Hi Ally, good to hear from you again. Great to hear that Katelyn is doing well. The little colds are annoying but hopefully she'll recover quickly.

Emma, I also used the medela mini electric pump and found it fantastic. I was expressing twice a day at work and getting more than enough milk in 15 mins or so. LOL at you discovering mornings! I guess that was me 20months ago. I'm really annoyed that Qld doesn't have daylight savings as Jack has now gone from waking at about 6 to waking at about 5. And soon it will be light at 4 ish so I dread to think what will happen!

Tegan, you poor thing. I really hope Charlie's sleeping improves soon for you. DOn't worry about the mess, it can wait. If you get a chance to rest, take it. I am giving you advice that I didn't take myself but I can now see how important it is.

I had the worst night ever last night. Thomas woke at 11:30 and didn't fall asleep again until 3am. At about 2:45 his sqawking disturbed Jack who stirred. My MIL tried to be helpful so went in to settle Jack but I think this woke him up more. He didn't fall asleep again until 4 and less than 5 minutes later Thomas woke for another feed and his crying woke Jack who didn't go back to sleep again. Today is Jack's day care day but he is still settling into the new centre and being so tired he didn't want to go. He was so upset when we got there. I nearly took him straight home again but the carers warned me that it was probably not a good idea and promised to call me if he didn't settle within 15 minutes or so. He is ok now apparently but it was so heartbreaking. Hopefully Thomas will sleep well today and I'll get some sleep. He's asleep now but due for a feed soonish so I'll hold off.

DH and I and MIL also had a blow up this morning. I guess this will happen when no-one has enough sleep. She probably didn't mean it the way it sounded but she appeared to be telling us we were bad parents and must be doing something wrong to have a baby crying in the night. WHat the??? I thought that was normal!! I figure Jack is a really great kid and so well behaved and a fantastic sleeper. We can't be doing that badly. Trouble is MIL doesn't handle conflict at all and is now sulking. I am home with her and DH is at work so it's not a fun atmosphere now. Oh well!!