Hi March '08 mums and bubs...fabulous to be able to join you all on the "other side" ....

To introduce myself.....I am Hayley, mum of 4 beautiful children aged 5.5y, 3.5y, 2y...and of course my March '08 bub "Ari James" who was born on the 16th (his EDD) after a 3 hour natural labour, he weighed in at 9lbs (4080g), was 52.5cms and had a 36cm head. I had placenta issues...it didn't want to come out but other wise my recovery has been great (no tears etc). I live on the NSW Central Coast.

All is going really well with us...we had the clinic nurse visit at 16 days old and Ari weighed 4640g, was 56.5cms long and had a 37.6cm head....woohoo for breastmilk .....breastfeeding is going well obviously and I am enjoying having a bub at my breast again (DS#2 weaned 3.5mths ago).

We use cloth nappies which is also going well. We use fitteds and covers, although he is so big a lot of his newborn fitteds are getting on the small side . I also use cloth on my 2 year old but mainly use pockets and AIO/2s on him.

I am a big fan of baby wearing which is fortunate as Ari only sleeps when he is with me...so far we love our Bear Hug Baby pouch, wrap and sling . We co-sleep at night and generally get a good 4-5 hour sleep in there somewhere and then a 2-3 hour one...he settles straight after boob which is nice (he has not had the day/night confusion...yet).

OK well as you can imagine I am busy with 4 kids but I will try to keep up to date...

Cheers Hayley.

PS. on a mucousy bub...my DD was born quickly (7minute 2nd stage) and was quiet rattly etc I did take her to the Drs a couple of times to ease my mind (they did nothing, lol) but she did just eventually grow out of it....I hope your bub improves soon.