Hi girls,

Well it's a dreary one here in Perth today, rainy and cold. Plus I have a stinker of a cold so am having a doona day Not looking forward to J catching it, kinda inevitable I think.

Sah - did you check out the lights? Sucks about your DH going back to work today. Like Sterla said, I hope the day turns out better than you expect.

Reet - OMG I just checked out your wedding pics, they are awesome! And yeah, not surprised you were cold bbrrrrr! Cairns would be so lovely right now, I'm sure Sienna is loving all the nudey time you can give her! Hopefully J can have some nudey time when we go and visit my sister on the GC at the end of August. I too am getting the hang of Baby Bear's cries and figuring out what he wants, and generally feeling more confident. I've been told it doesn't last long cos the bubs like to mix things up a bit and keep us mums on our toes!

kts - we are using S26 Gold formula, as it's what the hospital used and we have just carried on as we had no idea! And yes I think it takes a while for bubs to get their eventual eye colour. How are you going with starting on the cloth? Hope you got more of a sleep in this morning than yesterday!

AFM... Jacob is 8 weeks old today! The time has flown so fast, he's not a newborn anymore awwww
Jake still has blue eyes, but they are getting less grey and more blue so I think that's what he will end up with (DH and I both have blue eyes).
Like Sah, we have J in his own room and has been since we came home. it didn’t work for us to have him in the same room as just like Sah we all kept each other up. We can hear him easily enough from our room.
The cradle swing is still awesome but now J will only sleep in there during the day. If I try to put him in the cot during the day he just whinges until I put him in the swing. Gah!
As for the PND, I suffered a bit from depression when I was doing IVF at the same time as having issues at work, so am aware of the symptoms. Luckily it wasn't bad enough to go on medication, just fortnightly visits to the psych to chat. Don't feel anywhere near as bad as that at the moment, just a couple of difficult days in the last 2 months. At least now I can have chocolate and a little bit of wine! And knowing you girls are looking out for me helps too
It just sucks having a cold cos I can't have as many baby cuddles as i'd like!

Gotta check the letterbox as i'm expecting something. Hope you're all managing to stay warm and dry!