Hi guys,

Hope you don't mind me joining the July thread because everyones gone AWOL from the June one.

Just skimming the posts quickly.

Sunbeam - glad bubs is okay. It is scary when they are sick coz they can't tell you how they feel and there is not that much you can give them in way of medicine either. I always worry through the night when they are sick and keep checking them!

Re: Eczema. Kenzie has is quite bad. I have to use the 1% hydrocortisone cream on her 4 times a day - 10 days on, 4 days off, plus all the other stuff like washing her clothes in Purity, making sure she is only wearing cotton etc. Even what we wear when we hold her can affect her. I have the QV bath oil and also the QV bath wash. It's still not really clearing it up though. I'm lucky that she has it mostly on her chest and back and the inside of her elbow creases - she doesn't have any on her face.

I had a few bad nights with Kenzie waking a lot, luckily she's gone back to sleeping through. I've dropped the late night bottle (11pm-ish) for the last two nights and she's slept through still so that's good. Starting her on solids properly I think now - today she had some banana/farex but she was a bit nonplussed - still ate it though.

I feel like a slack mum - we went to the park on Friday and despite her being under shade she still somehow managed to get sunburnt. Her legs were slightly pink but not bad but by that night her face went red!!! I felt terrible! I've been putting so much moisturiser on her.

I've been feeling a bit down lately. I don't think it's PND though (3rd time lucky, I had it severely after both boys). I think it's just because I just feel like all I am at the moment is a "mum". Haven't really been going out much etc and have so much stuff to do for school and pre-school with all their outings and parties etc for end of year plus Cooper has to do lots of practice at home for his drama concert which is on Saturday and most of the class know their lines, they just don't know WHEN they are meant to say them LOL. So I need to practice that - and in-between looking after the 3 kids have to try and organise all the Christmas shopping/presents and housework etc. So I just feel crap.

Speaking of housework, I better get back to it, if I sit here too long I won't get anything done.

Hope everyones well and having a good weekend