OMG, you girls can chat! Well, I finally have a few minutes to post here after a lovely easy cruisy day with my little boy!

Mummytotwo/Kristielee/Xtml/Boo/Bindy - Hello! It is so nice to see you all in here! I was wondering where some of you were but I know how busy everyone is. It's kinda like a little reunion. I hope Lisa will be joining us shortly.

Haroula - I've been keeping away from all soft drinks as I've heard is can cause wind in babies and whether or not it is true, I dont know but I dont want to tempt fate with extra gassiness. I've found that the Dettol handwsh is very good. I have some sitting on my kitchen sink and it sure gets a workout but I havent had any dry skin so it might worth you buying some? Fraser currently has about 60-80ml of breastmilk from a bottle and about the same of formula in alternate feeds as I'm still having trouble keeping up with his demand. The 60-80ml is quite short of the 120ml advised on the side of the formula tin but if he has any more than this he usually throws it back up. He has already put on almost 700g since birth so he is definitely getting what he needs so I'm not worrying too much about it.

Aussienic - My first two days flying solo went OK thanks but a LOT of crying and unsettledness. Today has been wonderful thanks to Infants Formula. He has been sleeping in 2 hour blocks all day and only waking for feeds. Today is the first day I've felt almost normal and been able to get lots done around the house. I even shaved my legs which I havent done since the day before he was born!! Funny what you count as a luxury once the little ones come along. Interesting about the salad. I've never heard that but I guess it makes sense with tomatoes being so high in acid.

Bron - I'm using Infants Formula (started yesterday afternoon) and swear by it already! I love it! Really helps with his sleeping in longer blocks and a lot easier to settle. I got a letter in the mail too asking me to either log on to Centrelink or call them to answer some questions. Apparantly I had a file with them under my maiden name back from when I applied for Youth Allowance (1996) which confused their system so I had to answer some additional questions. I thought I was in trouble with them!!! So yep, I had to call them too and give them heaps of info about our income, medicare details, etc.

Carrie - Poor Gabe with the Colic. Is that similar to Reflux? When Fraser had the wind I was hoping and praying that it wasnt Reflux/Colic. It breaks your heart to see them in pain like that huh?

Buzzie - Happy Birthday for Monday!! Glad all went well with Dad's visit. He sounds like he enjoyed it as much as you did!

Sue - I was wondering the same thing with the IF. There is nothing on the bottle which says how often you can give it to them. At the moment, I just give him the 10 drops as needed which is about twice a day (just before his 9am feed and another lot just before his 3pm feed). Funnily enough, the wind doesnt seem to bother him at night so he doesnt usually get any at night. I've heard that it is all natural so I dare say you cant really overdose them on it.

Well, today was very very good for us! It was almost like not even having a baby in the house. I just hope it doesnt mean I'll be up all night with him tonight. The last few nights were really good too sleeping in 3 hour blocks (mostly) and feeding quickly and easily settling back into his cot. I hope it stays like this. Maybe a little routine is forming???

I hope everyone has a good night and I'll try to get back in here tomorrow so I dont have another 6 pages to catch up on again.

See ya for now!