Hello lovely ladies Cold enough?!

Mia that sounds truly stressful and I'm glad it's been picked up - how disappointing of your paed I hope the coloxyl drops help Fraser in the meantime and the new paed fills you with more confidence

Beata I hear you on the heater costs! I'm dreading our elec bill when it comes in - we are cold in our room but DD is snug as a bug in hers with an oil heater! We're not making any fast moves to rolling over here either.

Jelly as far as I know ears submerged in the bath are fine too, as long as they are well dried when getting out as Meercat said. Have you seen the Kids and Water DVD by Laurie Lawrence? We got it in our hospital bounty bag and it's actually really interesting to watch the parts about newborns/babies and water. We've been doing to 'water conditioning' in the bath and start swimming lessons in a couple of weeks.

Con I hope Grace is over her cold too and feeling much better. DD has had a mild one but other than sneezing and coughing and red cheeks she's been pretty good.

Missawah yay for Harri rolling over and leaping forward – he sounds very clever!

Teresa sorry to hear about your DH’s grandfather passing, and that people felt the need to play pass the baby. I swear all of our Mom’s and Grandparents have forgotten how unsettling it can be to a LO.

Meercat I hear you on the feeding in public - it's hard isn't it? I have bought a great BF top that lets me be really discreet - fed taking off and landing on 5 diff planes last week - was freaking out before doing it but just had to do it. I think it has helped me with my BF in public fear that's for sure! I still choose home or a parent room any day though, but I'm so sorry you were made to feel you had to hide to feed. It's such a natural and beautiful process it's a shame society sees it as so taboo Glad Tiah is sleeping better too!

I'm sorry I can't remember any more personals! Hi ReeRee, Nat, B and everyone else

As for us, we are doing well, visiting my relatives last week was good, but it was even better to be home. She flew really well, but by the end of the week was pretty much over all the new faces and cuddlers. The last 3 nights co-sleeping was the only option for us at my Grandma’s and it went well, but she woke almost 2hrly and fed as such! It has taken nearly a week to get back to reasonable sleeping through the night (last night down at 7, up at 1 then 5 then awake at 7) and I’m hoping this becomes more regular from now on. 2 and 3hr waking and feeding for the last week has been doing my head in! Oh and our dream run of sleeping through the night lasted a whole 3 nights, I knew it was too good to be true ha ha

Our day sleeping, on the other hand, is fantastic all of a sudden. She’s having 3 two hour naps each day if we are home and not fluffing out and about the place. Don’t know how we did it, but then she is so much more active during the day she must be tiring herself out more. Does anyone else’s bubs talk themselves to sleep? Not only does she vocalise pretty much all day long, but she’s taken to making almost like a droning sound to go off to sleep! It’s really easy to know she’s close to going off because the sound starts, and I just leave her in her cot and she’s out within 5 minutes. Her cousin does it too – might run in the family?!

Anyway, I've raved on enough, hope you're all having a lovely week and keeping warm!