Oh Hoody, how awful for you. I hope everyone gets well really soon and that you get some rest.

Nic - what a wonderful time at the beach and great pics. Glad to hear you are catching up with other mums IRL and having a great time.

LoriRae - Poor little Monique has scratches, bruised knees and carpet burn from being on the move. I get so worried when she pulls herself up that she is going to fall down on her head. We have to get locks for the drawers really soon. It's so funny because she wants to investigate every nook and cranny. So cute though.

kts - I got Monique weighed and measured on Monday and she was 8.2kg and 73cm long. She is still breastfed so is smaller than formula fed babies and boys have their own weight chart because they tend to be a bit bigger than the girls. My little nephew is quite small and my sister gets so worried but he is healthy.
Milk feeds - We feed about every 4 hours and she usually wants a drink around midnight and then I feed her before 8am. We don't have a strict routine though. Her lunch time feed is not as much as her morning or night feeds and the afternoon feed isn't much either. She drinks water throughout the day from her sippy cup.

At lunch it kind of depends on when we got up to when the 4 hours fits in with her milk feed but she usually has her lunch at 12pm and I offer her milk before and if she doesn't take it then I offer her after. The routines I have seen in books give milk an hour before any solid feeds but it doesn't usually happen that way here.

I am sure your 'routine' is just fine.

Alicia - how wonderful to be able to change the colour of your kitchen when you like. We are still renting and I dream about having our own house to whatever we like to. Hope Olivia gets better soon.

Hi Rory - nice of you to pop in. Good work on the BF.

Liz - I am finding it much easier to put Monique in bed with me through the night if she won't settle rather than me getting up what feels like a billion times to settle her.

Well done on all the bubs achievements so far. This is such a great age and I feel like I should be doing more with her. I have a huggies box that I put toys in for her to pull out and last night she pulled herself up and started to push it and walk behind it. I couldn't believe it and now think I should get her a walker thingy as she was doing it again today.