hello everyone,
well, news from Milla is that she did her first real belly-laugh yesterday.... it was beautiful!!! She had done a mega-poo, which went everywhere since we were experimenting with el-cheapo nappies... so DH and I decided to dunk her in the bathroom basin and give her a mini-bath to clean her up. While DH was splashing the water to test the temp, she just cracked up laughing! We both looked at each other thinking OMG is that coming out of her!!?? She hasn't laughed since, despite all my best efforts to look stupid or splash water... I'm glad DH was there to hear it too.

And as for sleeping, well, for three nights in a row she slept from 7pm til 3:30, had a quick feed, then went back to sleep til 7 or so! Bliss. But last night we went out for dinner with my walking-mum's group, and so she was out of her routine, and woke at 11, 1 and 3:30... i am hoping that tonight she gets back to the big sleep. On the up-side, she slept in her pram the entire time we were eating, and it was sooooo nice to get out and have a meal. The daddys also enjoyed meeting each other, I think they miss out since they don't get to do mum's groups. My DH loved seeing the other babies we were out with.

Misty - I BF in public all the time. I am pretty discreet, and I have a few BF tops that I got online, but I really don't have a problem with it. I thought that I would, before I had her, but now that I am confident going out with her, I just feed her whenever she needs it. I find the most annoying thing is that there are very few places where you can sit comfortably, and I always end up in a cafe, just so I can sit down somewhere other than in the car or a manky changing room!

As for thumb sucking, well, Milla is sucking her entire fist most of the time! I don't think its such a bad thing in a baby cause I know how much they love sucking! I used to think that dummies looked awful, and swore I would never use one. But having let Milla use my bb's as a dummy for the first 5 or 6 weeks, I was so grateful when I got her a dummy, and she loves it. We only use it during arsenic hour, and when she is going to sleep - it really works for us. Now I dont mind if she wants to suck her thumb instead, cause at least then I don't have to keep finding it for her like I do when she spits her dummy out, or knocks it out with her fist! But I guess its always a worry that you will have a 5 yr old thumb sucker? For now I think just let them do what they need to to stay happy.

Only 3 more days til the PILs arrive from Belgium.... we have some serious cleaning to do!!!!