hi guys!

Jillian - I was wonderin how you were. Sorry to hear your feeling blerk. The fish oils etc should do good. It's all those essential fatty acids like in fish oil that really keep us working right. Poor Immy and her bottom my naturopath gave me this stuff which is pro-biotics for infants and you just mix a bit in with EBM and it totally helped Luxxe with her poo situation. It has to be perscribed by the naturopath though... maybe give them a call and see what they think. It can only help.
Hope you feel better soon!

Hey Sal and Julie and Lisa and Misty and Di and Yael (and everyone else)

Sal - i wish you could have 2 tickers so I could keep up with how many weeks you are with #2 It's very exciting. We are thinking number 2 will happen soonish... just have to wait for AF to show up so I can start charting cycle a bit more effectively. But I have a feeling that I'll get preg next year in march/april so we have another Jan baby... and Luxxe will be 2. but if it's sooner... that's cool too obviously.

Lisa - you sound rejuvenated! that's so cool about study plans etc. going back to work will be hard, but I think your ultimate goals wil be beneficial for your whole family. Wow at Kobi's sleeping changes! how did you go with the CC coz I remember a month or so go you said you wouldn't feel right doing it. It must have been really hard decision, but you got great results so quickly so that's tops!

Julie - I'm so hearing you on the staying home more thing. Especially lately coz i've been sick, but there are heaps of cool things you can do at home... plus the routine is easier. that;s so cute about Clarrie loving the cat and dog. do you find that Clarrie is more interested in them than they are in him? my dogs mostly just try to get away from Luxxe :P

Misty - so glad to hear that Jelly's christening went well. also glad that you've settled in to your new life. I've been in Melb for 5 years and I think that since having Luxxe it's felt less friendly coz everything changed so much. I think that maybe I need to try making more friends with babies too.

Yael - I so totally feel for you still struggling with bottom issues after this long. You are a total hero to have been putting up with the pain for 6 months!!! and I know that pain SO well. there is nothing worse than all that terrible pain... seriously. I hope the specialist has good news for you and can fix it. I count myself lucky coz once I started eating more fibre and more water mine got better. In my homeopathy course I've found two remedies that might help. It might be worth trying as I guess if you can avoid surgery...
Anyway - I totally know that pain and I hope it gets better ASAP

Di - hope you're feeling better. I haven't got a mohawk yet.. but i still seriously want one!!! will let you know how I go

well in my neck of the woods, things have been fairly crappy.

I came down with a fever on Saturday at about 1pm in the arvo and I suffered with it until about 2am when the headache was so bad I finally took panadol and the fever slowed down too.

in the morning I thought I had tonsillitis.. but since sunday I've also come down with an ear ache (now infection in both ears) sinus infection, a cough and this morning!!!! CONJUCTIVITIS!!

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME!?!!?

i'm falling apart!

Thank God Luxxe is still healthy. She did have a very low grade fever yesterday... but I didn't give her anything for it as I figured the fever wasn't serious and it was most likely doing more good anyway. she slept about 6-7 hours in total during the day yesterday and slept really well last night only waking when I was tossing and turning.

I've been so struggling to sleep for the last month. It's not Luxxe though... she sleeps great. I'm the one that wakes up every 1.5 to 2 hours for no apparent reason.

all that not sleeping I htink tookit's toll and I got this mother of all colds with all the bonus secondary infections it would find.

I've had DH home a bit. he was gere yesterday anf half of monday. even though i still did most of the looking after Luxxe it was good to have him around to get glasses of water or goto the chemist etc.

Tuesday night I had a total breakdown though. The ear ache was just too much and the pain just tipped me over the edge and I had a big cry about being sick and missing my family and that really why are living here so far away from everyone!??

DH's work is really full on and he works so hard and so long hours and it's really stressful...and he said that he's acheived his main goals and that maybe it's time to move back to perth.

I think it's been in the works for a while.... especially since Luxxe was born... and it's just a matter of time and us making the decision once and for all.

just have to see if Dh can transfer his job to the perth office and if my parents will let us live with them for a while til we get set up again....

I so totaly love melbourne and think it's so totally better than Perth but I just miss and need my family and miss my friends and it's just time to go back.

we won't sell our house here though... just rent it out.


well Missy is crying coz her toys got boring, so i think we'll get dressed and head off to the doctors AGAIN!!!! 3rd time this week. Have my naturopath appointment tomorrow but I htink i need more germ busting drugs in the meantime.

xxx
L