at the computer, so BB has taken a bit of a back seat lately. He's just gone down for a sleep, and I made it my mission to post here in Baby Buddies while he napped. It feels like my big achievement during the day lol.

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day. I took DH and Jambin to the park for morning tea (coffee and iced donuts), then we went to the Sandgate jetty for fish and chips last night with my sisters and parents.

Kel - that's interesting about Lily starting to growl. Jambin has started making a new noise over the past few day ... kind of a mixture between a grunt and a cow mooing lol. He does it for hours. Drives me nuts

Melissa - YAY for Olivia rolling, even with her harness. It will be so great when it can finally come off. I have a friend whose babe was also in a harness, and when they finally got to take it off, the first thing she did was dunk her in a bath lol. She'd been soooo looking forwards to bathing her baby but couldn't do it with the harness on.

Kristie - aren't baths the greatest!! I have started having one every night. Jambin comes in with me for the first 15 mins, then DH takes him and plays with him/dresses him/gives him his final bottle while I stay in the bath for a while reading a book and generally chilling out. Pure bliss!!

Iona - oh no @ Luke's croup Poor little mite. I hope he recovers from it quickly.

Danni - Hugs for you sweets. You must be so tired with all those night feeds. I hope you manage to find something that works for you both.

Tiffanny - welcome Sounds like little Phoebe is going great guns! Jambin loves having his nappy off too. If he's ever really grizzly, I just take his pants off for guaranteed smiles lol.

Erin - bummer about not being able to get into childcare yet. It's something that I've been totally slack about. I'm due to go back to work in Feb, and haven't even looked at childcare places, let alone actually put Jambin's name down on any waiting lists.

We haven't started solids yet either. Jambin seems to be doing really well on formula, and trying to feed him his reflux medication with a spoon is enough of a hassle (it ends up everywhere but in his mouth lol).

Jambin has rolled a few times, from his tummy to his back. He did it for the first time when he was 12 weeks old, then didn't do it again until about 16 wks, and hasn't done it since lol. He hasn't rolled from his back to his tummy yet either. He hates tummy time, so even though I make sure he has some time facedown each day, it only tends to be for 2-3 mins each time before he starts grizzling.

Sleepwise, he sleeps through the night, usually from about 7pm-7am, which is an absolute godsend, since his daysleeps are totally erratic. I've gotten in the bad habit of going lots of places, particularly in the morning, so now the only reliable way to get him to sleep during the day is by driving in the car. Sometimes if I bounce him in the hammock when he tired, he'll drift off for a short sleep, but mostly I have to feed him to sleep during the day, and then he will only stay asleep for as long as he is in my arms. I need to invest in a laptop, so that I can surf BB while he's sleeping lol.

Hugs,