I'm Baaa-aaack! Hopped on last night for a read but the brainio was still a bit tired from all that important librariany info. Thanks Sherie for filling everyone in on my unexplained absence. It got a bit crazy before I left for my residential school, the text I was working on was due, the computer died, the mastitis kicked in (always does when there's a deadline, funny that) etc etc. Got it done though, hope they like itYes Hayley it was a revision of a book I wrote 10 years ago. All 26,000 words needed to be checked and updated (!) plus they wanted a new chapter as well. God I feel exhausted just thinking about it!
Like a crazy woman I left my breastpump at home and we had to just wing it, it meant DH and DD came back and forth from the uni when the Booby Lady was needed. However she was astonishingly settled the entire time away which has DH patting our portacot lovingly and threatening to get it out if E starts to Partay in the middle of the night! LOL Of course it's given him a ridiculously skewed picture of what a day at home with the baby is likewhich just proves they save up their best and worst for their mums (babies that is, not daddies)!
Missy E was the star of the residential school, ppl got used to seeing me pop a boob out during breaks and I had nothing but supportive BFing comments and compliments on my two gorgeous DDs the whole time. I think there were a lot of mums who'd left their kids at home to come and were missing them!
But of course the highlight of the trip was meeting our own fabulous Sherie who is everybit just as delightful in RL as she is online.And Sherie your kids are absolutely gorgeous too! I was thinking about what you said about them being 'easy' kids but I think it's actually a reflection on your parenting style and you should give yourself a bit the credit for it!
Arte - tell your DH to save his long white clouds for the Land Of (*Phew* dont you know there's a hole in the ozone layer above australia, it's probably all those heinz baked beans we eat in this country)! LOL poor lil kid choking in the bathroom air...
Queenie, good luck with the un-bracing today! Let us know how it goes. Sounds like you've got the BFing sorted out now - are you expressing often?
Pregpan, good luck with the whole creche transition! Are you excited to be going back to work? Gymbaroo sounds like fun and it's on our list of things to do as well.
Fianne I know it was a couple of days ago now but I just wanted to say how much I've admired all the effort you have put in to breastfeeding when it's been such a struggle the whole time! You should feel really proud of your huge achievement of feeding this long. Max is a little sweetie isn't she?! xxx
Hayley, agree with everything Sherie said re the eczema (DD1 had it) except to add that you might like to follow the allergy-history recommendations for introducing foods (delaying egg etc that bit longer). Missy E has only just now started tolerating longer times on her tummy (since she can reach for things and manipulate them) but any time they're not on their back (being held, jolly jumper, on your lap, etc) are all good for flat heads.
Wonder how Noni's going on her trip?
Cally, bebepod, we're still getting mixed results, she still droops over, I guess Betty's not as chobbalobba as I thought she was, there's still plenty of room in it!
Leanne, I hope you're feeling better, sounds like a crazy few days (an ambulance ride is *never* one of those things you want to experience) so a big
Ok, well I've got both DD's jumping around the room now, well one's jumping and the other one's just wriggling, I started this post I don't konw how long ago and still can't remember what I was going to say, H goes back to school tomorrow, back on the merrygoround LOL! This year we're going to make sure the teacher's all cued up on the auditory processing stuff so that DD doesn't spend the whole year wondering what she's supposed to be doing!
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