Elocin Hope you are enjoying your getaway even if it has been a bit wet up that way

Nickers has illness now left your poor house? Are you still managing to express between illness and all the school and kindy runs?

Rosey hope you are going okay?

Fuzzy sounds like everyhting went well for your exam and yay for having some frozen EBM now if you do need/want to be apart from Miss M

Miss E hope you and the boys are doing okay? I get what you mean, its more about DS1 having to share your attention than the quality/amount of attention. Sharing is not soemthing kids that age do well at . Its part of being a family but can be stressful until one day it will be the norm. Sounds like you are doing everything you can to help your big boy transition and find his place in your family of four


Peanutter how were your birthdya celebrations? Did you end up going out?

Buffy how is Miss W? She looked so cozy in her purple winter pram warmer thingo We started DD1 swimming at 6 months but stopped around 12 months when she had a couple of ear infections. We started again when DD2 was about 2 and DD1 was around 4. Probably wont start H until she is 2 as with three kids doing it it would be over $50 a week! Its great fun for them though if you have them time and can afford it. We will take H to the pool and put her in Popas pool when we visit. We also let water splash on the kids faces in the bath from little so they get used to it. Swimming is something DH does with the girls, he was also the one that had to get in the water when we started dd2!

Helena is doing well, 12 weeks old and getting longer and longer shes not a tiny newborn anymore but we are starting to see her sweet little personality. Where does the time go? She is just starting to reach for things, her toes are the main item on the agenda. The look of concentration is amazing. H is still sleeping well, she does feed almost hourly from 4-5pm until bed at 9-10pm which can be frustrating as I only seem to get 30 ish min blocks to do anything else. If DH isn't home its feed, put dinner on and big girls eat, feed, I eat, feed then H bath, feed then DD1 and DD2 bath, feed then big girls story and bed. Im now in the habit of prepping dinner early in the day to make things a bit easier. If DH is home he does the baths which makes it easier. Shouldn't complain though.

We have now moved H to her own room she seems quite happy in there and loves having her nappy changed a her change table is now under a cute wooden mobile I got when pregnant. She could stare at them for hours and sometimes tries to reach for them. We are now using the baby monitor and it was a bit disconcerting last night hearing a fart coming from the bedside table! Think I might need to turn the volume down a bit more

Skybie, Sirenz, Sloane, Razz, Mylitta, Me Lisa and all you lovely ladies. Enjoy the long weekend!