Hi girls!
Gosh i haven't been on for so long - i never got any notification emails so i assumed nobody was posting on here anymore!! Well, Ochre has cut a tooth!!! This would explain his "impersonating a newborn" phase at the moment!! I'm so darn tired - he's been waking 3 hourly for feeds in the night and for the past week he has been waking in between those 3 hours just for re-settling so i'm really feeling it this week. He's still dribbling all the time and again i'm putting that down to teething. I'm still in denial he's 3 months old - why does it have to go by so fast?? He is such a strong lil man - i found him half on his back in his cot just before! So he rolled from his belly to his back in the middle of a screaming fit!! On the mastitis front after getting it twice in the space of 2 weeks and then getting another sore spot i went and saw a naturopath. She put me on an acute dose of Potassium every 2 hours and in one day the soreness disappeared. Three days later the same thing occured on my other side so i started the acute dose again and the same thing happened. I'm so happy to have found something that actually works. She also made up a 'new mum' tonic to help me with my tiredness etc.

skyeblue - that's a great routine Mia is doing for you. ochre is doing 2 solid naps during the day too - an hour one and then a 2 hour one later in the day.

mel - i haven't got my period yet...had a little spotting after dtd one night and thought 'oh here we go' but nothing came of it. i'm so not looking forward to it as i get very painful cramps too. how's mayas sore throat?

anthea - i hope u get some answers hon as that doesn't sound very comfortable at all. i am experiencing pain when we dtd so i'm getting doc to check it out when i have a pap smear next week.

sararose - did u have a full period that first time? like i said to mel i had a very small amount of bleeding but it was just that one off so i don't think it was my period. i guess only time will tell if it comes in the next month!

ll80 - i have a klingon too hehe!! ochre doesn't like to be on his own for very long at all and yes it's so hard when there is other things to do, other children to see to. he is starting to get better in his high chair and loves it when his brothers entertain him. he is laughing now which is so cute to hear

jenna - gosh that must have been so scary for u hon. i remember seeing your status on facebook about seeing the flames from your house and i was very worried for u and your family.

queenb - congrats on your beautiful daughter Aaliyah!

claire - the party was great fun! all the kids spent most of the 3 hours in the pool so i just hung out with the mums and ate party food!! how's the grobags going? they are fantastic - i used them with my second ds

kitt3n - aww Matisse didn't like the pool? we haven't introduced Ochre to it yet...he's dipped his feet in the ocean a few times tho. unfortunately our water is too cold down here for a full swim (for him that is) - but if we move to Queensland i'm sure he will be a big water baby

Sorry it's so long - just didn't want to leave anyone out xx