Well CJ is at occasional care for three hours and I should be getting things in order but I am chilling with a coffee after going into a mild panic about how difficult it is going to be to get CJ to childcare and me to work in the mornings! I must get more organised, she is going for 1 day one week then 2 days the next before the full three so I must really try approach those like I would need to when working - it looks like DH has got his shifts fixed so he will be starting early and finishing at 4 so he will be able to do the pick ups which is great. When she was little and was just really breastfeed then out simple, but now with breakfast seems to take so lo-ong - she got to occasional care at 9:15 so not bad but I wasn't showered or even brushed my hair (doesn't bother me now but for work I will need to be more presentable!).

Curbing my BB addiction would be a start and save me a few mins I am sure!

Nicole - If CJ wakes up before 6:30 but after 5:00 she comes in with us, and we usually get a nice lie in - in the middle of the night if I have to get up more than 3 times she comes in with us. I like sleeping next to her but she hogs a lot of room, and I am having problems with my hip which have had since she was born and I think sleeping funny is making it worse. But sleeping next to her in our bed day or night is always what I do if I really need her to sleep and fancy some shut eye myself too.

Bella - All depends on what I get work wise, if I get a permanent job that offers a decent maternity package then I will probably wait to make sure can qualify for that (or at least qualify for the gov maternity scheme perhaps - although I am not that impressed with that one). I need to make sure my thyroid levels are ok, and also want a couple of months off the mini pill first (I still haven't really had an AF, I am hoping that is due to the mini pill, I haven't been consistently feeding CJ overnight for about 8 months now so would be surprised if was the breastfeeding) - so TTC won't be any sooner than beginning of 2011 anyway. If I get contract work then will just be waiting for start of 2011. 6-8 weeks ago I felt really quite desperate to have another baby pretty soon, but now desire is much less perhaps is because I am realising how much work it will be working full time again. Anyway my sister had a dream I had twins too, a boy and girl this time and we called them Sol Fox and Emily Aimee (not very fussed about those names)!

Jacinta - I am sure bub 2 will behave and you won't have to have a c-section. Books coming on well, just waiting for material with latest pics to come back (I now have everyone thanks) - I am going to send them out in alphabetical order of babies names (we don't want Jemima to always be last!). The time taken to receive the material is about 3 weeks at the moment, and the fluctuations in the US dollar to AU dollar, plus me going back to work fulltime have led me to decide can't really do as much of a business but I am going to do as a hobby for people to fund my own craft purchases (will send everyone details via FB).

CJ is trying really hard to get up on her knees into crawling position, so she might make my 12 July target for crawling yet, she is mega chatty this week and happy (apart from the distress over removal of chicken bones!), she has also discovered she has knees, before when stood up she would hold her legs rigid and straight but now she just wants to bounce all the time I am happy about that but is much more tiring!

Nicky - Hope Allira is ok - read about your hospy trip on FB

Oh we are going to the zoo on the 20th - are we still planning to go there for next meet up? If so is there anything people want me to scope out?