BR - Sorry to hear you're sick! It's hard enough adjusting to a newborn and 2 older kids, let alone being sick swell. Hope it buggers off for you soon. There are 4 E's in the group now - Eloise, Elijah, Edward and Ella E's sleep is quite good, a bit sporadic in the day but I do sleep, feed, play…I just try and resettle him back to sleep if he wakes earlier than 3 hourly. At night he sleeps for at lest 6 hours after his last feed - so if he has a feed at 8:30 he will sleep till 2:30-4am, then back down till 7-8am. Cannot complain there!

Shanleem - Best of luck for your induction! Can't wait to hear of your long awaited princess's arrival!

Bella - Oh that sucks about the thrush. At least you know what's what being a nurse and all! I hope E doesn't have problems with any food or drink, and he was just a bit unsettled just cos! lol

Emmalee - congratulations!!! I hope you're enjoying those beautiful newborn cuddles….how does it feel to be a mama finally?

Footsteps - Sounds like Jason is doing well, that's a great weight gain. Yes, I'd go by corrected age and not actual age, unless your care provider says otherwise. DS1 was born at 35+5, and whilst he reached his milestones on target for actual age, the doctors always went by corrected age until he was 2.

Things are just chugging along with us. E is a little darling. He's finding his lungs though lol not sure if I mentioned that he has a cow's milk protein intolerance and reflux - but thankfully that's being managed with a specialised formula and gaviscon. I'm almost out of expressed breast milk, and breastfeeding didn't work out for us. We made it to 12 weeks of breastmilk (and some formula) and that's the farthest I've ever gotten, so am proud of our efforts.