Good morning... only just; had another sleep in...and DH is asleep still with Niall in Verity's bed...musical beds in this house LOL Verity was doing a good job of looking after Wade all morning until they decided to play Pop Goes The Weasel (running around the dining table) but by then I was ready to get up because the central heating had been turned way up above 20'C...oh well small price to pay for a bit of extra rest. Had a busy day yesterday: Went out to lunch with The Girls (neighbours and the woman who used to live in this house before us: she shares my birthday and has 3 children too: a few of several bizzare coincidences!) DH looked after all the kids... Verity was thrilled to be able to give Niall a bottle of EBM which apparently he drunk quickly. I had a great lunch and caught up on all the local goss... Bailey's cheesecake for dessert! LOL Then we spent the afternoon over at the Western suburbs visiting friends and a lonely old uncle of DH's... then it was dark and we bought pizza on the way home and hired some DVDs (Narnia) making it an enjoyable night in.

Jess: Thinking of you and little Patrick... hope he's doing ok... your DH is still at home with you? Guess it's lots of extra driving back and forth to the hospital again?

Nic: Yep, Aldi newborn size nappies (in the yellow packaging) are fantastic... very absorbant, slightly larger than Huggies and don't grip the legs as harshly leaving nasty red creases on the skin. Plus they are much cheaper... IK is right, you'll never go back to Huggies after trying Aldi. Wade is in Aldi Pull-Ups. We're going there today actually to restock.

Dee: Oooh LOL at your broken tooth tale of warning! That will stick in your girl's minds for many years to come, hopefully frightening them off those nasty Froot Loops. Are you taking extra calcium? I'm taking Blackmore's Calcium tablets... not sure if it'll help... I've heard that BFing is a huge drain on our calcium stores but that it's also good in preventing osteoporosis because our skeleton is strengthened by the depletion and rebuilding of bone cells, just as long as you provide the extra calcium. Do you know anything about this? being a nurse I thought you might.

Neeny: that's a very sweet little piccy of Aleise

IK: Good to hear you had a nice feed... I can't imagine you being too frightened to "jump back onto the breast-feeding horse" IYKWIM after this minor set back... I reckon after Tuesday you'll both be cruising

Tulip: Are you having little cat naps when Lucas is sleeping during the day? No? naughty naughty I know it's so hard when you want to use the time to get things done.... and I know how super organised you are... I just hope you're not putting housework before rest darl... please remeber Lucas will become more wakeful and you could get too much in debt sleepwise and then life will get really hard. At the very least choose a sedentary activity when he's sleeping... like BB cruising or scrapbooking! Don't even look at the vacuume cleaner!

Ok... gotta deal with unsettled children... back later...