Hey girls,

MadB - how's the weather today? hope it's not too hot for you, stay safe with the cyclone over there!! We own a house in Ayr - North Queensland (I grew up there) and there is a cyclone headed directly for there!! Luckily we got the trees lopped the other week (big sigh of relief!!). I hope your DS has a lovely time playing with his friends and it's not too warm for them!

EJ - Those photo books sound lovely!! I bet you're having a great time doing them...what a great idea to include the birth stories!! I am sooooooooooo happy for you that things are settling down for you and Miss Harper!!!!! you must be so relieved. You definately sound a lot happier. I'm not having trouble sleeping once I can get to bed but it's getting to bed that's the issue...but we're working through it, it'll pass.

Audux - wow - what a rough week away you had!!! I am totally with you on the passing around of the baby. I'm the exact same with Jacob - he gets sooooo overtired and CRANKY! But his family think it's cause I am a b**** also.. *sigh* can't win.. I am always getting lectured by my inlaws but I am the one who deals with him all day every day so I just let it go over my head. We know whats best for our bubs. I hope your two days went to plan and you and your little one are back on track.

Georgi - I am having issues with Jacob too - he was in beautiful little routine and we were both soooooo happy......but that's gone out the window, he is really fussy at the moment and I just don't know what he wants. His feeding is all over the place (again!), sometimes he wants to sleep beside me and nowhere else and sometimes it's the basinette and nowhere else.... it's like a guessing game hour to hour here. I hope Eden settles a little for you, sounds like it's all fairly normal for their age. Definately a hungry breastfeeder here too...I am eating as healthy as possible but I just can't get enough food at the moment!! Thankfully my weight is dropping and not gaining!! I've been eating mostly healthy as I am not entirely sure on what kind of things you're supposed to stay away from while breastfeeding... I used to enjoy a diet coke every once in a while but now I'm not sure if I can or not so I just avoid it to be safe. Probably a good thing for my weight loss!

AFU - same same...few catnaps here and there - as I said to Georgi sometimes he wants to sleep with me, sometimes just wants the basinette on his own....feeding is up the creek again - makes me doubt my supply but when I express some by hand I have no problem getting milk...he doesn't cry at the boob and he's not screaming between feeds, he seems generally pretty happy so hopefully it's not a supply issue. When he's feeding he definately gulps and there is plenty of milk around his mouth during and after his feed. The good news is he goes four hours between his last feed before bedtime so I get to at least midnight before his next feed, then it's back to 2-2.5 hourly. We're managing though, I guess it's just another one of those 'stages' and it'll all fall back into place soon. Till then we'll just take it a day at a time.

Hope you're all having a great day xoxo Sorry for any one that I missed, I didn't go back to check on the last thread, but thinking of you all as always!