Hi everyone,
Hope you are all doing OK - with coldy babies, relationship issues.... its pretty tough for us mum's sometimes hey?

Milla is choofing along nicely! She had her immunisations on Monday, and was really pretty brave. A blood-curdling scream when the needles were going in, but she calmed down really quickly and had a BB, and didn't cry in the car on the way home (my worst dread when we go out!). At her 2 month check up she was 5.45kg, 57cm, HC 38.5. She's jumped over a few percentiles with her weight (she was on 50th, now up to 70-something I think). Pretty good for a fully BF baby, and nice to know that she is getting enough food from me (although it shouldn't suprise me, cause she is at the boob way too frequently for my liking, and she is looking like a fat little buddha!!) She is smiling heaps, hitting at toys and holding them for a little while if I put them in her hand (cheating, I know!)

We have joined a few mothers groups and I think I have over-committed myself.... I go walking with two other mums every Mon, Wed, Fri, followed by coffee on the Friday with them, then I have another mothers group organised by the health centre which meets on a Friday arvo. So Fridays I will never be home much. At first I was worried this would screw up any kind of routine and mix up Milla's sleeping, but she is going through a phase where she only wants to sleep on my tummy, so when I'm out, she sleeps in the sling or pouch, and at least I can get out of the house a bit. She was doing so well with big day sleeps and was putting herself to sleep in her cradle, but suddenly that all stopped and she refuses to sleep horizontally during the day.... Hmmmm.

She is still not the best sleeper at nights either - she does stay in her own bed most of the night though. We put her to bed at 7pm after a routine of "walk with dad - bath - feed - bounce on swiss ball - mozart cd". She'll sleep through then til 1 or 2am, which is pretty good, but then is awake at 3 or 4, and then at 6. I just have to get her to do a second big sleep after 2am, and we'll be set. I quite like doing a midnight feed with her - it saves the BBs, and is nice and cuddly. I have been doing "dream feeds" with her too - when I go to bed at 10 I give her a feed, and she really doesn't even open her eye in the whole process of getting her out of bed, feeding her a whole breast, and then putting her back down. lovely!

gotta go - its nap time, and i have to get myself comfortable on the couch for a while so she can sleep on me for at least an hour!!! Its too hot for the sling right now...

Hope you are all doing great,
Rhiannon