Hi girls

Nutter - with the crying, my ds1 went through a phase like that, it lasted a month or so I think. He went from waking very happily and burbling away in his cot to one day waking up crying and nothing other than food/bottle would help it. Looking back I think he was having a growth spurt and was just absolutely starving when he woke, maybe try increase the meals a little during the day and really fill him up before his nighttime sleep?

The activities with dad sound like a good idea as well! Gives them something regular to do together that gets both of them out of the house!

Yules - moving sucks! But yay for your mum! At least when you get back into this place, you should be settled there for a while right?

Peta - glad Aly is doing heaps better, it's just horrible when they're sick.

AFM - Logan is good, he's so full on it's not funny! He's into EVERYTHING!!! All the stuff he's not supposed to be, I swear my ds1 was NOT like this! But still, he's so cute and cheeky with it you just have to laugh at him! Still only the 1 tooth at the front, he looks so funny grinning at me with 1 bottom tooth! Doesn't stop him chowing down on whatever passes his way though!

Dad - we've found out he has 'non small cell adenocarcenoma of the lung', and it's at stage 4. Bascially it's spread, it's terminal and from this stage they pretty much will do pallative care and treat the symptoms rather than try cure because they can't cure it. He's now seen a neurosurgeon who thinks operating on the brain is an option, providing the mri on Friday shows only 1 tumor in there. This is the main one that's causing the symptoms coz it's pushing on the part of the brain that controls speech, balance, comprehension etc...

Dad is in good spirits, although he's gone back to work (with mum driving him coz he's not allowed to drive), he's being a total pig to mum at times, but that's just scared I think. He's always been a very strong, old school man and to know that something is happening in his brain that he can't control would scare the life out of him. Unfortunately these things are usually taken out on those closest to us and in this case it's mum.

Mum is coming over this morning to pick up Logan for a few hours to take him back to their place to hang out with 'Nanna and Grandad' while I have some time to myself to re-charge. I have fallen into the role of information gatherer, appt setter, chief driver and am the primary contact for all hospital / dr / specialist details. I'm exhausted at the moment. Hubby has been fantastic looking after the kids and keeping the house going but I need some time to myself to get stuff in order around here and have a bit of a relax before I go back to work tomorrow and the next round of appts / tests take place next week.

Thanks for checking on me girls, still no mention of this on fb. We have probs with my nanna (dads mum) having the beginnings of altzhiemus (I can never spell that word), and dads sister being a money hungry bottom feeding scum sucker. Dad is executer to nanna and holds power of attourney so until he can speak to a lawyer and get that changed we're trying to keep it from the Fat Cow, especially as this is in his brain, she'd probably jump at the chance to get her hands on more of nannas money. She's already gotten around 40,000 in the past 12 months!!!! It's not like dad is trying to keep it for himself, he just wants to make sure there's enough there so when the time comes for nanna to go into a nursing home she can go to the one she chooses without money being an issue and not having to sell her family home. She's adament she doesn't want anything to happen with her house until she has passed away. Unfortunately Fat Cow just sees that Nanna has money and doesn't understand why she doesn't give it all to her!!!!! Families are complicated!

Thanks for reading/listening to my vent. You girls really do rock! xx