Hey all

lots to read :-) which is good!

Wow a tooth already through?? I know Charli is teething but whether the darned things come through who knows. Liv cut her first when she was about 20wks. Charli is drooling like crazy, chewing anything she can etc. She also is a bit of a pooh explosion baby - doesn't pooh for days and days and then I cop the giant almighty explosion that more than likely will go everywhere. I spend a few days anticipating it and praying it doesn't happen at a really inappropriate time lol.

Jean - are you bf-ing? Why don't you express a bottle instead of formula? But in any case it's fairly normal practice by my mchn to introduce a bottle of formula - particularly at night anyways. I say introduce it now for sure. I actually expressed bottles for Charli to have at about 4 weeks as i have had friends who have had a lot of issues having their babies baby sat etc. because of not taking to the bottle cos they waited too long to introduce it. As a result they didn't get to go out on a date night/outing /wedding etc for a good 9 or so months!

WEIGHT. Ha. It's not funny but I am pretty overweight and am finding some peoples comments rather amusing as to how much they weigh and so on. As per last time, I ballooned by the end of the pregnancy to something like 130kg! But always lose a good 15-20 within 2weeks of having the baby so must carry a serious amount of fluid!(My starting weight with both bubs has been around the 106-108kg). But I find it really hard to be at home as much as I am without eating stupid things and amounts! But in any case I am slowly putting weight on and I need to stop it! I don't find bf-ing does a lot for me weight wise. I was always told you would lose weight bf-ing but I don't seem to. Then again I am not doing as much as I need to ensure that I supose.

D - my 4 year old has started getting ecsma! It's just suddenly poppped up. I wondered if it was washing powder. If anyone doesn't know there is a really great product at Coles called Euca. It's amazing and you use the smallest amount. It's in a yellow & green container and usually just one slot on the shelf. It's like $10 or something but will last a lot more washes than any other powder. Try it - VERY good and economic and I think it's better on the kids skin.

Hey Ainsley - I had a terrible birth with my first - 27hours and all the works at birth. But Charli was a 3hour labour bub and I also asked for an epi but all was going to fast and Charli didn't want to wait for the guy to come lol. I was terrified at the time and was also very proud of myself pushing her out myself! :-) Well done!

Donna - haha. You don't have to be having mood swings to find that annoying :-) I would be annoyed without the hormonal issues. Hope you can get your meds worked out etc. I keep forgetting to take my anti depressants! Such a twit. It just mainly makes me tired and forgetful (whats new on that front!?). Driving me nuts though cos I literally just forget or am too tired or whatever.

Gotta run! Have a great weekend everyone!
Rach.x