Hi Ladies,

I am soooo excited. Ela has been chosen "baby of the day" in the Mother and Baby Coverstar comp. You can check her out in the "winners gallery". She is the one with the green frog. I really hope she makes it into the 14 finalists

My mum had her op on Wednesday and she is recovering o.k. but says that it's really painful. I feel so bad that i can't help ease the pain. I helped her shower in hospital today, the scar is soooo long. I would say approx. 30cm from her belly button down.

Ela had her first day of orientation at cc on Friday. She was o.k, when i dropped her off but had tears running down her cheeks when i went to pick her up. She couldn't get to sleep so was over tired. DH came along with me to pick her up but Ela wanted to be comforted only by me which got me really emotional. I got her to sleep once we got home, but was sobbing in her sleep. She was really traumatised by the experience. Dad has offered to look after her but then mum won't be able to get any peace and quiet so we rejected his offer until mum gets a bit better.

Campari - i hear you loud and clear re: the night feeds. Ela wakes up every 3 hours on the dot for a feed. You can set your clock by it! I get angry at her but then talk myself into believing that she will stop waking up eventually or that she is already 11 months old and her wakings will stop soon. I am very lucky that DH and i share the night rosters. He wakes once to feed her and then i will wake the next time to feed her so we both get a long stretch of sleep during the night. But you bf is another story altogether!! You have to do all the night wakings.

I went to a BB mums meeting her in VIC on Friday. Made friends with one of the mums as she had an 8 y.o and i have a 6 y.o but most of the mums kept in small groups and didn't really mingle.

Scone - babies are very intelligent. They know everything! Have you considered leaving a nightgown or something in his cot with your smell on it?? Jensen may be a bit old for that but it's worth a try. Ela prefers me to anybody else too.

When they want to get somewhere those arms and legs can move soooo fast can't they?? Ela pushes the dining chairs around the dining room. We have floorboards and those felt squares under the chair legs so the chairs slide as she pushes them. She looks funny. Ela also loves sitting under things, like under the dining table or billiards table, she loves it.

Take care all..