Hey Mitch. Bloody hell – you are so busy. No one can watch your kids like you can – even when people say that they’ll keep an eye on them you can never rely on what they mean. How did DH's course go?

Mooshie – IKWYM about playgroup. Going to somewhere where everyone already knows each other is a bit scary. I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to go once, and you can ‘shop around’ until you find a group that suits you. I know I shouldn’t, but I had to laugh at Lani’s tantrum. It sounded so funny. I bet that Charlie’s will start soon and then YOU can laugh at ME! I’m glad that the teething thing is over for the time being. The poor things are so miserable in every way when the teeth are coming through. BTW – can you please come up here and teach my DH to do the things that Jay is doing? PLEASE?!

Christy – hello! I had to laugh at your comment about the tantrums. I think my last one was actually this morning! DH just rolls his eyes – maybe it’s a girl thing. Wow at Matilda passing out on the plane. Did you freak out? How is she going anyway? I wish I had been able to meet her the day we met up a while ago.

Tegan – congratulations! I didn’t realise you were pg. Sorry that you’re getting some morning sickness. I hope it doesn’t last long. Give DH as much as he can handle as far as looking after Lily and housework is concerned. Being that he’s not the one who has to feel sick and grow a baby everyday I think it’s only fair! I agree with the water – it’s hard to keep it up, but hopefully it will help you. Big hugs and stickyvibes to you.

Bon – lol at the kids fighting for your attention. It must make you feel very loved! How do you get around that… I have been wondering for when this one comes along. I don’t want either of them to feel ‘left out’, but I suppose it’s inevitable sometimes.

Caddie – poor Millana. I hope that it passes soon. I use SM33 gel (it seems to be more effective than Bonjela with Charlie) and if things get dire I use Nurofen too. Although I saw a scary report about Nurofen the other night so I’m going to ask my doctor what she thinks next time I see her, just to be sure. I hope it’s still ok for me to use it though, because Panadol doesn’t do much for Charlie when he’s really bad. Luckily he hasn’t had a bad teething night since October, but I’m sure I’m sure for another one soon. I hope that you find something that works soon.


Bob has been moving like a crazy thing. He has really active days, and sometimes he’s so active that I feel sick. I don’t remember that happening last time, so maybe he’s going to be even MORE active than Charlie… OMG, how will I cope?! I also so a situation today that I just had to tell you all about. Charlie, DH and I were at a playgym and there was a father there with a toddler and a six week old (probably giving Mum a well deserved break!). The baby was screaming in the pram and the father seemed to be too zonked to care. Anyway, this woman just came up and started looking underneath the baby’s blankets, checking to see if his nappy was dirty and all that kind of thing. Turned out she is a midwife, and she just picked the baby up and started rocking him. She only asked whether she could or not once she’d actually picked him up, so I’m sure the father wouldn’t have felt comfortable saying no at this point. If he didn’t feel inadequate before then I bet he would have afterwards! It was all a bit weird. I forgot about all that stuff – getting advice from people in shopping centers, family, friends, friends of friends, complete strangers… I remember once having Charlie in the sling against my chest while I was shopping and this old lady coming up to me and saying in a very disapproving tone, “He looks terribly uncomfortable in that!” to which I replied, “Well, he falls asleep in it everyday, so it mustn’t be too bad”. I really wanted to tell her to bugger off, but that would have been a bit rude. * sigh * Anyway, thought I’d share that all with you!

Charlie is doing well. He had a couple of teething days this week (just off his food and grizzly and that kind of thing) but his teething pain seems to pass pretty quick these days, thank goodness! He’s really loving us singing to him and has started demanding certain songs. Tonight DH was singing him the theme song from the cartoon “Speed Racer”, and when he switched to another song Charlie grizzled and would only stop once DH sang that song again! Little bugger.

Sorry for the epic post (again!). Hope you’re all going really well, and have a lovely weekend.