Hey all, will try get some personals done while I wait for Jacob to nod off again…

Picketty – Great to hear from you again – sounds like you’re figuring things out over there, we all have bad days but sounds like you’re managing just fine. Connor is such a good boy only getting up twice during the night!! And going straight back to sleep? That’s great!!

PP – When you use fess on Millie, do you use the little sucker part or do you just use the spray? I’m too scared to use it on Jacob, I feel like all I do is put things down this poor little boys throat for the thrush that I can’t bear any extra treatment to him at the moment. Feeling isolated over here too, I am so far away from family and friends back home and although I have a few friends that I’ve made here it just isn’t the same as being with people I really know. I feel sad cause I’d love to be sharing Jacob with family and friends, instead of being stuck in these four walls just him and I. Hope you enjoyed your beer and yay on your mum coming to visit! Hope you have a great time. I’m hearing you on the fatigue…I don’t get a break over here either – even if I have an expressed bottle, DH has long gone to bed and doesn’t like being disturbed so I just don’t bother any more, I have just resigned myself to the fact that I’m going to be there for every feed. Men just don’t get it sometimes do they…they often have good intentions but I don’t think they really think things through.

Kaz – Excellent news on the 25 mls! Keep up the great work!! Happy Birthday too!! Hope you’ve had a wonderful day!!

Myboys – I know you weren’t meaning to whinge and neither am I, but that sounds pretty typical of a male…I have been thinking the same thing about my DH – he’s able to just go to the gym, out and about where ever he likes whenever he likes and doesn’t have to worry about a thing! I love Jacob and all the time I spend with him but it’d be nice if he’d make some sacrifices too! I hope you can come to a compromise for the weekend. Wow!!! Three hour sleep!! GO HARPER!! What a good girl she was for her mummy here’s hoping it’s a sign of things to come

MadB – sorry to hear you have thrush too! It’s the pits. PP and Millie had it too but they were lucky enough to beat it without too much trouble I think! I was giving Jacob Nilstat, Daktarin Oral gel for my nipples and Daktozin for his butt and this has been going on since just before Christmas!! But it’s now been changed that I only give him Nilstat twice a day (to help with the bottom side of things) and oral gel four times a day that I have to rub in his mouth. I called 13HEALTH the other day to ask how long it should take to get rid of it and she said 7-10 days!! Yeah right… it’s been going for sooo long. I am apparently doing all the right things. I even use bicarb on my nipples every day and put vinegar through my wash cycle (all recommended by the health nurse). I hope you start having results quicker than me.

Best be off, Jacob is still fighting sleep so I think it’s time I just take him to bed with me so we both get some rest!

Take care xoxo