Man, I am not going anywhere near those abcesses....yuck-o-rama!! I love the way we have a fascination for these things.....

Storm, it sounds like Zac has picked up these last couple of days, Im so glad, you sound much less stressed. Dont get him weighed too soon though!! Yep, you're right on, there's always something to worry about. We'll look back on it...one day....and laugh. LOL at your poor hubby, arent they just such babies? Mine wanders around saying "obviously you dont love me"..all he needs is a little blankie to drag to make the picture complete. Pitiful. And we go through childbirth! Ha! Have to say, Bill cant have been all that sick if he's off fishing!! (unless thats his job of course??)

Im glad Lucie's eating well too yesterday, Soph. That full moon must have passed

Go Maria, underwater! How exciting. How are the preparations for her christening going Louise? A couple of the mums in my group are tearing their hair out over theirs, so I hope youre not too stressed.

Bec, a hug for you... Hope your mum had a good visit - its hard when they're far away. My parents are down near Albury so we dont get together very often; its harder on them since James was born, first grandchild etc.

Im with you Kirsty - go skinny babies!! Its all these super-chubba-wubbas that make our pocket rockets "under". Two babies in my mum's group are 10kgs+, which is off the bleeding chart for 6 months! James is taller than both of them though, ha! Sounds like Gemma is doing really well. I hope your ms calms down and you can enjoy the time with your hubby.

Tracey, PMSL at your boozies! Have to say a wedding must be a pretty good excuse to go shopping for boozie-accomodating wear Thought Ive found it hard to find things that are bf friendly and not super-daggy I went to wedding a few months back and mum looked after James. Even though I took him to the ceremony, then took him to Mum and fed him, I was bursting by the time we got home a few hours later. He'd just finsihed the ebm Id left for him, but I stuck him on anyway - poor thing was overflowing after that!

I spoke to my MCHN about whether babies can eat too much, cos James just got stuck into the soilds in the first weeks. She seemed to think at this age it wasnt really possible. James' feeding is on the up again too, and both last night and tonight he ate 6 tbs food. He just opens and I post it in! He does tunr away, which I take to mean "full" though. And once they start to get moving, they'll burn it up so fast. Dont think you need to worry.

Cass, Im so jealous of your takeout night....DH is on a diet so its off our menu, bummer Dont worry about Kaitlyn's poo, that's exactly what happened to James'. He did get constipated though, so watch out for that (as in hard little pellets). Prune juice in rice cereal everyfew days works wonders. But the plasticine poo is normal. Poor James, I tell everyone about his poo! I'll probably turn into one of those tissue-licking face-wiping, chase him down the street with his lunch "awww muuuuum" type mothers!!

Jo, glad to hear Darren is home again. Even though I lived alone for ages, I still hate being alone now when Bertie is away. Im sorry to hear about your nan, but its good that you and esp Sammy are getting to spend some time with her. Im a real sook with scary movies, so youre my hero for today for going back in! Dead spooky that Zac was going to be Emily Rose though Storm 8-[

Fletch, you sound flat out, hope you get some time to put your feet up! Thanks for the basketball invite - you must be DESPERATE though, cos I might be tall but I am soooo un-co! And havent played b-ball since yr 10 PE! Do you need to know the rules or be any good???

We've has a busy few days, but "jorgeous james" (thanks Fletch )is doing well, had a couple of good eating days. Yoghurt makes everything yummy!! We spent the day in the garden, taking out the summer vegies and planting lots of new winter ones. Still have eggplants up to our armpits though! Anyone got any good recipes??

Sleep well.....

Georgie

p.s. Oh, Storm, I always write in Word then cut and paste into the post window. I am so sick of losing stuff too!