Yay more new Jan ladies and babies! Welcome!!!! Feel free to post daily or whenever. Lots of us are here heaps and lots of us only occasionally...

Celeste has been waking in the nights for about a week. I think she is having a wonder week: she is 10 + 1/2 weeks old so timing is about right. She is still mostly a happy thing but like Nik said, she turns to cranky in 3seconds flat. lol. She isnt feeding as well either. Just not herself really. Good thing it means a new stage of development is happening so its all worth it.


Funny little thing, she just made squarking noises in bed and I got up to bounce her hammock but when I got there she was asleep again. love that hammock.

Her feeds are much quicker these days. I noticed the difference really only about a week ago. She doesnt always take both sides in the day which makes her feed 2hourly a lot in the daytime but thats ok. It takes around 8 to 10mins for a side.
She is much chuckier these days though too. Wonder if the nappy cuts into her tum when I sit her up to burp. Oh, thinking about it, it cant be that cause she does it lying on her lambskin for a kick too...

My DH went through a stage a while ago of not being home and helping much. I had to have a talk with him. Of course he thinks he helps heaps but I do need to give him a nudge. Like I will ask if he wants to hold her and he says yes but expects me to take her over to him. I just give him the look and make him come and get her. That kind of thing. Dont think he's changed her in a month. Funny how if he is looking after her while I shower or something, he is incapable of doing anything else like getting dressed or putting the dishes away. I wonder how he thinks I get things done in the day?

For those feeling lonely I would really recomend you get into a mums group IRL. I have found mine fantastic. Although I live ina small town and kind of knew who most of the ladies were before having our babies, I wouldnt have been confident to go and chat to them. Now we are making friends and planning on getting together to go for walks etc. Really important for talking about the kind of things we chat about in here too.

Celeste is now able to reach out and grasp a toy like her coloured rings, and bring them to her mouth. Only a week or so ago she would only bat at them. And two days ago she figured out how to make her bouncer bounce on her own. She was so funny, concentrating on using her left leg to get it going. And boy was she pleased with herself.

I had to buy shampoo for her finally. All her hair has come back and is thickening up now. I noticed it had the dirty hair smell so got some yummy organic gaia stuff. It really brightens the colour too... might steal it for myself hehe.

Yay on Mats physio Maz. You are doing such a great job! Celeste is slightly smaller than him still. Had her weighed yesterday and she is 4.48kg. She gained about 120g/week the last month. Not heaps but still gaining and so happy.

oops, except for just now. gotta go

Hugs to all