MADB - Yes Eden has tantrums like that all the time. He's certainly not the calm gentle baby Byron was. He gets so worked up sometimes, nothing can console him

PP - My back is still sketchy actually. I had an AP session which helped a little but I think it really needs rest. I've still been gyming 4 days a week & playing squash another day so haven't allowed it to heal properly. I am managing it though. Eden is a little better but his seperation anxiety is pretty bad. He needs to be in the same room as me otherwise he just sits and cries, and cries, and cries.... Not practical at all.

So Eden is just a handfull at the moment. As I mentioned to PP he needs to be in the room with me at all times otherwise he just cries. He's totally off his food. Just has a few bites of his meals then throws the rest on the floor. He's not having much BM either. He'll probably have 1 or 2 decent breastfeeds a day and that's about it. He's been like this for a few weeks so it's starting to worry me a little as I am still thinking of weaning next month but don't feel like I can if he's not eating properly. I'm praying that he sorts it out very soon otherwise it's really going to get me down. Ontop of that he's not sleeping properly. He's been waking around 4.30am, and having around 2 x 30 min naps a day. Yesterday we were out all morning so he didn't get a chance to sleep (well he fell asleep in the car a couple of times but I had to wake him after 5 or 10 mins upon arriving at our destinations). We finally got home around midday where he fell asleep on the boob then slept for nearly 2 hours. I am wondering if I should try to drop him to one day sleep. I tried the other day but he fell asleep on the loungeroom floor while I was preparing lunch (around 11.15am), so I woke him for lunch, but he kept falling asleep in his high chair. *Sigh* I just really hope he settles soon.

He had two ultra sounds yesterday. One for this lump he has behind his ear which he has had since he was 5 months old. The Paediatric surgeon says it's either a cyst or a lymph node. If it's a cyst, she wants to surgically remove it (eeekkk!). We see her on Friday for the results (FX for a lymph node). The other was for his kidneys. All my pg ultra sounds showed his inflamed kidneys so he was scanned at birth which showed they were still inflamed. The paed said it corrects itself 90% of the time by the time the boy is 12 months (girls risk is higher). So FX it has corrected itself. I'll have to ring today to get the results. He hasn't had a UTI which is a great sign that it's all ok.

The other morning Eden slept till 6.15am (though Byron was awake at 5am), I thought it was great, until I went in his room and found him in a cot full of spew! Dried spew! He had obviously done it earlier in the night. Not sure what is was or why he was sick but it's the first time he's ever spewed.... Then my poor DH was up the following night hugging the toilet bowl. He always gets sick if one of the boys was sick.

On a good note..... Eden took 3 steps yesterday. He's been trying to walk for days now. When I say trying I mean he lets go of the furniture, looks where he wants to go and moves towards it but doesn't move his legs. So he ends up face planting... He thinks it's very funny. But yesterday he actually moved his legs and took a few steps. I'm guessing he'll be walking by his birthday. He walks holding onto furniture if it's an option rather than crawling so he's sure getting good practice

Blah blah blah... I have loads to say today hey... tee he he....