Great idea Ange! Where do you get your prunes from? I assume they're not dried ones because you can mash them. How is your eye going now? Hopefully it is almost back to normal :)
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Great idea Ange! Where do you get your prunes from? I assume they're not dried ones because you can mash them. How is your eye going now? Hopefully it is almost back to normal :)
They are in the dried fruit section, there is an Aussie brand with no addatives, just prunes. They are soft enough to mash with a fork. Eye getting better, just a bit scabby! noice.
Will check out the brand i get and let you know.......
Ok, so despite me wanting to wait till after everyone left (got family and friends coming this week for L's christening and my 30th) I am going to give this boy some food tonight. The night feeds are starting to kill me! I know it's not going to make an instant difference (although one can hope) but I think the sooner I get some food into this boy, the sooner we might actually get some decent sleep at night. He just WILL NOT sleep through a feed. He's fed at 10pm and 1.30am every night since birth pretty much. If I'm lucky he'll go to 2am some nights. I am sooooo tired!! We've tried resettling but it just doesn't work. He won't sleep until he's fed. I don't even mind doing the 1.30am feed if we can drop the 10pm because at least I can go to bed earlier and get some sleep before he wakes, which I can't do at the moment.
So...on the menu tonight - mashed potato with some EBM mixed in...yummmmm!!
Saffi - how did you guys go with solids today?
**ETA: How rude!! Forgot to say...
Happy 7 months Maddi
Happy 6 months Lachlan
hey all
my sister warned me off banana because it made her babies' poos impacted. she said you work out pretty quickly which foods are blocking up the place.
trish - maybe one of k's foods is to blame?
jj is still not all that inerested in solids. he gave a cursory gumming to my toast out at breakfast yesterday (and had poo issues today as a result). otherwise he's managing through most of the night with a resettle.
willow - james wouldn't have being resettled without boob for a while, until he started waking more often than 3-hourly with the teeth business. he learnt that he could go back to sleep without it so i've taken out any overnight feed and replaced with dummy. there's a short burst of waaah but he's fine pretty quickly because he's not really very awake. good luck! i know how you feel when they just want it. think of it as a 'need' and you may be able to cope a bit better.
i know the books say they don't 'need' it at 6 months - but the books can't make one rule for every baby. it will change. i promise. (i never thought boof round here would release his claw grip on night feeds).
Viv - I must admit most of the time I don't try too hard to resettle him, it's just easier to feed him! I always worry that too much carry on will wake DD up and then we'll be in all sorts. DH and I were just talking about it and we're going to give him a few weeks on solids to see how he goes and then we're going to have to make a real effort with getting him to sleep through.
Also - I think he's trying to tell me in a not so subtle fashion that he's ready to drop a day sleep. For the last week he will not sleep in the late afternoon. Happy to be in his cot and talk and roll around but no sleeping. Any one else down to 2 day sleeps yet? (I remember Saffi saying L was I think...) if so, what times are their naps usually? We are up at about 7.30am usually (has an early feed at about 5.30am then back to sleep) and goes to bed at night at 6pm. Not sure how 2 naps would fit in and where to put them!!
Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't been around for a while. Just skimmed the last few posts and will catch up later only got a little bit of time.
Well it sounds like some of the bubs are sleeping well. Yay!!!! We are still working on it. Ethan had a bad cold for a couple of weeks and slept from 10 till 6.30 a few nights because of the humidifyer (not sure if that is how you spell it). Now he is better he is back to his old self of waking. Well enough is enough. He just wants to play and be picked up so no more. Last night we left him to cry and went in every 5 minutes, put in the dummy gave him his comfort toy and left again. An hour later he settled himself. I think it will work but it will be harder during the week as hubby can't get up to help me. Last night we took it in turns which was great. Day sleeps are going really well.
E is stressed out by solids. He will only eat jar food which is expensive and frustrating. He loves yoghurt but yesterday screamed when dinner came (carrot). He saw the orange stuff and cried a lot. DH calmed him down and managed to get him to taste a mouthful and then he ate 3 tablespoons. I think he thought it was my cooking. Not really sure how to get him to eat a larger variety and from my cooking. Any advice?
Well that is our news. Hope you are all having a great day and get lots of sleep tonight.
Intro to solids was a bit of a disappointment. He didn't automatically hate it but he didn't love it either. Anyway will persist for the next few days or so. I think most of it oozed out of his mouth. Hopefully some of it got in there.
Vent time - MIL came around today and we told her about L's intro to food. Anyway a teether that L was gumming fell into MIL's plate at lunchtime. She picks it up and gives it to him with all the meat juices, salt (she piles it on), and salad dressing covering it. DH tells her off. Then (wait for this), she cuts off a piece of her steak and offers it too him. DH and I both told her to stop at the same time. Then there was a "discussion" between DH and MIL. In the end DH told MIL that she is to respect our parenting decisions. In future at lunchtime L will be sitting between DH and I.
Willow - I'm with you on the night sleeps. L goes down at around 6 - 6.30pm and then I do a dreamfeed at about 10pm. He may wake up at around 2 for a dummy check, and then 4. I will give him a feed then because I figure its been 5 or so hours since his last feed so he must be hungry. I too don't really fight him on it, not that he really screams or anything, just grizzles. I think I will wait until we have solids down and like you then tackle the sleep issue.
Day sleeps - yes we are down to 2 sleeps most days. He is usually up sometime between 6.30 and 7. He goes for a nap at around 9am and sleeps anywhere between 1 - 2 hours. He then goes down again at around 2pm and goes through for another couple of hours if I am really lucky. He manages a cycle of about 2 hours when we are at home.
Viv - do you have the name of that curry brand that brought on your labour? My bestie is 7 days overdue and think she needs a move along.
Trish - WTG K on the great sleeps!
Mo- are those fires anywhere near you? I thought they were near Pakenham? Is that where you are?
Ange - glad to hear that you are getting better.
Alz - how funny about E getting a complex about your cooking. Its not that bad is it? LOL
Amber - sorry to hear you're not well. Good that DH is home tho to help you out.
Anyway, going to upload a photo of L eating solids. He doesn't have red hair (eventhough it looks like he does). Not that I would mind.
Hiya,
Saffi thanks for the advice on the mesh thingy :)
Happy 6 months to Lachlan!!
Amber - hope you feel better soon, cold bite the big one!
I was right, last night A woke at 12 mn, and 4 and then decided to play. Bummer because at 1am I woke because I felt sick and spent 3 hours downstairs throwing up. Must have been a dodgy sausage at my nephews birthday yesterday :( I feel like carpola. Trying not to throw up while you are breastfeeding is a shocker.
A has been whinging her little booties off all ay, hope she is not getting sick too. I put her down and she starts ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and she refused all foods today so I have no idea what is going on.
BTW how is this for carp - I had our 6 month MCHN visit booked in and the morning of the appointment they call at 8am and say sorry someone is away and the appointment is cancelled. No offer of another time so A has not had her 6 month check - should I get it done - is it vital? I am so pi$$ed at them I really can't be ar$ed to chase it. I don't see why I should have to ring and then wait another 4 weeks to get in GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for listening,
Saffi i haven't heard of any fires around here, if there are any at least all the rain will help put them out.
Saffi why must parents do that, my Mum & MIL have done that & it annoys me so much.
Leah M is doing the exact same thing today, but i can see her 2nd tooth coming through, hoping it cuts through very soon.
Willow- We are just adjusting to 2 day sleeps around here. 9-11am-ish and 3-5pm-ish. bed at 7-7.30pm.
Viv- impressed with the no night feed. that will be us again soon *wishful thinking*
Leah- You poor love- gotta watch those mystery bags at bbqs!
Saffi- MIL's eh? Can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em. :rolleyes: At least your DH stood up to
her.
Alz- Maybe it's the consistency of the jar food that he likes..... *thinking outloud* The other thing that might help is mixing rice cereal with a veg to make it more bland....
The other night u wasn't really into a meat dish i made, so i mixed yoghurt with it. Sounds gross i know but she ate it all!
Don't know what was going on last night, but the guni was awake about 7 times. i was OVER it. was going to give her away, changed my mind this morn though, she can stay........................for now. :p
Has discovered her voice and spent the last 3 days squeling and has now lost her voice. :rofl: got a husky 1800 voice.
Tucker time- Fish, zucchini, broc, and pumpkin for mains, yoghurt and prunes to follow.
mmmmmmmm
saffi - this is gonna sound dumb but that curry is either passage to india or passage from india. it is a curry coloured sachet in about 4 varieties. coles and woolies should have it, as does my local IGA. comes with a caesar warning.... ;)
LM - none of the checks are particularly vital if you have a healthy baby. i can say i've been to the nurse about 5 times his whole life. for the first 6 weeks my hossie midd came over but after that i just went when i felt like it.
if A is rocking on, gaining weight and seems to be hitting milestones, there's no stress. i will probably do the 6 month one at the GP when i get around to it. JJ is a champ at the mo so i no complain.
gotta go watch the SYTYCD final. eep. (it's rhys or jack, mark my words)
go jack!
Well the boy had mashed taters for dinner and he definitely dug it!! Didn't scoff it like I thought he would but watching him you'd think he'd been eating his whole life! So much so that it was a bit of a non event :cool: I didn't give him too much and he didn't ask for more. All in all a pretty good first attempt. Have made up huge batches of potato, pumpkin and sweet potato and frozen them. Will get us through next week when I'll be too busy to cook stuff for him every day and then I can add it to other stuff later on.
I've done this before but you really wouldn't think so...had to ring my bestie to ask her how long do I stick to one meal before introducing another, do I need to sterilise everything, how much should I give him first attempt etc etc. We had our first babies together (she had twins) but her second (also twins - EEEP!) are 6 months older so she's done it more recently than me!
Sleep has been total carp today!! He is forming a pattern the last few days of morning nap 2hrs+, about an hour after lunch and then me no sleepy in the afternoon! Grrrr. Not sure what to do about it, so doing nothing at this stage. He's had a lot on this week, started crawling, had a cold etc etc so will wait till after all the relos leave and see how he is then.
Go Rhys!!
Willow - go L! Maybe I should try mashed potato. I am going to give him a few days or so of farex and if he still doesn't dig in then will try potato. Can't blame him really. The dog didn't mind it tho.
Big week for L crawling and solids.
Holy moly, 2 sets of twins!!!!!
Ange - meat and yoghurt's not so strange. The best curries have yoghurt as a base.
L's doing the squealing too.
Morning everyone!
Hope you all had a great weekend. We had a great time going for lots of walks, we went up to Olinda (Mt Dandenong) yesterday arvo for Devonshire Tea at our fav restaurant. So nice! I hate Monday's when DH has to go back to work :(.
I went for a bit of a shopping spree while K was asleep yesterday and bought some new clothes. I was feeling a bit yuck with my old stuff so I feel good again now!
Saffi - Yay for trying out solids! K wasn't that excited the first time either, but after another couple of times he was hoeing into it. A lot of bubs don't like Farex though, maybe he will like something else. What's next on your menu?
Willow - Glad L is a natural eater! I forgot all the rules for first foods, etc too so I just made it up as I went this time! I don't sterilise anything, just wash everything in hot soapy water. I figure if he is putting toys in his mouth, then a clean spoon won't kill him LOL! L's sleep still sounds pretty reasonable, I usually only get one long nap out of K a day and two small naps.
Ange - Hope you got a better night's sleep last night. K used to wake up that many times EVERY night! I'm going to go and buy some prunes today, hope that will help move things along. What brand of yoghurt do you buy? Sorry to bombard you with food questions!
Leah - I hope you feel better soon, it must be horrible being so sick and looking after two kids.
Viv - Joel used to get constipated with banana too, I used to put kiwi fruit in with it and he stopped getting so backed up. I've given K pumpkin, but the day he was having trouble was when I gave him some sweet potato in the morning, so maybe that was what did it? I'm going to stew some apple today and see if that is easier on his system.
Better go and rescue K, have a great day everyone!
Either the organic Gipsland one, or the red Jalna. But any ful fat natural yogurt would be fine. Full fat goats yoghurt is good too. ;)
Trish - the day sleeps wouldn't worry me if he was sleeping through the night but ahhhh, he's NOT. No where near it. Shocker last night...woke at 3.20am and I refused to feed him...so he screamed the house down. And I mean SCREAMED! Tried to resettle him but it just doesn't work. Gave up after 30 mins (DH even got up to see if that helped but as soon as he realised it wasn't me he cried even harder!) and fed him at 4am, he slept till 7.30am. I seriously don't know what to do with him at this stage. I'm going to leave it until after all our visitors leave because I don't want to ruin a good time by being cranky, overtired and stressed about his sleeping.
Food question...how long between different foods? I gave him potato last night and will again tonight, how many days should I wait before trying something else? A few days should be OK shouldn't it? I can't believe I've forgotten all of this...
Willow - Sorry you had a shocker last night :hug:. I think you are meant to introduce new foods after 3 days? I'm so much more relaxed about it this time!
Thanks again Ange!
Me too Trish...just kinda going with the flow and hoping for the best! I didn't worry about sterilising stuff either, just washed everything in hot soapy water too. Would never have done that with DD! LOL.
so much for resettling overnight.
yeah, good. i can go in and pat/dummy him to sleep but he's awake again 15 minutes later - not crying, just fussing around. i resettled three times then thought, 'f#$% it' and fed him. we're both guaranteed sleep that way.
i feel worse energy-wise today for having tried to not feed.
i'm fed up with the shoulds... as i've often been seen to say on here.
willow - jj doesn't scream the house down now, but he used to, which i took to mean, 'get that fuggin teat out, mummy, i'm HUNGRY!'. now he'll just bide his time until i'm almost asleep again and get me up again with the fuss sounds.
just goes to show letting them cry doesn't work (again), and maybe... just maybe, they want milk and that's what it's there for. no other animals try to regulate the milk supply to their young.
eh, i'm getting all steamed up again.
it seems every time i try to do what i 'should' or what we're 'supposed to do' at this age, it ends up worse for everyone.
meh.
i'm off to watch jj destroy my junk mail for me.
I'm with you Viv.
I was up and down like a yo-yo overnight. Like JJ L doesn't scream or even cry, its just a general fussy calling sound. At 4.30am I went in and it was obvious that he had had enough sleep and was looking for some action. After doing the dummy thing and tucking him back under the covers I lay on the floor and just waited. He knew I was there and just kept calling for me. Eventually I gave in and got a bottle, only 140ml which he drank, rolled over and went back to sleep until around 6.30am.
So what does this say? Does the fact that he drank 140ml mean he is hungry? Or is it just a comfort thing with him and is happy to take whatever is offered? Dunno.
Waiting for him to wake from his morning nap to feed him his farex. Been 2 hours so far.
Trish - I think I'll try plain old potato next. I think DH is really keen on a slowly does it approach so will build up the number of feeds over the next 3 weeks. He is very much by the book on this.
Going to have my hair done this afternoon which will be nice.
Ahhhh, Viv, Saffi - it appears we are all in the same boat..last night is the first time L has actually cried, maybe because it's the first time i let him! I'm with Viv though, didn't seem to work, only made him upset, me really cranky, got DH out of bed too and in the end I fed him and he went straight back to sleep.
I give up. I have no answers.
The boy is in fine form today - refused to sleep this morning so I got him up. Put him down an hour later with some panadol and boob.
Is it the cold?? Is it teething?? (the bump on one side of his bottom gum seems to have grown overnight :dunno:)
Saffi - I had my hair done on Saturday. Love it. Cost too much though, double what I normally pay but hey, it's my bday and I'll have funkier hair if I want to (bday not till next week technically but that's why I did it)!
Just looking into day care in preparation for the return to work in September...holy shyte I don't know how anyone does it!! Day care for two munchkins, x2 days a week will eat up my whole salary save $300 a fortnight.....what's the freakin' point?? Bit depressing actually because we can't really keep going on one wage forever either. Sick of not having money to spend on FUN things!
:hug: Big hugs to Viv, Saffi and Willow. I feel your pain, I really, really do! It was only a couple of weeks ago that K was waking numerous times a night. Hang in there, I'm sure it will get better soon!
My theory is that if it is stressing you out trying something new just because you feel you "have" to, then it's not worth it. It won't work for you or bub if you are stressed. I had to make the decision to see through our sleeping plan and stay consistent the whole time for it to work. I HAD to do it because mentally I was ready to drive in front of the next oncoming truck (I'm not exaggerating) due to the sleep deprivation. I've never coped well with lack of sleep, my body just can't do it. It took 5 nights until it the plan worked, that included two nights with an hour of fussing on and off and the next three nights it was 40 minutes of fussing on and off, then on the 6th night K had worked it out. It then took another week for me to learn to sleep properly again!
So anyway, I just wanted to say that you should never do anything just because that's what you think is expected. If you can keep plodding along doing what you are doing and manage to stay sane then keep doing it!! Other people should keep their noses out of it!
K is giving me a really hard time today, he is crying most of the time. I really don't know what to do with him anymore. I have taken him to see heaps of specialists, I've increased his food intake, I've got him sleeping through the night, I really don't know what else I can do :wall:. He has barely smiled over the last few days and even his bath times haven't been that happy. Usually the bath is the one thing that transforms him into Mr Happy. I'm sure something is wrong for him to be like this, but no one seems to think there is. Surely a baby that used to be such a happy and content little thing that has become unhappy most of the time says that there is a problem? He looks at times like he is in pain. If it's teeth, well, it's been going on for 2 months so they'd better all come through at once! I dunno...
That boat is filling up. hope i'm not the mouse.
I too was pondering the reasons for waking at 3.30am this morning. I thought i'd give the re-settling a go, but she wasn't having a bar of it. Not at 1am, nor at 3.30am.
5 mins on the boob and she'll happily go down in her cot and put herself to sleep again. I doubt she's hungry but it is so much easier than us both being awake for an hour. :dunno:
Trish- If you think there is somethings wrong, get another opinion. I know you've had a few, but try someone else! mothers' instinct is often reliable.
i agree ^^ if you think he's not himself then that's a huge indicator for you. keep knocking on doors until someone figures it out.
i hate to draw one parallel through the two parts of your post - but you don't think he's got issues over the sleep-through thing do you? just a thought. i'm no paed, that's fer sher.
Viv - Nup, he was miserable before the sleeping through biz, it hasn't made any difference to his behaviour one way or the other. Thanks for your suggestion though!
I don't know where else to turn now, I'm seeing our MCHN again on Wednesday for the 6 month check and I will bring it up with her again. Maybe she can suggest another paediatrician to waste our $$$ on LOL!
:hug: to all.
I have no advice & anything helpful to say, Just wanted to let you know i'm thinking of you all :)
Well it seems we are all in the same boat here. I also tried resettling last night with a dummy and it went down like a lead balloon. She was having none of it. Grrrrr!! 12 mn feed and 3.30am feed, crikey I am tired. No signs of stopping iny time soon.
And she is whinging non stop ATM, hope there are soem teeth at the end of this.
Speaking of whinging.....there she goes!
Bye,
:grouphug::grouphug:
I really believe we are all doing the best job of bringing up our beautiful babies! We all deserve a big hug and some reassurance! xx
Trish! :hug:If you really think K has something wrong maybe get another opinion? but some babies are just highly sensitive so maybe he is one of them? I know this must not be helping! Myles has been a bit of a grumpy bum lately but has been happy when we bath him etc?So im really no help at all! Maybe k is having a growth spurt or just wants you! :hug::hug::hug:I am probably making it worse sorry! But we are hear to listen! You will know whats best trust yourself!
Well I am still feeling yuck but Myles is good which is great! He is still not sleeping well but hey I am sure he will eventually!
Baby shower was great! My friends twins are going to be so loved! Only 7 weeks to go now we are all so excited! She has finished work now so i have someone to hang with which is great!
Anyway just wanted to pop in and share some love and good energy!:loveshower:
HUGS EVERYONE
x
Hmmm, what was it about 3.30am this morning??!!
Trish - thinking about your post today...when did you start K on food? Does it coincide with his being unhappy? Just thinking it could be a food intolerance of some kind?? What do you think - possible?
Yeah, it's a possibility Willow. He has only really been on rice cereal since he started out (we only started on vegies last week), I didn't think it would be likely that he would have a reaction to it. But who knows?! Thanks for thinking of me :hug:. I'll talk to our MCHN on Wednesday and see what she thinks. Hope you have a better night tonight :)
I've come down with another cold today :(. I have a sore throat and blocked nose, d'oh! I really don't need this right now!!
I'm back!
Had a nice time at the hairdressers and got myself a good do. L is still able to grab hold of it and give it a good yank.
Second day of solids didn't go down well. Think tomorrow I might try something other than farex. Not sure if he's not ready for food or its just the farex. We'll see.
Willow - know what you mean about daycare. We have our names down at 12 centres and 4 family daycare providers and I'm not confident that we'll get a place at any of them. Just as well have another 9 weeks to find somewhere.
Trish - sorry to hear that your sick again.
Anyway, think I might go off and make up some bottles and maybe go to bed and try to get some sleep before Mr Nibbs wakes up. Actually he only had about 2 hours sleep all day and went to bed at 8pm. Hope that means he will be really tired and sleep longer. Probably not.
Hope we all get some well deserved sleep.
Every 2 hours! Woke for a feed at midnight, then up again at 2 and again at 4 and finally up for the day at 6. I held out and didn't feed him until 6am. He wasn't screaming with hunger or anything and didn't finish the bottle, so perhaps he really is just after comfort and not food.
Just put him down now as he's showing tired signs. Going to try to get some sleep myself.
Feeling pretty miserable. I'll BBL when I feel more human.
:hug: Saffi, M wasn't the best over-night either.
M has cut her 2nd tooth, hoping we can get back in to a routine or at-least have my happy baby girl back.
You know ladies - feel free to throw something at me - but I am SOOOOO glad I am not the only one who has had a VERY unsettled baby lately. C has been a nightmare!! After waking at 630 thursday morning unitl 8 pm last night when I went to bed, I had only had around 10 hours sleep. C was just sooooo unsettled. We even set up the sofa bed in the nursery so I could sleep in there. First night it was good - could just sleep in the room and her hearing me must have been enough. Friday night was up every 45-1 hr. Didnt want anything - refused bottle, kept eyes closed but was just crying and crying.
DH worked ALL weekend - was gone from 645 every day until 7-730 every day so I was living a nightmare. Yesterday of course she woke up with a cold and I was thinking to myself that I wouldnt get any sleep last night. Of course I got home from work yesterday and it all hit me and now I have a cold. But my little darling slept for at least 3 hours stints last night. I was reading her daycare sheet today and for lunch yesterday she ate 2 - yes 2!!! - tins of custard at lunch time. Maybe my little girl was hungry?!
Anyway - I feel rested now at least but feel lke carp with this cold.
Am getting my implanon put in this morning - going to be fun at work when they ask me to lift 20 kg bags of feed - uh.....how does no sound??
Am so sorry for the selfish post - happy 6 and 7 months to all those gorgeous babies out htere and sorry for no personals yet again. Congrats on teeth, solids, crawling and squealing. I hope all bubs settle soon.
have a great day everyone.
MWAH
must be the season.
no sign of improvement round here. he needed resettling a couple of times. i fed at midnight and 6am but he still woke two or three times in between.
i'm going to move back into his room again tonight. someone might as well get sleep. as it stands, dh gets woken when i get up and when i come back to bed. he's not complaining but i figure he'll spoil us more if he's had lots of sleep.... *rubs hands together*
who lives in melbourne? i want to move to melbourne. have wanted to for a long time. suddenly, it seems dh is open to moving anywhere... so yay.
the gold coast has become like disneyland, attracting all kinds of clowns, meaning it's just horrible to live here. so pretty but you can't get anywhere easily or peacefully without 4,000 tools in your way.
so... melbourne. do you recommend it? where's good to live? etc.
Good morning!
I'm enjoying some peace and quiet while Joel is at kinder and K's having a nap, ahhh...
K had a good night, bed at 7:15pm, feed at 5am, slept again until 7:45am. I actually got a shower in before dropping Joel to kinder, such a miracle! I'm feeling a bit better today, but we'll see how the rest of today goes first lol. I'm a bit worried I'm heading down the depression path atm, I'm having some good days and then some pretty bad ones. I'll talk to our MCHN about it tomorrow.
Saffi - Hooray on getting a new hair do! I really need to get mine cut desperately. Sorry you had another bad night last night. Try and get some naps in today and don't worry about anything else like housework, etc.
Mo - Yay for Maddi cutting her second tooth! I hope she feels a bit better now and goes back to being her happy self.
Rebecca - Sorry you're having a rough time of it too :hug:. It's so much harder when your DH is hardly home. Luckily my DH has started coming home earlier now that I'm really struggling. Bless him! I hope you and Caitlyn recover quickly from your colds.
Willow - I forgot to ask, which day is your birthday? Also is it the big 3-0? Hope you don't mind me asking! How did L go last night?
Viv - Hope you get a better night's sleep tonight in J's room. Have you tried patting him when he stirs (before he starts crying)? I find this works really well with K during the day, he falls back to sleep without any fuss.
Re: Melbourne, I live here! Now I've really put you off lol! Mo, Kellie, Ange and Kim all live out here too. It depends on what you are after as to where you want to live. Do you want to rent or buy? How much can you afford (you don't have to answer that one here, just think about it!)? Do you want to live close to the city or do you prefer the 'burbs? Do you like leafy areas or do you prefer the beach? I live in the eastern suburbs and it is nice and leafy. There are some nice beach areas like Albert Park (it has a lake too). If you give us an idea of what kind of lifestyle you are after we can probably suggest a few places. Are you prepared for the cold though?!
Viv-Melbourne is nice, great for clothes shopping etc..
It gets a lot colder down here & but we do have nice springs & summers.
Eastern Suburbs are nice(Trish lives there), South East Suburbs are nice esp the ones closer to the beach just stay away from Dandenong, Clayton & Springvale.
The Dandy Mountain area is lovely.
Don't know much about the western area i think Kellie lives there so she might be able to help.
How close do you want to live to the city?
Lets not even talk about last night, happy for the change of topic!
Ahhh Melbourne, most liveable city.
I'm thinking you'd like SthYarra/StKilda/Elwood areas. 15 min from inner city, close to beach, great cafe's and bars, boutique type shopping. Property pretty hot around here though. That is presuming you want to live in the city.....what are the prerequisites?