SamiH - lol u just wanna shop nah, sounds like you've got good reasons. Re sleeping bags, I bought a jollybeans one and it's HUGE! they are 6-24 months (instead of the usual 6-18) and it has poppers on the side & bottom for when they're only 6 months. So I guess it's better value for $$ in the long run (plus it was a bit cheaper than a grobag). And it's all cotton. I still prefer the grobags tho.

teru - we had X living in mittens (fluff-a-holic will vouch for this tehe)... but he's learnt how to take 'em off with ease now, so he's been mitten-free for about 3 weeks now. I'm just cutting his nails like crazy now. The other trick is to put a mitten (or a long sock) on their hands, then a long sleeve over the top where the sleeve is a bit too long... then when they grasp the fabric, it's the sleeve not the mitten and they can't actually pull 'em off (at least he couldn't - but he's worked that out now too... ). Hmm have I warped him for life? GL with it! Oh and the best mittens I found were at Big W - $3.44 for a pack of two pairs of mittens. Can u tell I bought waaaay too many?

Tanya - sleeping bags... usually (IMO!).. a summer (.5 tog) bag will be one layer of fabric. A spring/autumn bag (1 tog) will be two thin layers of fabric, maybe both cotton or one cotton & one flannelette . And a winter bag (2.5 tog) will be padded in some way (usually polyester/quilty kinda padding) or very heavy thick cotton layers. And tog is a european warmth rating - the higher the tog, the warmer the product. Hunt on the tags, it might say somewhere in small print!
  • 1 tog: kinda 20-24 degrees nursery - shortsleeve through to LS bodysuit (i.e. no legs)
  • 2.5 tog: kinda 16-20 degrees nursery - LS & long pants through to LS bodysuit (i.e. no legs)

I usually sleep X in a 1 tog during the day, with long arms & feet (but nothing underneath) and at night a 2.5 tog and again an all-in-one sleepysuit. So saying, he's a hot sleeper and I'm paranoid about him overheating cos of his skin. And lol re Maya singing, too cute.

Well I rang the MHCN line for the first time. Took 5 times to get thru then was in a queue for 50 mins!!!! thank goodness for speaker phone. Anyways, nurse reckoned that teething causes yellow/brown poos but not green, and not as frequently as X's. She says to give it up to 10 days cos he's feeding well then take to doc... but reckons he's got a virus or a bug and it's not just teeth... cos he's going like 6 times a day (wakes himself up pooping). Oh and AmandaJ - it can't really be too much foremilk, cos he gets it all via a bottle... so it's mixed up, but thanks for the thought. Unless I'm not making as much hindmilk for some reason? But my milk looks the same as it ever did. I recokn he's tiring himself out tho, cos he slept for like 6 hours today! (between poops).

oh dear i'm talking about poop too much now.