Jaspen - feeling lots better, but still not 100%, thanks for asking! I'm still a bit clogged in the chest, but it's clearing. Oscar is still a little snotty and has a bit of a chesty cough (as if he's trying to get rid of remnants), but he's heaps better than I am.
It is quiet here today. It's raining in Melbourne, on and off - good for the ground, it's scarily dry lately.
I'm stewing on something at the moment and not sure how far I'm going to take it. I think I've just set alarm bells ringing for my brigade captain - I think he knows I'm picking on a bone! DP is trying to talk me out of picking this bone, but I think he sees the sense in where I'm going with it. Sounds cryptic? Well, I've been asked to fill in for someone at a meeting and advised not to bring Oscar because the meeting will be full of grumpy old men. So the wrong thing to say to me! Anyway, said Captain called someone higher up and said it's ok for me to take Oscar (I knew that anyway) and he would support me if there was any argy bargy. The thing is, it's a representative body and I won't ever be the only lactating female firefighter who wants to contribute to the representation of female firefighters! DP really wants me to leave Oscar with him, saying he wants to spend time with him...but I know that it's more to do with the fact that he can't understand that I can use Oscar to make a point by doing what we do naturally whilst being an active member of a community. The point NEEDS to be made if we've even got this far into the argument!! The grumpy old men wouldn't have a leg to stand on if they dared to complain within earshot of any savvy person. I'd love DP to spend time with Oscar (why he can't do this when he gets home from work, or on a Saturday morning when I want to have a shower...) but I'll be gone from just after 8 till probably around 12 - if Oscar doesn't come, I'll have to leave the meeting room anyway to squirt into the toilet, not very fair, is it? Why do I need to be scared of a bunch of grumpy old men who are fast running out of relevance (in terms of their status in the CFA community)?? Bring it on...meeting's on Sunday.
That's off my chest!
Anyway, I'm on a waiting list for baby swim classes. The teacher is, um, well, she's a nazi! But that's ok, I can deal with a teacher who asks for committment from her clients. It sounds like fun, but she means serious business. Should be interesting. She said I'd already missed 3 valuable months of water activity by leaving it so late (!!), but she'd take us on anyway - okaaaaaaay...boot camp for babies' parents!
I am loving Oscar's new 00 wardrobe! I love new clothes! He just looks cuter and cuter in every new piece. I'm hopeless. I'm nuts about him! That's probably part of my problem with the issue I outlined before - he's like a part of myself and I'd risk vilification for him (especially as I could easily make life really difficult for them back if they said anything to me about BF in the meeting). I'm gushing again. Gonna stop now!
ETA: Amanda - yeah, fed Oscar but he fell asleep straight after...on me...on the couch...and I took the opportunity to stay put! I had made a ginger tea (courtesy of Cee Cee) but it went cold cos Oscar slept for nearly 3 hours - he was so sweet, sprawled on my belly with an arm protectively wrapped around my side, I couldn't bear to disturb him. He fed again but his belly was grumbly and he threw up a bit between coughs. Between the both of us, goodness, we've been in the wars!
Niall is still feeding every 3 hours on average... last night was good though... he slept from 9.30pm to 3.40am in his big cot. I also agree that preparing bottles in the middle of the night is definatley less convenient than just putting him on the boob but then again you might get your DH to share some night feeds if he'll take a bottle?... have you expressed any? I've got to start using up my first bag of EBM cubes now... they should only be kept for 3 months... I might get my DH to give him his last feed at night for a while. I also hear you on the physically demanding nature of BFing. However at least it's helping me to lose weight. 
I hope she doesn’t pick anything up from daycare. I’m so lucky Ryan is going to FDC I think there’s last chance of mass outbreaks of bugs there. With your question for bottle feeders. Ryan did that last week. Woke for a 2nd feed during the night. Then it stopped until Wednesday night when he woke every hour! And last night he was back to normal, sleeping right through. Maybe Aleise just had a bubble in her tummy that would nit budge? Explaining the posset.
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