Babies Born October 16th ~ 31st 2008

Hi everyone.. i am getting Jorda's shots here in Canada... same thing.. just would rather get them done sooner then later... so its ok.. I never freaked out when Ben got them.. so i am ok..

Snowing here like crazy.. but so fun.. Ben has a snowsuit and boots etc..
And Jorda is so cute in her little snow outfit and hat .. so fun..

I have been shopping like crazy.. but need to stop as my friends here are having a baby shower for me next sunday.. so nice of them.. and here in Canada.. there is kinda a silent rule.. that people spend anywhere from 50-100$.. which i think is a lot.. so we will get tones of stuff... Which i need as the dryer here at the hotel(since my parents house burnt this is where we are living) ate all Jorda's clothes.. holes in all of them and oil spills on them all. I WAS DEVASTATED as it was all newborn small stuff that is now wrecked.... :(

Anyways i hope everyone is well.. hang in there...
I did the control crying with Jorda for 3 nights and she is sleeping through from 10pm till 6-7am.. I Am loving it!!!!!!

didi - what bliss at night to have Jorda sleep through!! How annoying that you have to get all new clothes, I don't like driers but i imagine where you are they are a neccessity. How exciting having a baby shower - how are you going to get all the pressies back home to Australia again??

HJ - night shift, I don't envy you that position. I grew up with my dad on nightshift his whole life. Hopefully Bianca will be sleeping better at night for you by then.

OMG - I can't believe it, but Logan rolled over from his tummy onto his back today. I put him on the floor for some tummy time, and within a few minutes he had rolled. He has pretty strong arms and legs, but he is only 17 days old. Very exciting - i hope that it wasn't a one off as i can't wait for DH to see it too.

I thought it was just me Angus did the same thing three times, I thought it was a fluke so I kept trying till he got sick of it,(Hee, hee...mean mummy am I)
hi to all back soon Angus is screaming out for me

I took Bianca too doc today - looks like she may have silent Reflux - so she is on Infant Gaviscon for the next wk too see how she goes - if she dosnet improve we have too take her back and they will try something stronger!
Has anyone else used Infanct Gaviscon on such a young baby? and does it work?

hey girls!

Mia is now on 95% formula, just until i finsh weaning her off my breast as my breasts are having abit of a culture shock and i need to tell them not to produce anymore milk and to do that i need to slow things down gradually. Anyhoo my story is in the breastfeeding bit on here. I have an appointment to go on the pill on monday.. ahhh good ol contraception.. speaking of sex.. what is that? somethin u eat?

Moving on... today has been the BEST day ever since she came home. She is much happier and its only the first full formula day! Its such a sigh of relief. i love being a mummy!

hj - that really sucks about the reflux. Hopefully that stuff works.. i have heard of it but dont know anyone that has used it. I have heard reflux can be very painful for a baby so fingers crossed it gives her some relief. so glad u went to the doctors! big hugs!!

yeh Mia's doing the "oh look mummy, i can roll this way and that way..." hrmm makes changing a nappy very interesting!!!! tho she rolls to her right more. I have to encourage her to roll to her right too. so she can go from back to tummy but not tummy to back. tho she gets her knees up already.. i think i might have an early crawler on my hands.

anyhoo.. gonna go change my milk drenched top.. lol..

ps.. no it wasnt a geelong top... its black and white (collingwood suck) and it has a glitter flower on it.

Oi - Good old Collingwood forever they know how to play the game!!!!
Collingwood is my team! they dont suck - and here i was thinking u were a pretty good person with good taste etc...... hahahaha

It is a big relief going on formula isnt it Hollye? what formula have u got Princess Mia on?
I was put on the pill too dry up my milk also - but cause i was still bleeding from giving birth it gave me massive clots - so OB told me too stop them - was only on them for 3days and than stopped - i think my milk is pretty much gone :( which is a bit sad - only get a few drops if i squeeze them!
and yeah im not sure what sex is either! hahaha - not sure if i want too know tho! ;)

Wow! Liam's not even making any moves to roll over. I don't think he even knows he can do it. He loves to crawl tho :lol: - DH holds him just above the bed (paralel to it) so his feet reach and he instinctively kicks and moves himself along. He loves it. And he's fast!

HJ - that will be great if the Gaviscon helps her. It must be a relief to have an answer too! I've heard really good feedback about the hammocks for bubs with reflux. I haven't heard of any big issues getting them to a cot afterwards. I was looking into them before DS was born. Actually, I got one, but it was SO WRONG when we tried him in it not long after he came home. I've been thinking lately I'll pull it out and try it again, it might be better now he's bigger.

Hollye - What's bringing you up this way? That will be great! You know I just moved here a few years ago from Shepparton - are you stalking me??!! :p What sort of work is your DP after?

I'm still weighing up the BF vs Bottle thing. I just feel like such a cheat. I still have plenty of milk, but is it worth it? At the moment I feel like he just puts up with it until he gets to the bottle which is what he really wants. Anyway, I'll be calling the ABA today.

Oh, and um, sex is something that's interupted...just like everything else... :rolleyes:

1stbub27 - ive lived here for 17 years and im just "over it". I need a change and yes ofcourse im stalking u silly! We decided now bubs here that we need to get out and start seeing abit before she starts school. How could u leave all sheps beautiful plastic cows behind? oh man they are pathetic. DP works in the tyre industry. So Dunlop.. Beaurepairs.. Tyrepower alll that sorta stuff.

Anyway, Im great, Mia's great.. :) She fed at 8pm lastnight and slept till 1am and then slept till 6am and just had another feed at 9:45am. Loving it! shes so much happier now!! Im expressing a little still coz my bb's have been getting a few blockd ducts which are hell painful. Going to have a nnice warm shower soon and try and give them a bit of a massage to try and fix them. I just wish it would dry up already.

OH hj - Mia is on KARICARE GOLD+ .. :D:D Oh my Bianca is gorgeous!

Hollye - Thanks Hollye - and my gosh have u got a angel on ur hands, how well does she sleep! whats ur secret?

1stBub27 - it is a relief to have an answer - and my fingers and toes are crossed that the gaviscon works! i was even thinking of bitting the bullet and putting Bianca too sleep of a night time on her belly in her cot - i know they say not too do it - but today she slept for 4hrs on her belly - so maybe that is another option!
How did u go with the ABA? did they help u at all decide on what too do?

my secret is.. gene's.. lol.. i was a great baby and so was DP :) thats all i can think of.

This not BFing thing is really getting to me.. im still expressing coz my supple has gone huge and im in so much pain from it. I want to BF so bad :( Im really at a loss.. its always on my mind.. i cry about Bfing and i cry about not Bfing. Also i think she has thrush in her mouth.. she has little white lump on the inside of her mouth.. :( is this thrush? what can i do it fix it? is it hurting her?

Hello everyone!!!.. well.. I am going to the bottle.. I cant do anymore to feed her when I have well NO milk.. due to stress etc.. I have gone to lactation lady here in Canada and said i cant do anythign when stressed... and to reduce stress is impossible.. with my parents hosue etc..

I feel ok with this decision as i have given her 8 weeks of all i can do!

how is everyone else doing??/ I have lost 20kg.. so happy happy!

ok my decision has been made. I had a big talk last night with DP and this is what we are going to do. Im going to express 1-3 times a day so she can have 1-3 BM bottles a day. The rest will be formula and once or twice a week i will try and re attach her to the breast. We are going to take tit nice and slow and hopefully if my supply favours me i will be able to wean her gradually off the bottle and formula all together. I feel much more at peace with this decision coz she is still getting full feeds from my breastmilk. hope that makes sense.

didi - 8 weeks is fannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnntastic! u go girl! whats the weather in canada? freezing here even tho its summer in about a week! Are u ever coming back?:( im going to geelong area ( i think thats where ur from) in december..

woohooo happy one month bday to Mia!!! :D:D:D:D

Happy One Month Mia (sorry its late)
wow Hollye that went so fast - i was only thinking today that Bianca is one mth old in 2days! how fast does it go!!!!!!
and im glad u are finally happy with ur decision about breastfeeding and bottle feeding!

didi - you know going to Canada would be a dream come true for me - i have made DH promise to take me to Canada/Alaska for my 30th, and i sooooooo can't wait!
Good work on losing 20kgs! i have lost 11kgs since having Bianca (without even trying) - but it seems to have come to a stop now! i wanna be a Yummy Mummy, so my plan is to lose at least another 5kgs and i will be happy!

Does anyone else miss being pregnant? i really do and i never thought i would! i went into a baby shop yesterday and everywhere i looked was pregnant woman and it made me feel sad for some reason!
I think im also regretting my labour - i keep thinking about it and wishing that i hadn't had the epi and that i had of took the time too enjoy it more (easier said than done at the time tho i guess)
Gosh im still a bag of mixed emotions and hormones - when will it stop?

Hi everyone - quick one here, Im on stupid dial up and we pay for downloads etc so Im trying not to spend too much time on here!
We are great - James is doing super dooper well! He is such a big boy, so many people think he is older than 5 weeks because he is over 5kgs and so long! He is sleeping really well (sorry ladies) Im only up once a night which makes my days so much easier to cope with 2 of them and Izzy is pretty demanding herself right now. We had 2 kids parties this weekend, one 1st birthday and one naming day/blessing so we are pretty tired but it was nice to get out and about to show off our lttle guy.
Right Im off - MG tomorrow so that should be fun! Will post before and after pics once I have boradband back on the 1st of our kitchen that DH is reno'ing! :) Big hugs to you all and to your gorgeous bubs!!

Hi all, just a quick one had a rough night in the sleep department last night due to both Paige (wouldn't go to sleep till 1am and stirring through the night) and then Angus (waking for a feed at 1:30am and not resettling till 3am) so DH and I are resembling Zombies today and both of them are still resisting sleep today have finally managed to get them both of to sleep but don't know for how long????
hope everyone else is well, one more day until DH goes back to work....sob!!!!
love to all Allie xxxxx

hi all,
sorry havent been posting much, been having a few "issues" :rolleyes: nothing to do with Jacob, he is perfect and feeding/sleeping well, which im really happy about otherwise on top of everything else I would probably be a drooling mess on the floor.We have the cyh nurse coming out today, she should be here any minute, just getting in aquick feed beforeshe gets here.
hj- I never thought I would miss being preggers either, but I do, and I am still getting weepy about it.
hollye- your plan with the feeding sounds great, im glad you have it sorted now and I hope it all works out well for you and mia.
sorry loves gotta go,
xx be back later,
bec

Tan - glad to hear someone is getting sleep! hahahaha!
DH has night shift at work on tuesday and wednesday so ive got my first nights without him comming up - im still dreading it!

Allie - i know how u feel about DH going back to work - mine went back yesterday!
and we went for a drive to visist him today - hahaha he enjoyed it tho! got to show of his baby daughter which i think he loved!

Bec - Hope everything is okay and you get those "issues" sorted out soon!

im lazy so im just gonna paste this from the other thread.

Doc appotointment today went well. Im now on the mini pill.. yay for me. lol. He had a look in her mouth and said that she could have thrush and to keep her on the drops but also to try and get my finger in there to clean it a little as it could just be milk residue. Tried that.. didnt seem to work. He said that it is very common for babies to get some sort of thrush in their mouth and nearly every baby gets it. So im to keep her on the drops and keep cleaning it, if it doesnt work or gets worse to bring her back and he will suggest something else.
Re the rash.. he also said this is ok and he isnt too worried about it but once again, if it gets worse to bring her back in. I forgot what he said it was but one way to fix it, i think he said steriods? He also said not to apply any creams to it. So is all good.

I have my 6 week checkup next wednesday, with my midwife i seen right through the pregnancy. Im glad its with her. Pap smear booked for the 15th december... ho hum :( and Mia's needles are pretty much organised for the 17th december.. poor little munchkin.


Had a BF today.. went pretty well, it was just to stop her screaming while her bottle cooled down. But seemed to do the trick and she attached pretty well. Still pulled off a couple of times but not too bad.

anyway, its been a loooooong day with her today so going to try and get some housework done so after her 8pm feed i can go straight to bed! im absalutly buggered. Oh bubbi please let mummy get just a little sleep tonight..

Hi Everyone,
I just thought I would say "hello". Olive is getting huge, I think having to give her the extra formula combined with breast milk hasn't helped (see BF thread), she is already 58cms and weighs 5kgs. People ask me if she's 4-5 mths and i'm like no she is 5weeks. I am also still a bit sad about not being pregnant, I had a great pregnancy with no sickness at all and it feels as though you've lost a part of yourself even though i've finally got my precious girl. Does anyone else have seriously bad baby brain? I can't believe how forgetful I have become! i'm booked in for my 6 wk check next week as well and will also talk to dr a bit more about immunisation. I had decided not to then now i'm not sure. Olive is just so perfect I don't want to give her something that could potentially do long term damage but also don't want her to get sick, it's really hard. I always wanted to be able to pick and choose what she would and wouldn't have but apparently thats really hard now as they are all just bunged in together. Am interested in everyone's opinion, both for and against.

Hi ladies, hope you don't mind if i join in here. Some of you will know that I had Meara a month early due to pre eclampsia so now am not in the November group lol. Miss Meara was born on the 26th October at 36+3 weeks.

Is there anyone here from the Newcastle area?? Seems to be lots from Vic but not many from where I am.

Yes Olive'smummy I have terrible baby brain lol. Can't remember anything and forget my other kids names even..... oops. I have to write everything down on the calendar so I don't forget. If it doesn't get written down then I might as well not have been told about it lol.

will check in regularly from now on (hopefully) and look forward to seeing what everyone else is going through

Kim

Bianca is a 1 month old today! my gosh has it gone fast! i hope now that she is a "big" girl she will sleep through tonight or only get up once - as im all alone tonight! and im freaking a little - i will have no one to hand her over to when her screaming gets too much!

Olive'smummy - your not the only one feeling sad about not being pregnant no more! i feel exactly the same!
also i have an extreme bad case of baby brain too!

hey girls!

was an ok night and morning. Been quite a difficult arvo, but hay, take the good with the bad. Still Bfing here, usually for one full feed a day. the rest is formula. I think its time to bump up the amount to 150mls too as 100mls doesnt seem to be sustaining her for very long. I think about 120mls will do her but its just not possible to do that so we will be wasting abit for a while.

HJ - i dont know if i could handle a night all alone, tho DP doesnt help me at all during the night so i guess it wouldnt be any different. If anything i guess i would like having the bed to myself as Mia doesnt take up that much room :)

KimB - howdy fellow pre elampsian (is that even a word?). Love the name btw :)

re needles - im totoally for them. As far as i see it there is a reason they are given and if she fell ill with something i didnt immunise against i would feel awful. Im going to go get some baby panadol before then just incase she screams when she gets home coz it hurts. Better to be prepared i say.

Guess what Guess what??????

I survived my first night alone with Bianca without DH!!!! and........... it wasnt that bad!
For once she didnt scream and cry for hours on end! she was actually quite good! and i didnt have too much of a problem putting her down in her cot - she went too bed at 2230, woke up at 0115, back to sleep at 0200 and back up again at 0600! now i was kinda hoping she would sleep in until at least 0700 but hey, she didnt scream and carry on so im not complaining!
If felt weird being home of a night time with B and no DH - sounds funny but for the first time i actually felt like a mum!
Hopefully tonight will be just as good if not better! i am tired today so hopefully i get a bit more sleep - but we will see - :D

Hollye - I have to give Bianca 150mls also cause 100mls wasnt cutting it - she will drink about 110-120mls and occassionally will go thru the whole 150mls - so we are wasting a bit of formula as well - but oh well just part and parcel of it all i guess!
Why dosent your DP help u during the night?
I think u would handle being alone during the night just fine - ur a pretty tuff cookie - look at everything u have gone thru already and not once have u given up!
Also i have already popped into the chemist to get some Childrens Panadol - thought now that she is 1mth old we better have that on hand since we have already made a few trips to the chemist!

I have noticed our thread has been a bit quiet lately! we must be all busy with our little bundle of joys!

whoa watta day!

Mia's oral thrush doesnt seem to be going away which means shes not sucking. She will down about max 50mls in her bottle and its just too sore to suck anymore. So off to the chemist i went. Got some more Nilstat and some baby panadol. Just gave her a dose of panadol and shes sound asleep and sucking on her dummY! she wasnt sucking on thaat either coz of the pain. Poor little munchkin. So it has been a rough couple of days. I went and got some heinz nurture formula too so ill give that a go.. was only $18 and after i brought it i seen it at big w for $12.. oh that always happens. The BFing seems to be phasing out. Frankly with all her other issues atm i just dont have time! We will see how it goes. Mum wants me to try the NAN formula but i can only find it in the GOLD variety, does it come in a normal one??????

anyway off to have a veg in front of the telly.. or not.. shes awake again.. ho hum

HJ - he works over 40 hours a week and i kinda feel bad asking him for help anyway and if i do he just gets crabby.. oh well.. ill just deal with it.

HJ, well done...I'm so glad the night went well for you.

My DP doesn't do nights either, but that's mostly because I'm breastfeeding. There's nothing he can do so why should we both be sleep deprived. We also have a deal that he takes her to settle more during the day to give me a break...or let me take a nana nap. He is struggling with the amount of noise she makes during the night though, all the snuffling wakes him up. We're contemplating moving her into the next room, where we could here her cry, but not so much of the heavy breathing. I'm not sure about it though, I find all the noise reassuring (and it doesn't wake me up as much)...SIDS is always at the back of my mind.

Sorry to be MIA for so long. Funny how you can be soooo busy and yet feel like you haven't done much, with a bub. :)

Went to the Dr today as a small bit on my ceasar cut started weeping and bleeding just a little last night (sorry everyone! Hope ur not eating). They weren't too worried about it, apart from the fact it's happened close to 6 weeks, but my 6 week appointment is next Monday so I've got antibiotics and we'll see how it is by then. It's a little sore and I'm back to not being 100% comfortable with things like bending down, and reaching over for things. DH goes back to work next Monday too, so that could be interesting.

We did our first day trip on Monday to Gympie (1 1/2 hrs away). One of my best friends who now lives in US was back for a visit with her husband and 6 month old. It was the 1st time everyone got to meet each other. What a change from old times, now that we have bubs, prams and hubs in tow! :lol: It all went well. Liam travelled well and coped with the heat pretty well too. Actually, he's been really good lately and I'm starting to stop holding my breath and just enjoy it all.

On the feeding, I've decided to go 1/2 BF and 1/2 FF which I feel a lot happier about than just doing 1 exclusively ATM. Didn't end up calling ABA just because I was so tired I couldn't think properly the next day and as soon as I think I have a problem it sorts itself out. I'm currently doing a quick BF then topping up on FF - but no matter how much BF he has still has at least 100ml Formula, and sometimes the whole 150ml recommended. We got him weighed today and he's put on 1kg in 3 weeks, so is around 4.7kg now. YAY! My nanna dropped round today too and was amazed at how much bigger and heavier he was since just last week!

I was wondering if anyone else was suffering from baby brain! :) I'm terrible. So vague and so unable to focus. ...that does go doesn't it? :pray:

HJ - I'm so happy for you that things went well with Bianca last night! :dance: :hug: I get the whole 'feeling like a mum for the 1st time' thing. I keep looking at those calm mums with a couple of kids and wondering if they felt so out of place with their 1st.

Gotta go. Hope ur all having fun. ;)

Hollye - Poor little Mia!
I did the same thing with formula the other day - brought 2 cans at woolies cause they were on special - only to find it cheaper at kmart! go figure!!!!
As for u question on NAN formula - i have only seen it in Gold also!
and now i understand why DH dosent get up! best not to have a crabby partner! hehehe

fussy - its good that ur partner does his share during the day to give u a break!
im as parnoid about sids as u are - however we started Bianca off in her own room straight away - cause i knew i would find it hard moving her out - but we had a baby monitor - now im a bit more relaxed and the monitor is off - but i still find my self waking to check on her or just lying in bed until i hear a sound from her!
i would so love to sleep her on her belly - cause she loves it - but the whole sids thing is freaking me out!

1stBub27 - that meet up with ur friend would of been interesting! going from no bubs to you both having bubs! and yeh for Liam being on his best behaviour! and funny u have been holding ur breath also! im still holding mine as i have had 2 good days with Bianca so far and have really enjoyed it! - however im still worried that it might be the calm before the storm (hope not).
As for baby brain - i have it bad - and i think it is starting to annoy DH a little - apparently u never lose it completly!
I dont have my 6wk check up with my ob until next year - and by than i will be further along than 6wks - was wondering if maybe they made a mistake and if i should call them and check - does it really matter when u have it?
Hope ur ceaser wound heals quickly!

Did anyone see Oprah today? It was about overwhelmed mums. There were some scary stories about child accidents etc, often brought on by baby brain moments. But the positive thing I got from it was that you should always focus on what you are doing NOW, if you are in the present then things are less likely to get on top of you or go wrong. Easier said than done I know, but I really thought that it was an important concept.

Nope didnt see it - and by the sounds of it im glad i didnt!!!
and i couldnt agree more - with our baby brains we really should concentrate on one thing at a time! ;)

I am SO excited!!! James took his first bottle of EBM today without a fuss!!!!!!!! :leap: It's huge for us here because Izzy was attached to the booby til 8 mths ( and I mean not ONE bottle in that time! :rolleyes: )so I didn't get a break for a looong time but today I went and got my hair done and just before I went I said to DH maybe I should try to express and feed him that and it worked!!! :cheerL: Very excited! Gotta go because we are paying for our internet at the mo because we are over our limit and its excy but I was too excited and wanted to let you all know!

:hug: to you all who are having a rough time and Yay Hj! Thats great! See I am reading! :)

Fussyboots,
I saw Ophra today, it was so sad. It's crazy to think what baby brain, being stressed and the pressures of being a mother can do to some people. It makes you appreciate what you've got and take a step back from it all. Speaking of telly, i've never seen so much! I've always worked fulltime and can't believe how much crap is out there. I am especially sick of pro active and windsor pilates ads Agggggggggg.

LOL. That's so true about the crap on TV. we actually got pay tv about a month b4 bub was born for that reason. It's still crap of course, but we get more choices of which crap to watch. :)

Congrats James and Tanstar on your EBM success!!! I've yet to be able to express enough for a whole feed. It takes me 2 or 3 separate goes to get a 1/2 decent amount.
Hey Tan, I tried Liam back in the hammock the other day and he seemed happy enough eventually, but he gets slouched so much his chin comes right down onto his chest. I was nervous to leave him like that sleeping coz it would have to restrict his breathing (though he was sleeping for about 15 mins happily enough). Is there a trick to it, or do i just have a dodgy brand?

HJ & Hollye - I was reading up on formula a few days ago. Here's the go: In Oz they're really similar coz they have to abide by strict standards. The difference is that some have extras like more Omega or whatever, but the main difference is that some are Whey based, while others are Caseinate based. Whey based is meant to be closer to breastmilk and generally more gentle on bubs tummy. The one that kept being recommended was Heinz Nurture which is still one of the cheaper brands (general concensus is the cheaper brands are only cheap because they're not seen as a 'strictly baby formula brand', so it's only because of consumers mindset), but it's whey based and most people who had issues with other brands found this was better for their bubs. The big thing is not to change brands too often - e.g. don't just get whatever's on special, find one that works and stick with it.
The one we've been using is apparently Caseinate based, and Liam was having a really hard time getting it through his system (painful grunts groans and cries), so I think we'll try the Heinz one - although we've been using Infacol Wind Drops for a couple of days now and that seems to be working really well for him.

Enough of my info-diahrea. :) Hope you all have a great day!

morning!

pretty good night.. Mia fed at 10:30pm, 4am and 7am and she just gone back down to sleep. Ive had a good 5.5 hours sleep, yay! hopefully i can co-sleep with her today and get another 1-2 hours. Oh btw lastnight was the first night she spent all night in her cot!!!! woot woot!

Mums coming over about 10am for a visit.. thats about all i have on today. Whats everyone else up to today?

Olivesmummy - oh im sick of the sheer cover stuff. Do ppl not realise we are up all hours of the night, the best they could do was put something decent on!

I would have like to have seen that opera episode.. oh well

Tan - woohooo for james! Its such a good feeling when things go to plan! :) great job!

1sbub27 - i had Mia on Karicare GOLD and it was just too much for her. I got a tin of the heinz nuture and shes taking to it really well. But i have the problem of thinking just coz its cheap then it must not be as good as the others.. but i know thats just in my head.

Well, mine's cheap and no-one's heard of it! I'm such a bad mother. :lol:

oh no even worse if no one has heard of it!!!!!!!! lol what is it??? but i say try that heinz one.. she doesnt even spew like she did on the other one.

ho hum............. *looks around*

Fussy - Logan makes all those noises at night too. Two nights in a row I hardly got any sleep from his snuffling and snorting in his sleep. We have moved the bassinette out into the front lounge room so that we at least have a door between us. He wakes us when he cries but we don't hear the other noises as much. His bedroom is way down the other end of the house, so it is still a bit far away for us to put him down there.

Hollye - hugs to you and Mia, I hope that thrush heals up soon so that things get back to normal for you.

Tan - How exciting getting your hair done. I got mine done just before Logan was born as I thought i wouldn't be able to afford the time to visit again for a while. I have been exclusively bfing and haven't expressed at all yet. I have a manual avent pump but just haven't needed to use it.

I have decided that Indian and Mexican food aren't that good to eat when bfing. I think they gave DS lots of wind and it was hard to settle him afterwards. I won't be having them again for a while :)

Hi to everyone else xx