Hi!

I've been so busy - I had a majorly bad day with work today. One of my teachers was going to run a bit late so I had to cover one class and then she told me she was going to run another 2 hours late so I had to rush up and take her classes and then I got there and my teacher from Tuesday hadn't left the key so I had to quickly transfer the classes to another venue - poor Louis in all of this had been up from 12.30 and didn't get to sleep in the car until 6pm! He's got a cough and a runny nose and hadn't had any dinner so he did sooo well! Poor little bugger. Tomorrow I have to cover for another teacher and saturday is the presentation so I can't wait for school holidays!! I'm so over it right now.
Anyway - sorry to go on....

Just a question - did any of your bubs get bruised knees when they first started crawling?? Poor Louis has two big bruises on his knees - he crawls mainly on the carpet so I'm not sure....Although he has a scratch on his nose from falling after standing up on a container and slipping - I suppose it's time for all the lumps and bumps to appear. I had my wardrobe door open today and he stood up so he could look at himself in the mirror - cheeky boy!

Linda - Thats cute about Emma loving shopping! They must find it so exciting with so much to look at. What a gorgeous picture of Emma!! You're so talented (I suppose it's easy when you've got a gorgeous girl to work with!) I bet you Emma will be crawling around so soon! I hope you had a great night to yourself - that must have been soo nice - I would kill for that at the moment! re: the bikkie - I haven't tried them but a few people have tried cruskits? Their not sweet but they go soggy quickly so their easy for bubbas to eat.

Kerrie - I haven't thought that far ahead but it must be so hard shopping with a little one running around as well!

Tracey - Yeah on a day out shopping. Thats great that you bf in public...Louis is just too fidgety now that I worry he'll break off mid let down and spray everywhere - hehe. I still do it in front of friends etc though.

Kell - The clean shopper things sound like a great idea. I just put some blankets around Louis when I had him in there but it was a bit awkward - and then he put his hands straight on the shopping trolley handle anyway so it didn't matter - hehehe.
I don't give Louis snacks everyday but sometimes I give him some vegemite toast (I break it into pieces and put it on his highchair and he scoffs the lot in around 5min! hehe. Otherwise he has two courses for lunch and dinner so he's not really hungry inbetween. Maybe some fruit & yoghurt?
Sorry to hear Molly had some bumps - good idea to go the dr though...must be so scary sometimes...

Kirsty - Have you tried Gussy on yoghurt & fruit? Maybe the sweets with no lumps might be nice?? I hope you find a solution soon so he can get big and fat - hehe. We haven't printed any photos either yet - its a bit of a trap with the digital camera really. Hope you had fun at pilates - that sounds great! Does it just mean you can take bubs or do they actually participate?

Melissa - Louis grabs at his spoon too - which is all well and good but sometimes he grabs it when it's full of food and then proceeds to flick it everywhere - hehe. I have to keep hit bowl way back as well as he puts his fingers in it. I let him get to close to my milo today and he stuck his fingers in it! hehe. I gave him a little spoon of milky milo today and he loved it - hehe (naughty mummy)

Nikki - I'm so sorry you're feeling so bad. I think it's a great idea to chat through with a dr. though. How are you going to go with school holidays? Do you think you'll be ok with all the kids at home? Let me know if you need some help and I'll come over ok?
Perhaps Cindy and I will come over and help you out soon?

Cindy - So glad to hear you had a great time away. I always put weight on when we're on holidays. It's a good sign that you enjoyed yourself (and it's winter so we need it!hehe)
Sorry to hear she hasn't gained weight - I'm sure it's because she's sooo active - what a cheeky girl to be climbing the stairs!! We're planning on going to the pools for next mothers group - I think we're going to jump on email to organise it soon...

Sorry for the epic!! Sleep well!