I was looking at the pics as they came in, what a great catch up you had!
Chepie - was great to read from you Yep, I second Oz, DS is so great, yet so trying. It's so hard to stay on top of his needs and tend to a littler one, too - it's when I really lament the loss of the 'village' because at this stage we'd be able to send our older ones out to play with and learn from older children and mix with other kids their age...and they'd be out of our hair so we could be with our babies! There's lots of frustration ensuing when I can't drop everything for DS
T is going great, as usual. Yep, she has started the BabySwim classes, but the first class was a bit boring considering what I've already been practicing outside of class! Plus, class time is really not working - it's during her cluster feeding time and can't feed for an hour before lessons (they're much more likely to poo otherwise, though T wouldn't cos we've got a different toileting pattern where she'll have done her poo on the chamberpot after some cueing), so she was really quite upset by the time the lesson was over. May have to look into another time if this week is the same. She's enjoying the water, anyway - may end up like her "I like to float face down, Mr/Ms Lifeguard" brother...
Been very busy here with packing up the house (well, DP has been...bit hard with one or the other child hanging off you!) and preparing for the next phase of life. This week is me running around finding out what banks will lend etc while maintaining normal activities for DS! Before we know it we'll be moving to MiL's and organising our shed cum temporary housing. Life could be worse than having one of the highest hills in the Korumburra area with clear views to the Prom! Oh, and I reckon DS reckons life could be worse than having a tourist railway as a boundary fence...
T is really getting that caterpillar thing happening, so she's moving all over the bed when she's not quite asleep and being fidgety. Right now she's completely starkers, and has been all sticky night - this EC is paying dividends already! I wish I could call her clever, but really it's just lucky genetic pre-programming throw-back - nice to share it in DP's gene pool, though
I haven't booked T in for her shots yet, must really get onto that. Her growth has slowed down, so now she's not overtaking DS anymore, thank goodness! She's actually sleeping in our hanging hammock now - I realised that DP had tied the 'back up' string so that the spring didn't have enough bounce. Now that it can spring the whole length she goes to sleep in there, and doesn't already have to be asleep! DS was never able to just drop off to sleep (aside from teh car) so this is quite novel for me to have a baby who'll just nod off without help!! I just got used to DS needing help to go to sleep and I didn't mind it because it was all I knew. I'm so glad he was first - LJ, when you have your second you will be glad you had the challenging baby first!
Better go and get some things done (like showering) before T wakes up again.