Jen - HUGE BIG :hugs: I am so sorry for your loss. I can not imagine how hard this time right now is for you but i do hope you are ok and if you ever need to just cry to us about anything we are all here for you. Thinking of you and your family at this terrible time Jen.

It must have been exciting for Lucy to go to the aquarium Tayneesha was at a girlfriends house the other day and they have a heap of fish tanks with great fish and she couldn't get enough of it. So i am going to buy her a small little tank and get a couple of fish for her. I think i will do this for Christmas for her. Gosh Lucy i think is more advanced than Tayneesha at the Moo's and all of that i still just get pointing and Uh etc sometimes a sound but it is more babble. No with the shake of a head yes Miss T has been doing this for a while and it is great as i then no what she wants and all of that. I find it very very easy now that she can understand me and i can understand her instead of the Uh point and all of that!

Krisp - With the routine of things the first week you can throw out the door as it is complete chaos!!! What i did is the following:

Feed Shayla and at the same time give Tayneesha her dinner, bath shayla and include Tayneesha in all of this as well and make sure she was all settled and happy by at least 6.00pm then put Shayla in our bedroom in her Baby Papasm swing (fisher price) Highly recommended Krisp with the 2nd bubba makes life ten times easier for you. Tayneesha gives cuddles and Kisses goodnight.
I then would organise Tayneesha in bathing her and reading to her and bottle then to bed by 7pm no later. If Shayla started to cry i would include Tayneesha and re-settle her so she went back to sleep but my DH is always home by 5.30pm the latest so he would deal with Shayla or organise Tayneesha.

Krisp it really is play it by ear but if you can afford $250.00 for this swing you will never look back at all it is a life saver.

Shayla is a good baby Krisp and she hardly crys at all, unless she is hungry. At the moment shayla goes to bed at 10-11pm at night and sleeps till 6.00-7.00am in the morning then has a feed and sleeps more etc. She is not a difficult baby at all and 2nd time round has been very very easy for me. This would help in the fact i have a very good baby though.
The key to coping is to be very very organised. Oh also i bottle feed and breastfeed. Shayla has boobie twice a day but the rest bottle this has made it easier for me as well cause DH can help out on the weekends and at night 7 days a week to give me a break. Also good if you need sleep!

I hope this helps a bit Krisp any other ? just ask and i will try and help you.

Hi to all of you that i have missed!

Jen
xx