hi girls,

thanks for all the advice of the biting and freckle, James continues to bite but maybe only once every 3rd feed now instead of 5 times each side on each feed ! still no sign of a tooth though, still havent started feeding him solids, i intended to this weekend but havent yet so will wait til next weekend i think, i did give him a rusk to try and he liked that, chewed a groove in it like a shark took a bite out of it lol

on the sleeping side of things he is sleeping great most days, having 2-3 hour sleep twice a day but nights are still a challenge, last night he slept from 530pm-930pm and then woke at 0230 for a feed and was up for the day at 515 ! pretty good for us but the early mornings are really taking it out of me !

so the latest in the tresillian saga, i decided last weekend that maybe we should go into the residential unit after all (after too many bad nights in a row) i hadn't yet cancelled our booking so we are meant to be going in on the 8th sept, however i still have my issue with them not letting me take the monitor and i tried to sort it out (read rang then mon tues wed thurs trying to get an answer) the manager makes the final decision but despite leaving message after message i havent had a phone call back so im pretty peeved with that, i wont be going because if they cant organise to phone me back to sort out an issue that is important to me i dont have much faith in their help ! (also i needed to know if the manager would agree so dh could get time off work, now its too late)

Bec: good on you having the big clothes clean up, we have so much to do, there is clutter everywhere but most of it is in the spare rooms behind closed doors so it never gets done because we dont see it all the time ! cute pic of you and Jake, he always looks so alert :-) how was the dress fitting ?

Laura: i hope you are settling in to the new place ok, how is your anxiety ?

Jo: how are Riley and Isabella going ?

Hayley: how was your trip away

All Boys: how is Scout going with his solids ? how much does he eat at a time ?

Luey: hows Ethan going with the sleeping ? i have realised that once you sort out one problem they think up something new to do and you are back to square one !

Andie: are you moving house ? is that the reason for the real estate viewing ? how did Cam go with starting solids ? cute pictures of him, he has such lovely bright blue eyes

Reenie: are you back with us yet ?

Nic: how is Dusty going with the teething ? oh by the way i think you arent meant to give strawberry until 12 months, i think it is one of those things that can cause an allergic reaction like a rash etc (although i think i gave DD it early too because i didnt know !)

Catherine: hows Flynn going ?

hi to anyone i have missed, i better go and get dinner, james is already asleep for the night stretch (even though its disturbed by feeds) i try and stretch him to go down later because he wants to get up 12 hours after he goes down, hence the 5am waking ! but he cant stay up when he really needs to go to bed

Melinda