LIL AUSSIE _ Wow, sounds like you've been having a tough time of it. Glad to hear that Griffen is now thriving & putting some meat onto his bones. I"m sorry to hear it's been tough for you. WTG on the toast Griffen! What a clever boy you are! Hope you can get your sanity back Lil Aussie when the kids go back to school!

CHRISTIE _ I'm sorry, I mis-read your post! I know the feeling, Claudia has slept well the past two nights & I've woken every hour like I'm used to! I feed Claudia during the night to get her back to the land of nod as well & I am slowly, slowly, slowly getting out of it. I found by making sure I didn't feed her right before bed during the day, it has made it easier to avoid the feed at night time. I can usually tell in the first 30 seconds if I can get her back down during the night without the boob.

ME _ We had an appt with the Child Health Nurse today. She said Claudia's game of waking constantly stems from her ear infections putting everything out of sync & now she's got into a habit of it. She also said all the things I were doing - patting to sleep, only offering the boob as last resort over night, not feeding right before naptime during the day, etc... were the things that she would suggest & I just have to keep doing what I"m doing. The last two nights have been a HUGE improvement though. MY DH Leaves for China on Sunday, he won't be home until 11 November. It's going to be tough, the first stint was only meant to be 2 weeks so 4 weeks is a shock. He'll be home 11 days & then back to China until 23 December. I"m busy throwing myself into organising a party for Jessica's 3rd birthday party for early December. Oh, Claudia is 67cm long & 8.9kg. She has actually slowed right down in her height & weight because she was on the top of the chart for both, but is now right on average for her height & a little bit above average for her weight.

HOpe you all have a great night. I'm off to the in-laws for a yummy roast dinner as soon as the girls wake. it's heaven they are both asleep at the same time!

Love Jayne