Hi Everyone,

My wireless connection was playing up last night, so wouldn't let me reply, and then today there was a whole heap of posts that my computer had not loaded up (new page) so now I feel really far behind.

I was going to tell Leash what I did when I had mastitis to help recovery but it seems it has gone a lot further now with an abscess. Nast nasty, mastitis alone is horrible enough. Just reading in my "breastfeeding naturally" book that an abscess needs to be surgically drained, so don't muck around Leash. Just get yourself and Jazz to hospital. Hey has anyone noticed that if you misspell matitis it can look like mas titties which is exactly what it is! Mass forming in your boobs... Oh dear, this coughing really has finally gotten to me....rattled my brain....made me think even more stupid thoughts than usual....

Squidipa - no trick to the nipple shield. Make sure the gap in the silicone is where Josh's nose will be when feeding. Don't worry about getting flesh into his mouth, he just needs to latch on to the whole of the nipple part (down to the bottom). The way you can tell if he is on correctly is by latching him on and it doesn't hurt you. If you take him off (or partially off) you should see your nipple being drawn into the nipple part of the shield, or failing that, seeing milk on the inside of the shield means he is able to draw milk. HTH!

Kiwigirl, I read part of that blog of your friend and had tears streaming down my face. I can only imagine what they are going through. You really appreciate how precious they are when you have one of your own. My thoughts are with them, and I am glad they got the chance to really celebrate her life with her, before she goes.

Vic - glad to hear your Dad is doing so well. I was wondering what happened to your doc appt... glad you got to reschedule.

Sash - I am sure Kye just wants his Mummy today. Jett often sucks his fists, but I think that it is a self soothing technique rather than teething.

Big hi to everyone else - MM, Arimeh, CM4E, Pixie and anyone else who has excaped my attention right now :P


Had mothers group today, we had gymbaroo come and give us a demonstration. Jett loved it, think I will have to take him to the baby sessions. Exhausted him though, crashed out on the floor straight afterwards and put on his most angelic sleeping face!!

This weekend the pregnancy, babies and childrens expo is on, so looking forward to seeing what's out there that you wouldn't necessarily know about. Going to get some more cloth nappies too. The worlds greatest pram stroll is on too, so might take a picnic for after the walk and then go to the expo afterwards.