Crumpet - Yay on the layby, I love a good target sale. Don't be too hard on yourself for the other day, we all have days, mine is like MadB's...I get more frustrated by lack of sleep but I have given up getting upset about it, I'll sleep.......ONE DAY. I'm glad you seem to have worked out the issue though, that's great. I haven't got Jacob in swimming lessons as we go away a lot and I hate the idea of paying for lessons we won't be at. But mum and dad have a pool and we've had him in there a few times. I think it's personal preference, just do what you're comfortable with (and Summah of course)

AFU - Haven't posted in a bit, things have been hectic here. I don't even have the energy to get into it.

Hope you're all well xox
thanks hun.....
yeah no point in paying for classes you wont attend!

hope everything is ok

That's the ticket crumpet I think a big lesson in parenting is submission and letting go. Hard though!
im such a control freak, it took a bit but im feelijg a lot more relaxed about things not going the way i want or expect them to... if she doesnt drink her whole bottle now, meh she will survive and still sleep and then prob make up for it later on!
if she doesnt sleep i dont care, doesnt faze me, but the feeding thing would throw me...

I'm so sorry girls i really haven't been joining in properly and i promise it's not because i don't want to be. I'm still doing a lot of cleaning up here. I thought we were over it and Aidan and Charlie had really grose toilet stops today so there goes another lot of disinfecting and washing and showers and yeahh i'm exhausted i don't know how i'm still going.

Crumpet i feel your frustration and sometimes we let it get the better of us but it doesn't mean we're bad mummas. Sounds like you're a wonderful mumma with a beautiful happy little girl.
oh no u poor things, hopefully this bug goes away soon, as if u havnt put up with it for long enough! to u and the family

thanks hun.... she is a very happy baby!

Hey guys, sorry I've been missing.
DD had some appointments in Melbourne so we went to Rosebud for the weekend beforehand.

Physio, although a little bit behind, they're very happy with her. She's not lifting her head that much, but its not of a concern yet.
Her head is getting better. From being in NICU so long her head was sooo flat on the sides. From using special cushions its gotten heaps better.

Cardiology was good, too. There's still a very small hole in her heart. Nothing to worry about at all. It was 6mm when she was born and its 2mm now and it appears to still be closing over. 10% of the population have a hole exactly the same, and they don't want to see her again.

Audiology was a bit of a shock. Left ear, fine. Right ear, 50% hearing loss
Thankfully its going to fix itself as its just fluid. They may want to put a grommet in at the end of the year.
So, yet ANOTHER hearing test in a few months time.

Apart from that she's going good. Made it to 4.5kg!! So so excited!
yay for hitting 4.5kg!!

glad everything else, other than the hearing, is looking good!
Summah had to have her hearing tested at about 8 weeks and will have it done again at 11 months becasue of the anti b's she was on in SCU...

Crumpet, Millie started 'swimming' at about 14 weeks. I am taking her to lessons, you can see some of the activities we do here. AT this age it just builds water confidence and the aim is to get them used to rolling from front to back and floating on their back if they fall in. My in-laws have a pool, and I am not the most confident swimmer, so for both our sakes I wanted to start her early. It's a lot of fun, and has the added bonus that she conks out for hours afterwards!

She drained it, then, with a massive belch, projectile chucked most of it all over me, all over herself, all over the lounge, all over the floor. Then smiled. I roared with laughter - if you'd told me a year ago I could laugh whilst sitting in a puddle of vomit, I certainly wouldn't have believed it!
that looks like fun!!
im going to wait till next term ive decided, we have a lot going on atm and i think its better off if i wait and know ill be able to make it each week...

oh dear! least u could see the funny side of it!
i always end up when DH is feeding Summah becasue she is a spewer and she does it when he least expects it and he freaks out!

, I just know that he's grown out of small d'lish and in some clothing is in size 0's, others 00 and some 000. Go figure
what is with clothes sizes!?!?!?
summah is in 000 and 00 but at one stage about 2 weeks ago 0000 pants still fit her!

AFU: well we recieved some shocking news on wednesday....

mum has breast cancer its been caught quite early and looks to be slow growing, she is having a op today to have it cut out, and then in a month starts 4-6 weeks of radiation.....

i was so shocked, i never thought id hear those words from my mum.....

so swimming lessons are on the back burner coz i dare say ill be driving mum to and from treatment and what not....

and yesterday summah had her needles, and was far from impressed! lol.....
she was ok after it, but at 530 she started screaming and didnt stop till 630 when i got her to sleep laying on my tummy....

got her to bed at 730 and she is still asleep now!