Hey! Let's see how long Jensen will be quiet, playing with his toes in his swing.

Ali - What kind of work are you looking for? Way to go on Em rolling!
Bec - I was advised by 2 paeds and 2 physios not to use a jolly jumper or a walker. Apparently it puts weight on their muscles that aren't ready for weight bearing yet. And as Jensen has stiff muscles as it is, he just dangles in his JJ and walker, and doesn't touch the ground. I agree, I'd think I'd def be a sahm with the next one, but as thats a ways off yet, I can only dream... I said to dh yesterday that I'd like to be one now. He said that he'd make a list of things that need to be done in a day and when he'd come home they'd have to be done! If you're a housewife, you've gotta do housewife things. He was only being silly, but still, I decided that I didn't want to be that yet!
Sehra - How do you know if you're milk is running low? If Jensen's in a play mood, he has a go at feeding then pulls off, looks at me and smiles. When I smile back, he goes shy, buries his face and goes back to it.
Rhi - I hear you on being tired. For a few days back there, I was so tired, I couldn't stand properly and didn't have any energy to move. Jensen has been waking who knows how many times (I've stopped counting) a night, and once he's asleep, I put him back to bed. As soon as any part of him touches his mattress, that's it. He cries. It takes about 30mins to get him back to sleep then. Then there's a 15min waiting period of seeing if he wakes again. If nothing after that time then I'm right for about an hour to 2hrs of sleep before it happens all again. Last night, twice I hummed to him back to sleep, but about 3o'clock it wasn't working any more, so he came into bed with me, slept there for 2hrs, waking in the middle (grr) and was back in his own bed at 530 til he woke at 630. I've been getting an average of about 3.5hrs sleep a night. Thinking about seeing the health nurse, but when I called last time, they wouldn't even give me an emergency appt.
Kim - Poor you and Hayden! If it makes you feel better - last year sometime when Lea's son Nixon started crawling, he fell down the stairs at her place. Lea went for a shower and assumed Scott was watching him and Scott assumed Lea was and he crawled out the door and Lea came out, just in time to see him hit the last few stairs. He cried a bit, but was right then. They called the Ambulance and they took him to the hospital, but all he had was a few bumps and bruises. In fact, Lea fell down the stairs so many times when she was little! She's alright.

Heat is definately a factor here! Jensen doesn't feed as much during the day, but when he does he's there for a while and takes both sides. We have the air on most nights here, and Jensen kicks and drags his feet so his socks come off! Last night I put those socks on so many times! His feet and hands were cold, so the hands got mittens. He's started being really comfy on his side. I worry that he's going to roll over in his sleep and smother himself, whether he's in his sleep support thing or not. I'm starting to think that his bed is to hard and not comfy enough, but when I think about how I can make it softer and to contour to him (sleeps so well on a pillow in a pram at nana's), all I can think of is SIDs.

Jensen has started squeeling, about 2wks ago. There's no specific thing about it. He'll squeel when he's happy, uncomfortable, cranky - whenever. And we've noticed he reaches for me when someone else's holding him.

The rash is getting better in places, but his neck under his chin and nappy area are now the worst affected. So it's clothes off as much as possible!

I've just started weight watchers, just using an old book of MIL's - fingers crossed it does something for me!!

Well, better go and get ready to pick up my elec breast pump I bought from ebay from the post office and go to mothers group!

Have a great day!