Hello everyone,

Kim – glad that Darcy’s needles seemed to go ok. It’s always a bit scary for the first few hours, but it’s a necessary evil unfortunately.

Jess – way to go Patrick! That’s great about his weight gain. What a cute pic on your ticker too!

Mummy – wow, sounds like your family really had the jabs! I hate needles, so I’m glad I don’t have to have any for a while! Maybe Phoebe is just going through a phase with her weight and it will pick up again soon – did Samuel’s weight start to pick up after he had that lull at 3-4 months? If she’s feeding well I’m sure she’s fine.

Vic – right, now I know I shouldn’t whinge! I only have one extra screaming child to deal with, but two more would be tough. I really hope you’ve managed to get some sleep since you last posted! Adam sounds just like Toby with his sleeping/feeding patterns too – not awake much through the day but feeding and going back to sleep well each time. Three times through the night isn’t too bad.

Alison – how’s it all going? Hope Cooper is going well.

Baby Crazy – poor Jovi. I remember that the only thing that used to settle Charlie was a bf and some SM33 gel, and sometimes that wouldn’t even work. It must really hurt, the poor things. Hopefully she gets a few at once and doesn’t have to go through agony for every single tooth. Hope the weigh in goes well too.

Hello to everyone else too.

Just staying awake for a little bit longer… Toby had his last feed at about 9.30, but he had this funny rash on one side of the top of his head, so I will wait and check the rash again in half an hour or so to see if it’s getting any worse. I think it’s probably nothing – there’s no fever and he’s fine in every other respect – and DH thinks it might be a beard rash from when he was settling him in the dark before he went to sleep (he’s just shaved and it’s all *****ly!). After he mentioned that I can see that it certainly looks like beard rash, so let’s hope that’s all it is. Otherwise he’s doing well – seems to be out of that screaming thing, thank goodness! He was a little unsettled last night, but I think that was either because of the onion I ate or the tea (caffeinated, which is unusual for me atm) I drank. Have stopped having both those things now so I’ll see if it makes a difference. Busy week or so coming up – my Nana is flying up tomorrow to visit (she’s coming up specifically to meet Toby), then DH has two pieces that he wrote premiered at the Brisbane Festival, then the day after Nana leaves there are more visitors coming (they’re all staying at Mum’s house but I’ll be over there quite a bit). Should be interesting.

Anyway, might go and check on the boy soon. Hope you’re all well.