Sarah - that's good news about Noah's foot maybe only needing one more cast. Fasting him doesn't sound like fun at all, but the reaction he may have after having an anaesthetic with food in his tummy would be soooo much worse. Definitely see what the absolute shortest fasting time you can do is.

Danni - Mason is going to have to start charging appearance money soon! Sorry to hear about your ear infection - hope it clears up soon. Why the medication to increase your milk supply- I thought you were getting heaps and heaps? Sorry if I've missed something.

Tan - I know exactly how you feel. Its not horrible at all. We've all gone from being completely in control of our own lives to now having absolutely no control whatsoever - this tiny little being governs when we can do absolutely everything. A friend asked me recently what I had been doing and my response was "left boob, right boob, and that's about it". A long way from the life I used to have that's for sure!

Ange - I was told between 120 to 150mls for bubbies at this age so that sounds fine.

Ash - yay for Blake doing better with his sleeping. With your house, can you maybe live in a small portion of it so you only have to clean a minimal amount? Keeping a house spick and span for inspections is so hard but I really think we put too much pressure on ourselves - just make sure your bathroom and kitchen look good (that's what us girlies look at after all!). So glad to hear things are looking up a bit for you otherwise though. Good luck with Blake's vaccinations tomorrow - Izzy's are next Tuesday and I'm really not looking forward to it.

Tara - good luck with your ILs. I hope its not too difficult for you. Can you maybe get them more involved with your bigger kiddies so you don't have the stress of them with Leo? Or maybe tell a little white lie about what you're trying to do to get him into a routine, and it means cuddles with other people are really limited? Hard with grandparents though.

Kelly - you're doing so well persevering. I really hope the mastitis clears up soon and goes away for ever (OMG Tara with that many recurrences!). How did Luke go at your mum's last night? Let me know if you want to catch up for a coffee and a chat - I'm happy to come to you if you're not able to drive yet.

Lis - how's Elena going? It is so frustrating isn't it when you know the little cherubs are exhausted and want to go to sleep, but have such pain when you lie them on their backs. I managed to get Izzy down for an afternoon nap yesterday but only because I propped her bassinet up so she was lying on a 50 degree angle.

After three straight days where Izzy was screaming all day every day in my arms and not going to bed until really late, the last two days have been brilliant. She's in bed asleep by 7pm at night, sleeps until 2am ish, feeds, goes straight back down, another feed at 6.30 am and then asleep again until 10.30 am. I'm crossing absolutely everything that she stays like this at least for a few days - I've really been struggling and desperately need some sleep to catch up and get myself back in control a little bit emotionally. DH is taking the week of golf so hopefully Izzy will stick to the plan and let her mummy and daddy have a nice relaxing lazy morning together.

Have a good weekend everybody. To Sarah especially - try to stay warm!!!