Hey everyone,
Not a lot of news from us, except that Milla had her first swim! She loved it. We just went to a pool at a friends house.... not lessons or anything yet. I had got her this gorgeous little full-length rashy suit / swimmers, and she wore a hat, and a Huggies swim nappy... at first she was a bit apprehensive, with a "this is a cold bath mum" kind of look on her face, but after a few minutes she was splashing and smiling and didn't whinge to get out at all! It was great fun.. DH took some pics so my mission for today is to post some on BB.

I am getting a bit mental with the ILs being here. Everything in terms of what I do with MIlla is fine - they don't question my feeds or sleeps or baths or anything like that, but they just worry way to much about all other stupid stuff - like yesterday I was out for mum's group coffee (decaf !!) and a massive storm was brewing - the sky turned so dark. My MIL sms'ed my DH (who was at work, not with me) to say "there is going to be a storm and Rhi is not home"... so DH called me to tell me there was going to be a storm, and I said "yeah, i KNOW, dur, I might go home now and beat it".. BUT, I wanted to finish my drink, and we were having a good time with all the mums, so I decided to stay til the storm finished (for those of you not from Brisbane, our storms go past so quickly). Anyway... I finally go home once the rain has stopped, and MIL is waiting in the doorway "DH said you were on your way home HALF AN HOUR AGO"!!! My stupid DH had sms'ed his mum to tell her I would be home in a few minutes. All this while I am blissfully enjoying a coffee in the shelter of a lovely cafe just down the road . OMG. I am not a little kid and I don't have a curfew at my own house!!!! I was a bit grumpy for a while.

Anyway - that's my rant for the morning.

Misty - I have "What to Expect in the First Year", but I don't recommend it. IMO its very outdated, and I haven't used it much except to read when I was pg... I also have "Baby Love" by Robyn Barker, which is a lot better, but still has some strange advice (like that its not at all necessary to burp a baby??) Buts its good for explaining a bit about different childhood illnesses, rashes, pimples... all those things that are normal but that make us first time mum's initially freak a bit. For settling, sleeping, crying stuff, I highly recommend "The Science of Parenting" - its wonderful. There is a whole thread about this book on bb.

I think I actually get all my baby care stuff from BB now or the internet in general. But a good book is great to show the IL's or DH if you need to justify anything you are doing....

Kim - you poor thing re. the poo. Don't feel bad - it will be a good story when Hayden is 21 and by then you will have forgotten all the bad bits of the day. I hope your DH will have his turn to be splattered soon enough
And I also love the Kimnastics - so cute.

Well, might go and have a second course of brekky since Milla is still asleep. Hope you are all well!