Hi Girls,

Its been a while since I've been on!!
Scrappy: I wish my work could pay me until March!! I have to go back in October DP would have me back now if he could! I might see if I can go back PT at first and ease myself into it. I'm enjoying being a SAHM tho, more than I thought I would haha. I haven't been overseas yet (hmm, wonder if we've ever get there now). Darcy is a stunner!! All the pics are fantastic especially the professional one of you and DH. I have to get around to getting pics of Jayden on here.


Shazz: DP doesn't like spending money on jewellery either (especially when its not for him haha) I chose a ring that was around $3000 he nearly died!! We ended up with a $1500 that we got half price because we knew the jeweller. Sounds like Ryan is going through a growth spurt.....hopefully he goes back to normal sleeping for you, although one thing I have learnt is just as your getting used to how they sleep and feed etc they change it haha. Jayden was asleep at 7.30pm woke at 1am this morning for a feed and then at 7.30am usually he goes to sleep anywhere between 8.30 and 10.30 and will sleep through til 6am to 8am of couse every few days he changes that and will wake a few times then go back to sleeping thorugh. I hope you get more sleep, can you sleep during the day when Ryan is sleeping? I find it hard to do but if I get that tired I force myself too.

Beck: Hi and thanks for the welcome. We also had a rough few days when we got home from hospital, Jayden had FF a few times as I was convinced I had no milk for him. I had to keep expressing after every feed to try and boost it up again. It did work and now I am exclusively BF but I am having the same feeling now that I don't have enough milk, if Jayden sleeps through the night we are usually ok because after 12hours I am nearly bursting but even after 6 hrs it doesn't feel like there is enough there, I'll keep trying though (least it doesn't hurt like it used to haha). Jayden is still in 0000 but the bonds wondersuits he is now in 000...actually anything Bonds is 000 now. I squeezed him into a pair of overalls last week that were 00000 as he hadn't worn them yet and my Mum bought it for him.....poor kid had a nappy wedgie LOL.

Bellasmum: It'll be his last camp until the next one no doubt haha I guess the first camp would be hard on both of you.

Sara: How was Cairns? Did you get heaps of fish to eat? My DP went fishing last week but only caught enough for the cat Since the birth I bled heavily for about 2 weeks (using maternity pads) then it got lighter and could use regular pads and then eventually just a liner was enough all up it was about 5 weeks til it completley stopped. The cramping is just the uterus contracting isn't it? It contracts especially when BF or is your cramping different to that? I found standing up after I had been sitting or laying down for a while very painful, it felt like my inside were going to fall out haha that eased up after about a week or 2. Hope your feeling better!!

Sheree: Did you see Alison (lactation consultant)? I found her very good, I saw her for 5 or 6 weeks.
Jayden is mucking around on the boob again, after about 5mins he detaches and then goes back on and detaches again, this will go on for about 10 mins after that if he hasn't attched and feeding properly I take him off completly. He'll cry a little, I burp him and then he goes to sleep or has play time, so I'm guessing he isn't that hungry. We are still monitoring his weight so we get him checked at child health tomorrow, if he is still putting on weight all is good but if he's not I will have to persist longer with him maybe as some feeds are between 5 and 10mins, it doesn't seem long enough but he will last for another 3-5 hrs!

Lea: Jayden's gym has lights and music too, he just loves it....I put him in there at 10am this morning for tummy time and he fell asleep (he was due for a feed around 10.30am he has slept through it) and he is still sleeping now at midday!! I've had heaps to catch up on too, i've been typing for well over an hour!! I get lazy with Jayden and if DP is on night shift Jayden gets into bed with me...its much warmer haha.
Yesterday I had a shower and Jayden woke up while I was in there, so after I got out I climbed back into bed with him to get him back to sleep and we both fell asleep for 2 and half hours (we must have needed it hehe).

We are going to have a lazy day today. Yeaterday was meant to be the lazy day but we went to the beach with one of my 6 SIL's and her psycho dogs, it was good doing all the walking but I ruined it by having fish n chips there haha ahh well, I'm slowly getting back to pre-preg weight...shape on the other hand is not even close LOL. I'm off to have some lunch before this lil man wakes up

I'll check in later and see if I forgot to reply to anything...(anyone still get baby brain?? I have it bad!!)
Have a good day everyone