Hey girls!
I've added a few of you to my msn list... You can add me, it's good to talk to others going thru the same thing. I'm rlauchlan@hotmail.com

Omg - last night was absolute mayhem! Jensen started screaming at 4pm and at 8:45. Its gotta be evening colic. His stomach was rock hard and he was wrenching his little legs up. Andrew, on his way home, had stopped in to see his parents. I'd called him and his mother decided she needed to get away from the house (to get away) and come over too. I'm so greatful that she did, it really helped having someone else other than Andrew and myself to calm Jensen. I ended up sending Andrew out to get some Infants Friend from the chemist. It ended up working - but looking back, it seemed to take forever to work. In the end, I think exhaustion won out. Also, I lay with him on the bed, and lay him on his stomach and he seemed to have instant relief, and fell asleep. Despite all this, he still managed to keep his routine of 2 hourly, but dragged it out as long as he could - at one stage, almost 3.5hrs!! At one point I think I panicked coz my body must have realised that 2hours had past and he hadn't woken up yet and woke up myself with a fright to check on him! lol Mothers bodys are amazing works!

I also can't let Jensen cry. Andrew seems to have no problem and replies to me with - "Babies cry. Thats what they do." Thanks. Comforting. Thats not helping.

How do you put your baby down before they fall asleep? Jensen seems to fall asleep at the breast... or in my arms or against my chest. If I put him to bed too early when he seems to be asleep, he wakes up and wont go back. So I have to wait til he's dead to the world, then put him in.

What kind of nappies are you guys using? I want to start using cloth... maybe not exclusively, but at least for some times. ATM tho, we're using Huggies. I had to go out and buy the next size up, infant 4-8kg, coz the newborn ones (to 5kg) don't seem to fit him as well as I thought they should. They seem to leave a nappy mark on his backside - where the seams are to hold everything in. When I weighed him on Wednesday, he was 4.8kg. Friday, he was 4.6kg. Mind you. They were on 2 different scales and he'd only just messed his nappy on the Wednesday.

Do you count how old your baby is by week (eg: born on Saturday, therefore each saturday is a week til you get to 4 =1mth)? or by date? I don't know. By day - Jensen is one month today! If not, he's 1mth on Tuesday.... either way... Where did the month go?? It doesn't feel like I had a baby only a month ago!

For now, I'm off to find things I can sell on Ebay to make some money to spend guilt free!
Hope everybodys well. I'll be back later!