Hey everyone,

Fran – congratulations on your anniversary, hope you had a gorgeous day.

V – woo hoo for single digits, just think, this time in a week (ie next Saturday) will be the last day before you’re officially a Mrs

Bec – we have almost twin boys I think – Liam was almost exactly the same measurements at his 4 month check, he also isn’t rolling (and doesn’t appear to be even remotely interested in this), AND we have arsenic hour too! I think that they must learn from the testes checking, cos now Liam does it for himself each time his nappy comes off – such a boy!

Sara – I love the picture of Kaetlyn in your ticker, her eyes look just gorgeous. The toy box sounds fantastic, it’s so lovely to have things that have been made specially for them. Re the sleeping, I’m with Sacha, unless I absolutely have to be somewhere I let him sleep. Means I’m often quite late to social engagements, but I figure it’s only for a few more months, and if my friends can’t understand, well, tough.

Jessikah – I hope you’ve had a better day today – thank goodness for Mums hey. I know how exhausting it is when they don’t give you more than a couple of hours sleep at a time overnight, and it’s easy to feel really alone in the middle of the night, so I hope it gets better for you soon. Liam had only his 3rd complete night of sleep on Friday night (11 hours!!!), which would have been nice except I kept waking up because I hadn’t heard him, and by 4am my bbs were so sore I couldn’t really get back to sleep.

Flossie – I’m a bit behind, but I was really sorry to hear about your Poppa. And happy belated birthday – hope you were able to have a nice day despite the sadness of your Poppa.

Zofia – my mum is a classic at treating me like a stupid kid at times. Her nag at the moment is twofold – has Pat done a will, and is he going to lose some weight, so that he doesn’t have a heart attack like his own dad, but if he does then he’d better have a will (circular argument, it goes on & on). She rotates her nagging around my sisters & brother though, so it’s usually only 1 of us getting it a time. We just wait each of our turns out.



Now, stop reading if you like, cos from here this post is a bit of an OMG whinge/vent. And not a very cohesive one at that. Anyway, as you know, MIL is here for a couple of months, spending part of the time with us, and couple of nights with BIL, despite the fact that he doesn’t actually want her to stay, but that’s another story… Anyway, she’s been in tears today because we’re not letting her settle Liam when he cries and she wants to bottle feed him as that’s what she did with her boys, ie feed them until they were sick then put them into the cot to cry themselves to sleep …. I’ve been soooo good this week, giving her as much time with him as I can, but when it comes to bed time for the night, or if he’s hungry, then I’m the one that gets the job, because at 4 months old I’m quietly confident that ultimately he wants his mum more than anything else. She’s also fixated on taking him out in the pram on her own (see previous post from me, over my dead body), and she’s also upset because she’s got it into her head that she was going to look after him during the day. Not sure what she thinks I’m going to be doing. Whenever he cries, she lets out an “oh dear”, as if he’s naughty & I’m incompetent. Doing my head in, and it’s only been a week. I don’t know if anyone else finds this, but both MIL & my mum seem to want to take over whenever Liam is upset because they want to “help” and to “give me a break”. This is exactly opposite to helping – what really helps is when people are talking and playing with him when he’s happy, so that I can get on with cooking the dinner, cleaning or whatever. I’m stopping now, cos I don’t want to sound like a complete B1tch, thanks for letting me ramble on…

Thank goodness for Belly Belly!