Nelle - how scary for you. Is bronchiolis (sp??) a permanent thing, or does it re=occur? I thought ventolin was for people with asthma? Is Bronchiolis some form of asthma? (this is all new to me, if you are too tired to answer, that's cool).

Luua - that sounds so cute, Ella jumping into your arms from the pool side. I'd like to make cotton sleeping bags too, how do you do your closures? I have no idea how to sew a zip in, so i wondered about other options. FUnky 70's patterns sound good - you need something for humour when babies won't sleep!

your dh sounds like mine, if i give him a definite thing to aim for, he's fine, but on his own? well, i end up taking it back for a refund (one year it was CURTAINS!!!!).

Taralee - we always have a fan on too, even in winter she needed it! i think i have the warmest blooded bilby in Australia! in her sleep, she'll sweat like it's hot (even in winter!!). ANd you're right, from what the CYH nurses told me, the babies need the "white noise" to help them sleep.

KimBaz, you're not paranoid, you've just got Protective Mummy Genes!!!

i had not thought of my posts as being warm and fuzzy! The rest of you seem so together, so all conquering, i feel like the post natal D flop amongst you lot! You go on holidays, have parties, you're out there doing stuff, i'm in awe! You lot inspire me, i tell myself, i'm a bit slower, but hopefully, one day, i'll be doing lots too, like you are now. One day!

Vicky - yeh to the lifting of fogs! Yeh for Aston delighting in a balloon, awww!

Blanchie - darling you are NOT fat, you are growing a lovely baby!!! If you WEREN"T looking bigger, the baby would not survive. So it's a good sign.

i've been told the 2nd baby preg can show earlier, cos the tummy muscles have already been stretched from first pregnancy, but i've also met 2nd time mummies who didn't show til later, so i guess, like most stuff to do with bubs, everyone is different. I look back on my preg belly photos with such fondness (knowing it will never come again), but at the time, i think i was much more occupied with "oh my sore back" etc, I didn't show much until six months, (which was a real pain, cos no-one helped me when my car broke down, and when we moved house), but at six months - WHOA - all of a sudden - HUMUNGOUS! and i'm only 5 ft 2, and humungous on a shorty is ROOLLY humungous!!!

Kim, are you trying formula / cow's milk so you don't have to worry about tandem feeding? I know someone who did that last year, it's a tough gig. (two at once).

We are feeding maybe five times a day, but i find it hard to keep track of how often, cos it's on demand. Bilby is having three solids meals per day. I really need to get a blender to do up her fruit, she chokes on me just forking it up. Still not liking meat so i am a bit challenged in her "protein" uptake. I guess she gets some protein from my milk, but i worry she should be getting it in solids as well.

(gee how unusual, me worrying!!!)

Have a lovely Sunday girls! After the pool success of Friday, we are going, as a family, to a Waterworld community outdoor pool, for a bit of splashing about on a 36 degree day (under shade hopefully!) so daddy can see her being a water bilby!

She has done some "nearly a cuddle" type things in last two days, dont' wanna jinx it but . . . . here's hoping!!

ciao bellas!