Aurora – don’t feel bad about wanting to go back to work– sleep depravation is so bad it was outlawed as a form of torture by the Red Cross - glad you got a better night last night.

Baths- you so hit the nail on the head re: the difference in pace btw. paid work and SAH.. I love lentils, I make lentil sheaperds pie and lentil soup.

Ali – I think AF is on her way for me too – had one of my ‘hormonal’ headaches last night…I was hoping to get at least 6 months off…darn..hope your feeling better today.

Gabysmum – I’m sorry to read about the breast refusal – expressing is such a pain…are you going to keep trying? Or is there no point? Good news about the stats though!

Nic – hang in there honey, every day Nixon gets your milk is a blessing. BF is hard. For me it is cracked nipples.. I constantly have scabs on my nipples and get that needle pain afterwards - even though my LC said that I do attach Ally properly... I just count every day as a positive.

Candy – I’m so sorry about your horse…I’m sure they meant well, even though I agree that they should have told you. We are not children. I’m really really sorry…My parents put my dog down when I was 29. I had been living in the US for a year, they decided to put the dog down the day before I got home as they did not want me to see her like that. But I would have liked to say goodbye, to thank her for being such a good dog – lets make a pact that we will not do that to our children.

Me - had a bad night as we went to a friends house for dinner and she also invited another couple with kids, who screamed all night (nothing agaist that - kids were just having fun) but it meant that Ally could not get to sleep, she is not used to kids screaming....so she was up till 11pm (with two 10min cat naps).. they had let their kids sleep during the day so they could stay up late. Errrr... She is a mess today as well and will not go down... oh well. I would like to say it was worth it, but it wasn't.

I've joined another group: InnerSydneyMum's, they meet once a week at the Union Hotel in Newtown. I'm looking forward to real live chats, I love you gals, but it will be nice to meet some more mums - given most of you are all in Melb. Is there anyone else in Sydney?