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    Jul 2004
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    Kate, Rylee is just gorgeous! I love her name too.

    Kathryn, great to hear Ashton is putting weight back on. He is only a few hours younger than Charlie, so close!

    Melanie, it is hard for us too going out with 2 under 2. Lily is 22mths and won't use her pram anymore, yet won't hold out hand which i hate. She's very independent and is getting a bit jealous of Charlie. So cute though when she gives him kisses!

    Well I think I have a mummy's boy! Charlie will cry with anyone but will fall asleep on me. He also hates the basinette now and will only settle when co-sleeping. I am still a bit concerned about it but found last night to be ok. Just scared i'm going to roll on him or something. Also decided to stop breastfeeding and just give him formula because I have now been diagnosed with depression and it was just getting me down too much when it wasn't going right and he was feeding constantly without settling. He settles heaps better with the formula. I'm a bit sad about it because i really wanted to BF, but i did it for a week, better than 2 days i did with Lily i suppose.

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    Jul 2006
    Brisbane
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    Oh Kate, what gorgeous girls! The photos are just beautiful!

    Kathryn, glad everything's fine with Ashton.

    Britney, I sure hope the sleeping settles. Do you get a chance for a daytime nap?

    Tegan, you should feel proud that you have done the best you can. A week of bfing is still good. I know of many families where co-sleeping has worked for them. I think it is a very individual thing. I think a mother's instinct is very strong, so in normal circumstances it is unlikely she would roll on her baby. There are also studies that show that mum's breathing regulates the baby's breathing with co-sleeping. I say do what works for you.

    Tom and I had a lovely day running errands yesterday while Jack had his day in day-care. Yesterday was his EDD so it seemed funny. I had him weighed as I wanted to know if he would be heavier on his EDD than Jack was born and he is. At 3.5 weeks Tom weighs 3.6kg (he was 2.9kg born and 2.8 on discharge). Jack was 3.4 born.

    How do you girls manage the supermarket with 2 kids? If you use the pram you can't carry many groceries. You can only put one child in the trolley and while Jack can walk it would be hard work to do a whole shop with him able to walk around and pick things up etc. I'm thinking the only way is to put Jack in the trolley and Tom in the sling. I'm wondering what others do.

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    How do you girls manage the supermarket with 2 kids? If you use the pram you can't carry many groceries. You can only put one child in the trolley and while Jack can walk it would be hard work to do a whole shop with him able to walk around and pick things up etc. I'm thinking the only way is to put Jack in the trolley and Tom in the sling. I'm wondering what others do.
    Do you have a baby carrier/sling that you can use ? That way Jack can still sit in the trolley and you have the baby in the carrier and still have hands free.

    Last night was our first night shopping with 3 kids !! Ashton in pram, Lachlan in trolley and much to Kameron's disgust he had to walk but hey he is 5 next week.

    Tegan - you have to do what is best for you. I was disappointed that I could only feed Lachlan for 4wks but he was feeding every 2 hours plus I had to chase after Kameron as well who by then had given up day time naps. So if it works for you and you are happy and Charlie and Lily are happy then it is all good !! What time was Charlie born on the Wednesday ?

    Kate - Sorry to hear about your PC troubles, and don't worry about posting properly Rylee (who is just gorgeous btw) and Kelsey come first

    Speaking of photos, I have some of Ashton online now.

    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton1.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton2.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton3.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton4.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton5.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton6.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton7.jpg
    www.theastroweb.com/baby/ashton8.jpg

    Will get his proper page set up soon !!


    Love
    Last edited by Astrolady; October 20th, 2006 at 07:15 AM.