Hi girls

How's Cooper going Belinda? Hope he's on the improve. I am not looking forward to Aston getting sick, but I guess having two at school its inevitable...they are going to bring SOMETHING home.

AJP - what your are feeling is a typical response when you stop take your meds suddenly - even for one day. Its withdrawal syndrome - the drop in the medication that levels out your moods is pretty dramatic. that is why when you are going off them for good you have to do it slowly, gradually cutting down your dose. Why do i know this, because I used to do it allllllll the time. It was horrid. I would run out on a Saturday, and wouldn't be able to get the chemist that kept my script until the monday, or before I kept it at a particular chemist, wouldn't be able to find the bloody repeat. I hated feeling that way so much that in the end I would have a spare pack so I never ran out. When I came off them, I gradually cut my dose down over a couple of months. As for how your feeling about your "family", hugs darlin, I can empathise hugely. my mum is coming on Saturday from Melbourne, and I can't wait to see her, but I don't want my sister to come to where she is staying because it ALWAYS ends up being crappy. So I am excited, and apprehensive. My relationship with my sister is so bad that even though she lives half an hour away, I don't see her by choice. Its just too much like hard work. But that's another story. Hang in there, get your script filled, be kind to yourself, and hug that baby girl of yours. You have your OWN family now, and that counts for lots.

Kim, aston has had the roto vaccine that is in two dose (for 100 a pop), he will have the second one at his next needles. my GP said that you if you are going to do it, it has to be before they are 6 mths as they have to have a month between each dose. so if you wanted to do it, it is still and option. It is a new vaccine, and I decided to do it because I have the big kids at school were they get all sorts of things, and I have seen and known of little ones coming down with it and ending up in hospital because of it. from baby to two its a pretty yuk virus for them to get as they get knocked around by it so quickly. But if Chelsea is around lots of other kids, or at daycare she should be fine.

rambling on a bit here, I think having wearing my son as a brooch for the last 24hours has taken its toll....I dont know how you do it Meredith. Reach over RIGHT NOW and pat yourself on the back girl!

on that note I'm going to lay in the bath while he is asleep.finally.