Babies Born ~ January 2012 #1

Bella - one thing I did explain to DD1 before bub and have been keeping up with now is that she has teeth for food but DD2 doesn't have teeth yet so can only have milk so her 'snacks' are milk etc so she has to have it frequently which seemed to make sense to her. DD1 got teeth early though so might have to keep a lid on the fact DD2 has them till she is 6 months lol. I am finding it a lot harder to feed DD1 too, it is a bit of a impatience I guess similar to breastfeeding aversion when I was pregnant so definitely understand how you feel. I'm trying to just ignore it and remind myself all the benefits but it is quite hard, someone mentioned somewhere that maybe it is instinctual so that you ensure bubs milk needs are met first? Sorry if it was you that said it lol fuzzy brain but yeah, that sort of makes sense to me.

Inlaws was horrible, more later though just wanted to mention the teeth thing in case it helped lol. Oh but will say MIL did mention baby looked like me and she couldn't see DP at all which after paternity test threats from her earlier in the pregnancy isn't a very good thing to hear sigh!

Oh no, Jellyfish, sorry to hear about the ILs. :(

My MIL lost it at DP when Hannah was four days old and we haven't heard from her since. She didn't speak to us for five mths after DD1 was six weeks (ah peaceful!). She lost it over something completely made up (my Mum was here and she was jealous about the perceived 'better' relationship with DD1). So a sigh from me about ILs too.

I'm taking DD1 to the movies this morning. Hoping H sleeps through it.

Bella - you are going to be busy! Lucky you, you get to have more HBs!

lol HotI thought i'd better join you

Quick update from me.

DD2 is growing rapidly. I just gave away most of the 0000 suits to my pg sister who visited us over the long weekend. Hardly surprising given she has both sides just about every feed. I swear she has a double chin!

She's on the verge of smiling, I think I got a small smile this morning. She stares at me so intently. I wonder what she's thinking, she looks so wise! She's holding her head up quite well when she's watching me, although she still bobbles around a bit.

DD1 goes back to school tomorrow and is keen to show off her new sister. I'm less excited, all those germs at school and such a small (unvaxed) baby. I'm going to wear her in the sling. That should keep hands away from her.

How is everyone else doing?

Hey guys!!

As you know...Violet January arrived on the 23rd!!

How is everyone doing?

Hi The Mrs everything is going ok here DD is feeding like a champ and even sleeping well. She was in our bed this morning and did a poo that went right through her nappy her sleep suit and my sheet lol. So ive done the washing and dishes today while she was having a sleep it feels good to be able to do things my house looks better now lol. How are you and your DDs? How is Sophie adjusting to Violet?

HotI- Hows you DD adjusting to DS? How are you going, has that cough of yours gone yet?

AFM - I have been walking of a night time DF takes the dog for a walk and if DD is awake we go with them :) feels good being able to walk properly lol. DD slept from 9 till 3:30am last night :D then slept from about 4 till after 7 as DF woke her up leaving for work lol. I have been stressing a little bit especially when im tired but have been able to get myself a few hours nap time during the day. Ive also just started to let DD cry once I put her back in her bassinet, I feed her one side of boob burp her then change her nappy then feed her the other, then just place her in the bassinet where she lays awake for a bit and then she crys for a bit then is out to it. I hate hearing her cry but I have done all I can do for her so her cry is just for attention.

Where is everyone? Lol, busy with babies I guess!

I weighed DD2 at my HB get together today - just over 4kg (clothed). So even with taking clothes into account she's put on well over a kilo in four weeks. She's much longer too, I'm guessing my m/w will measure her next week at our (last :() appt.

Everything going well here babywise, she gets cranky in the car and if not picked up when she's awake. She prefers to sleep being held too, so I'm getting lots of use out of my carriers and sling.

Hope everyone else is well!

We are well too Jen. I weighed dd at the chemists on Tuesday and she was 4.25 at three weeks. So that is up 625g in three weeks. She is insatiable today tho! Feeding non stop and still wanting more. ? Growth spurt?

the mchn visited yesterday and ds is almost back to his birth weight. he feeds well, but gets a tummy ache often and is a bit chucky. got an osteo appt next tues for him just to see if anything out.

dd had colic til she was 3 or 4 months, :crossfingers: DS doesn't but we got some infant's friend yesterday to try and also gave him a dummyafter a feed which seemed to help a bit.

for those who are bfeeding toddlers/kids as well, has their poos changed since your milk came in? dd feeds 3 times a day (it would be more if she had her way atm) but her poos aare gross.

FAK so pls excuse punctuation.

Hot1, DD2 gets a tummy ache as well, which is probably because she guzzles a feed so quickly! I have to hold her upright for ages afterwards. She is not chucky, unlike DD1 who was in bibs until 7 mths to catch the milk overflow, but wind makes her screech! It's about the only time she cries.

She also doesn't bf to sleep, partly because of that and partly because she likes to watch me intently for ages after a feed (except during the night, when there are no lights on).

We are loving co-sleeping here, she starts the night in her hammock most nights, but when she wakes it's into bed with us. We really need that king size, with the cooler nights all of a sudden everyone is in there and it's squishy!

Hmmm hot1, I hadn't really noticed if dd1's bowels had changed with the milk. She is toilet trained, so I don't tend to examine them to much lol!

Dd2 is also struggling with wind at times. DH and I take turns pumping her legs quite firmly and you can hear the farts come out of her when we do. HotI, my sister swears by leg pumping every hour in the afternoon leading up to the colicky hours. She has 4 kids and reckons it took her till the fourth to figure it out :). We have also gotten a dummy for Madeleine. Otherwise for comfort she will feed till she vomits it all back up and then feed again. So really I think she just wants to comfort suck. I think unless you arnt aware of when they do need to feed rather than just suck, then they are fine. We waited till 12 weeks with dd1 but this time we gave it at about 10 days. Dd1 is very cute about going and putting dd2's dummy back in if it falls out too. She also tells me that Madeleine "needs boobies!". It is very funny.

I'm attempting the dummy for car trips especially, but it's having limited success. It only seems to work in conjunction with being held and she settles well enough when I hold her anyway. I am persisting a little because she sure can holler in the car and if it does work that would make me and her feel much better!

I'm here - sleeping baby on one arm and a mischievous 2 yr old climbing all over me, curious to see what I'm doing on my phone all the time.
Be back soon!


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I've been without net all week, we don't have internet still properly till Friday so still on my phone. DD2 is 5.11kg as of yesterday, decided to weigh her when we did the shopping as the chemist has scales. Means she is doing about 400g a week! She is firmly in 000 now, I don't think DD1 was 5kg till 5 months old! DD2 looks like a 3+ month old, can hold her head up and pushes up on her arms during tummy time, it is interesting to see how different they are and yet similar too. DD2 is a much better sleeper which I'm so thankful for since DD1 was feeding two hourly till she was almost 2 and only just started sleeping through. DD2 is already doing 4-5hr stretches at night and even managing a 3hr nap with a bum patting to resettle a couple of times. She falls asleep so much easier too, DD1 required long sessions of vigorous bouncing in the carrier for all sleeps but DD2 mostly falls asleep feeding or with a short rocking. I can even get her to sleep occasionally just with patting. making time with DD1 easier to get in which is good ad we are in te process of toilet training, her poos have been a bit ick since the milk increase but she is dropping her last feed, slowly I hope but she has had a few nights of falling asleep with me just laying with her. we tried a dummy but no real luck yet so might not bother as she seems to be settling quite well and actually loves the car although we mostly walk places anyway. loving my breeze baby carrier as it has been so hot! also have a bettlebums full buckle which is good but will be better when she is a little bigger I think. Had a close carrier with DD1 that I gave away when I was a single parent and another baby was no where in my plans but think it would be too hot atm as our ceiling fans are broken and no aircon ick! Hope the real estate is able to sort it this week.

Um what else! We are cosleeping but I've started sitting up to feed as it seems to cause less wind and gas and she settles better. I've got a huge oversupply which I'm hoping settles, need to sleep on a towel and feeding in public can be funny as she enjoys pulling off during let down and suddenly milk is shooting across the room. I've had a fever last night so bit worried it might be mastitus so off to the doctor today :(

Hope everyone is well will be able to properly respond when we actually get net. Sorry for all the typos lol.

Hope your fever settles Jellyfish, I had mastitis frequently with DD1, but this time around I don't seem to have quite so much of an oversupply problem. Or this baby is just a bigger guts! Lol

Oh jelly, I hope it isn't mastitis! I had that with dd1 at 5 weeks and I was sooo sick!

Dd1 is sick and has been for 3 days. Temps of 39-40degrees. She has been ok tho. Just quiet and cuddly. It is actually a little nice when she is sick cos she slows down heaps and is very cute actually. I think that makes me a bad mum lol! Anyway we give her all the cuddles she wants and just enjoy the change of pace.

Dd2 settles quite easily here. Her favorite place is on my chest, but she also settles well on her side in bed next to me. We're co sleeping here too. Really enjoying it too.

This thread needs some bumping! We still don't have internet at our new place so that is coming up to a month without. Apparently, should be fixed by the 22nd but we know better than to expect anything by now.

DD1 is at the beach for a couple of nights with my parents, wondering what affect this will have on breastfeeding. I think my mum is half hoping it will spark weaning, I don't think it will really as she has gone that long before (when I had DD2 for example she didn't feed as she usually only feeds to sleep and she decided to stay with my parents more than neccesary so it ended up being a few days without) but I'm comfortable either way! I miss her but seeing the photos of her enjoying the water and sand is wonderful plus just having some one on one time to get to know and connect with DD2, feels kind of like you miss that a bit when having a toddler too... life seems to need to resume so quickly post birth!

DD2 is quite a fussy baby and I'm finding her to be a bit challenging. She doesn't comfort suck and I never thought I'd say this after DD1 but sometimes I wish she would!!! She is beautiful though and growing so fast, she is now the size DD1 was at 4 months which is a little crazy. She's very strong too. She is quite different to DD1, she seems to prefer just being plonked down once she is asleep and gets restless if I try to continue holding her or try to put her down super slow/gently so that is handy... getting her to sleep though is another thing as she does not fall asleep on the breast and doesn't even seem to like being rocked so a bit stumped!

How is everyone else going?

Hi girls!

Jellyfish - I know what you mean about the non-comfort sucking being an issue! DD1 bf to sleep for years and it was so easy. This one won't do that at all during the day, finishes a feed very quickly and then wants to look around and engage for about half an hour before she's ready to sleep. She likes to be held (upright) until she falls asleep and patted, so doing lots of babywearing during the day (which I have to anyway, because any running around or picking up DD1 from school means transferring poor DD2 in and out of the car constantly).

At night time I am trying to develop a rhythm, bath, feed and sleep. It worked beautifully on Tuesday night but she was overtired last night and took longer. Trouble is that she guzzles a bf and usually needs to burp (unless she's super relaxed, like during the night), so lying down to feed her in bed before bedtime can backfire. Thankfully, once she's asleep, I get a lovely long stretch overnight. She generally wakes up at least once and ends up in bed with us for the rest of the night, but I'm barely noticing and certainly not getting out of bed. So I'm feeling fine in the sleep dept.

My last m/w visit was on Monday and we had lunch. DD2 weighs a bit over 4.5 kg and is now 55 cm long - which means she's grown 8 cm in 6 weeks and put on almost 2 kgs. Not that I'm following them, but by the charts she's moved right up to the 50th percentile, so that should satisfy any health professionals who are interested. She's smiling at me properly now and trying to 'talk' to me, gooing and gaaing. It's very cute! She's wearing outfits that I know didn't fit DD1 until about three mths and she's almost done with the newborn MCNs. At least there's lots of pretty ones in my stash the next size up.

DD2 is getting used to the car but still spends many a car trip complaining the entire time. If I feed her immediately beforehand and she's settled she will fall asleep, or if she's had a chance to fall asleep but been fed soon before. But it's a bit of a lottery. And she has a LOUD cry! It seems to especially bother DD1 if she's in the car.

We had a family photo shoot on Sunday and we go in tomorrow so they can try to get us to spend a small fortune on pictures for the walls. We get one for free, it was a special offer when I bought my car last year. Just as well too, the prices were unbelievable! I think DP will want the photo book if the photos are particularly cute. Which of course they will be. :rolleyes:

Things are going so well here. Maybe I should whisper this, but DD2 is a fantastic night time sleeper. Refuses to be put down to sleep during the day and has a lot of awake time (all the interruptions with DD1 and school, for starters), but come 7pm she is ready for final cuddles and then into her hammock. She does wake up at some point after I go to bed, but it's a quick feed and snuggle in with me to cosleep until after 7am. :o

So I'm getting very into babywearing during the day and sending prayers of thanks for my evenings and nights!

She is growing so much - out of all the 0000 stuff which is all ready to be passed on to her little cousins when they arrive. And the newborn MCNs are fast approaching their last adjustable phase. I have lots of pretty nappies next size up to look forward to now. ;)

DD1 and I watched some video footage of her at this age and the girls really do look so alike. Except DD1 was much smaller (DD2 is in outfits she wore at three months already).

I'm getting lots of cooing and smiles and she's also smiled at DP, DD and a friend too. She studies everything so intently I wonder what she's thinking! She's happy to have some time on the floor when she's awake, just needs to be picked up for cuddles when she's tired

How is everyone else and their bubs?

Be back soon to post properly, but lets just say we have hit and miss days and nights. DD still wakes up at least 2 or 3 times a night but it's getting better.
DD is smitten with DS but the feelings arent mutual, just yet!

DD looks like DS, its unbelieveable - and DS looks like DH so I'm sad I don't have a bubba that looks like me, but it's probably a good thing :p

Anyways, shes screaming at me for a feed so I'll be back later, much later

Our issue is with the car. Especially after an hour's drive up the freeway and then an hour back on Sunday, 40 mins each way of screaming, even though I pulled over and tried to feed her. Nope, not hungry, just hates the car. We can get a trip here and there where I've managed to fluke wakefulness and not at all hungry or sleepy and we get there ears unmolested. Very occasionally. DD1 adores DD2, except when she's in the car next to her!

DD2 is such a happy, smiley bub! Here is a picture, such a cute little chubby... if I don't say so myself haha.

DD2 and one of the proud big sister too! DD1 is very, very into DD2... a little too smothering which has led to her newest word as I've said it sooooo often; "space" haha. Everything she does she always says "both" too because she always wants Bree RIGHT there. "Bree is just having a little rest but you can play with me..." "BREEEEEEEEEEE, BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, both, Breeeeeeeeeee" which is another word she has come out with in the last little bit.

DD1 had her first session back at speech therapy after a break from Christmas and having Bree. She has improved so much in the last two months and has over 50 words which is amazing considering she had only 3 when we began at 2.5 (she is a month from 3 now). DD1 loved showing off DD2 and the other really noticable thing is how much her concentration has improved, she was staying with activities a lot longer than she had been previously. We learnt some new signs too which was also fun. Still no mmm sound ability so I'm still being called 'Jess' by my daughter lol but small steps! She even did some unprompted counting in the session which impressed her speechie and left me feeling pretty proud haha. She is such a clever little thing... too clever but it can be frustrating for all of us when she lacks the means to express it.

Still no luck with a dummy here, think we will probably just give it a miss since things seem to have settled down with my milk supply. DD2 even slept 5hrs in a row last night, longest ever! She then had 3 feeds in the next 3hrs but I was fine with that, barely notice since we co-sleep after her first waking.

Unlike DD1 as a baby, DD2 seems to love the car and I am enjoying having DD1 who I can ask things like "is Bree sleeping or awake?" haha. DD1 gets pretty upset when DD2 is, she rushes over and starts patting her and 'shoo shoo shoo'ing which is very cute. No real jealousy yet although sometimes when DD2 is feeding, DD1 will start doing the sign for finished in her face hehe.

Last night DD1 slept over at her bio-dad's place so DP and I decided to have an icecream in the car date since DD2 always falls asleep in the car and then we just drove around singing to bad music and talking which was fun. Today we are going over to my parents for lunch once we pick up DD1 and then we will probably laze around their pool for the afternoon, weather permitting!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

We're at the beach for the afternoon. They have free wifi. DD1 is having a lovely time building sandcastles and DD2 is sound asleep in the sling. DP is home studying.

BBL for personals!

Just wondering if anybody has got their baby bonus through yet, and how long it took. Also, if it takes longer do they backpay from when baby was born or do they extend it further at the end of the period that they pay?

DS is doing it tough with reflux. Getting help, or someone to discuss the options is difficult. i am reading "colic solved" and realised that DD also had silent reflux. we thought it was colic, and just had to live without it. i don't know if we would have medicated, but i also wonder how much her sleep disturbance and frequent feedings until 12 months plus were caused by reflux too. i don't know if i want DS medicated but what we are doing now isn't really working either.

i am finally feeling physically energised. have had a few sciknesses that have made recovering from the birth harder, but they seem to have finally gone.

DS is slowly putting on weight, i don't think the puking helps, but he was a good weight to start with :lol: so slow growth is fine. he is not a chubby baby, just long and in proportion for his length. he looks huge next to an averaged sized baby of same age though.

Just really quickly. Got DD 6 week appt with the GP today :) looking forward to seeing how much she's gained :) Will update tonight (and hopefully finish the birth story too!!)


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Hot1, my payments started coming through a couple of weeks ago and I was a bit slow putting the forms in. Hope you can find something that works for the reflux. That must be tough to deal with. :hug:

DD hope the appt goes well.

I had the NHCN around yesterday. DD2 has put on about 2kgs since birth (I wouldn't let her do a bare weigh, DD hates being undressed and I know she's growing well). She's nearly caught up to your DS's birth weight, Hot1! (she's just under 4.9 kg)

She's getting better in the car. Classical music seems to help. Especially violins! Night times she is so ready for sleep that it can be hard to get her down due to over tiredness. But it's def all done before 8pm and last night she only woke once between then and 7am. Now I just need to go to bed earlier!

Thankfully DS is pretty good in the car, especially because most of our trips are 40 mins plus. DD went through a period when she hated the car, so i know a heap of places i can pull over safely between home and Melbourne.:lol: They both seem to only like going fast, so driving in traffic can be not so fun.

My let down on the opposite breast to the one i am feeding from hurts alot more than i remember from the first time. It doesn't last long though. Anybody else found this too?

Yeah, my let down is intense this time too, Hot1.

Well, the dr appt was good (shame I had a 2 hour wait!)

Birth weight : 3030g
Length : 50cm
HC : 35cm

At 6 weeks....

Weight : 4370g
Length : 62 cm (!) (DH doesn't think that's right but I saw the dr do it with my own eyes!)
HC : 38cm

Very proud of my chubby princess :) Smiling up a storm too since she was 5 weeks old :D Couldn't be prouder of my two beautiful little ones :)

DS has improved in leaps and bounds at day care. It's only taken 6 or so weeks, but he's finally playing with the other kids (well, one kid, but one is a start!) and hes FINALLY eaten something the daycare provided (icecream - typical!) - because he wasn't eating, I was making sandwiches for him for lunch for the two days he's gone in.
He's still not talking, though he's regularly saying 'mumum' and 'yeah' but that's it. I'm starting to worry bout him, but that'll be going in another thread once he's gone to bed.

HotI my let down is pretty intense too. I remember it being toe curling ly intense for about three weeks with dd, but this time it is way more intense. Not sure why, I have wondered if I am having vaso spasm. My other theory is just that my nipples are way more erect this time, when I let down. Seriously they are impressive lol! I wonder if it is just that they are getting much more full this time? Maybe that is why u arnt noticing it as much on the side that is having the pressure released on via DS? I dunno. Just a thought.

DD, good work on the weight gain and the length! I haven't seen my Gp yet at all. I also haven't put in for the baby bonus yet either. I was employed before I was pregnant (on mat leave tho) and had to resign, but had another job in the wings. It took them ages to get me started off and I was pretty sick with ms at the time so didn't stress cos I could barely have worked anyway. When I looked at the parental leave I am disqualified because I had more than 8 weeks off work between the two jobs :(. The guy at centerline says that if my Gp gives me a medical cert for the time difference I may be eligible, so I will ask him. I am not sure I saw him about it tho, as I was miserable but not working at the time so didn't need a certificate..... What do u girls reckon? Am I crazy for tryin to get the parental leave? It is about 4-5k difference in payments.


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Try, Bella, it can't hurt!

DD, great length gain! My little bundle grew 11 cm in six weeks, not quite as much as you, but it explained why the clothes were shrinking! A 2 hr wait - oh dear!

Our 2 mth vax are next week, can you believe it?

DD2 is such a smiley, chatty thing now. Even bbs got a big smile today! I just adore her. She's also discovered her hands and finds them quite fascinating. She is touching things when she reaches out, so I've started giving her some floor time to play. She lets me know when she's had enough.

Hi, I am joining even though J was born aaaaages ago, we are going by his adjusted age, plus we only just got home so I feel like I am a new Mum adjusting to home life..

J is 8 weeks adjusted. He has not long started smiling and I love it.. He is a velcro baby, but I don't mind. I am loving being a Mummy :D

Hi BAL!! Congrats on the two of you being home!

i think my little man is starting to smile. it is often followed by a vomit, but that happens pretty often anyway. i love when he grips my hands. He is not happy atm. He has about 2 or 3 hours a day when he is awake and not screaming, unfortunately it is usually between 2 and 5 am. i see the mchn tomorrow so gonna chat and see what she thinks. i got an aba counsellor to check out his feeding, and she thought there might be something strange going on. Will see an LC and see what she thinks.

Woohoo BAL!! So glad you popped in here, it makes sense really, to see where all our babies are at by his adjusted age. I'm so excited you are home!

Hot1 - that sounds tough. My little one can certainly yell when she's not happy, but it's nothing like what you're experiencing. What did the ABA counsellor mean when she said she thought there was something going on? What do you think?

As for us, DD2 had her vax yesterday, 2 mths already! She was fine, I fed her during and apart from a very unimpressed cry at first, she settled really quickly. She's weighing over 5 kgs now, so only a week or so and she'll be double her birth weight, the little chubba! DP pointed out that the legs on her 000 wondersuits are starting to look a bit short. I think we'll get a few more weeks yet though. She's finally settled in the car, unless she's due for a feed or has something else going on. But as long as she's been fed, is comfortable and we have classical music on (she seems to prefer violins) she will doze off most of the time. Or at least stay awake but not scream.

She stays awake for such long stretches it's no wonder she has to sleep so much overnight. During the day I am wearing her in a wrap constantly, because she doesn't like sleeping on her own. She's good at night, for most of it, until after an early morning feed, when she likes to snuggle in bed. I love sleeping with her, she's a very snuggly baby and she wakes up with a smile in the morning. She likes to sleep until at least 7am - yeehaa!!

Hope everyone else is well. Feels like we've got the old gang back together now!

Hi everyone, nice to see you here BAL!!

HotI, that doesn't sound fun love :( Have you seen a chiro for bubba? We did for Maddie this week and she is finally turning her head to the right :), which she wasn't before. She does do some vomiting, just because my let down is too much for her, and she likes to suck and I think over fills herself. So I have given her a dummy. She also has short periods of time where she is inconsolable, but they are relatively short in nature. I think that it is due to gas.

Jen as for sleep during the day, Maddie is crazy for her sleep!!! Today I had to wake her up at 10:30am to go out and then she fell back to sleep by about 11:30 had a 45 min nap in arms. We got in the car at about 1 and she slept again till 1:30 when she woke getting her out of the car. She was back to sleep at 3 and I woke her up by opening up the curtains at 5:30 and is now back to sleep again at 7 :30.... it's nearly 9. I know that sounds awesome but some days I almost worry that something is wrong that she sleeps so much. But i am not gonna question it to much. At least you are getting great sleep over night. Jemima was like that

We are seeing the gp tomorrow. I need to get her vaccinations done, and she still has a gummy eye. She weighed in at 4.950kg on tuesday which was when she turned 8 weeks. She is smiling like crazy when she is awake! I love it. She has so much delight in her smile. I better go sit down and chill out for awhile. Never know what the night will hold ;)

XX Bella

Just a quick one - will be back later

It's funny, people complain bout not getting more than 5 hours sleep (that don't have kids) and I just sigh and say 'Your complaining bout 5 hours?!'

BBS - trying to get DD asleep


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Hi girls. It's been a while since I've popped in here. How is everyone doing?

DD2 is growing and developing well. She actually sleeps at night, waking 2-3 times for feeds and going straight back to sleep afterwards. She's a very happy bub and we gets loads of smiles. She's very chatty already and discovered her hands last week. I love it when they do that, it's so cool watching her explore her world. I'm really enjoying this time with her. The first 12 months with DD1 were awful (partly because she spent so much time screaming and partly because we were dealing with my mum's cancer) so it's great to be able to relax and enjoy this time around.

Nice on TC! We r enjoying this time more too. Mind u I have developed mastitis this morning. Not fun :(

Ah no, Bella! :( My bout was Sat night, but I'm better now. Hope you are soon too.

TC, sounds like much the same as us. I think partly it's the awareness too that things all change so quickly and they aren't babies for very long.

H is exhausted by 6pm after her busy, chatty, smiley day. She's happy to 'play' on the floor while awake but needs cuddles for sleeping. She's having a bath around 6, feed and then into bed. Depending on how cranky she was and how much she fed, she sometimes wakes for a quick feed at 8pm. And then that's it from her until about 2.30-3am, where she has a quick feed in bed and cosleeps until wake up. Which for her is usually 7.30-8am, although if I sleep in she'll sometimes go for longer. I guess she's making up for the interruptions during the day! Not always so great for my bbs. They seem to be working it out gradually.

She's reaching out to touch things but mostly likes looking. Even if it's just her hand (or me, I'm her favourite atm). ;) She seems to have strong legs but is showing no sign of moving to roll or anything yet. I'm hoping it stays like that for a while yet!

Aubrey is a really happy, smiley bub too! And very, very babbly which I'm not used to as DD1 has significant speech difficulties and never babbled. She is super strong too and can sit and stand with very little support, I keep expecting her just to take off walking haha.

Only frustrating part is she is a really lazy feeder who doesn't like to latch properly and has started clamping down at times (my DD1 got teeth just before 3 months so might have another early teether?). She also doesn't really like feeding to sleep like my DD1 did (and still does lol) which was so easy so I miss that!!! She sleeps longer stretches than DD1 did even at 2 so that is nice and she doesn't cry ever. She actually got overtired the other night so cried properly for the first time ever and I freaked out wanting to rush to the doctor because I thought she must have broken a bone or something as she just never cries.

I'm loving the sister interactions! Imogen is a big fan of Bree :)