vic - choosing clothes for a pink one is fun!! i love doing it when we go out - but we're somewhat limited in what we can put on Emmy Rose at the moment given we only have two outfits in 0000 for going out - and she is still a bit small for 000! we do cheat and put 000 on her sometimes, but so few outfits have "feet" in them, so we have to either do layers (like a light sleep suit under a lighter outfit) or we put tights on her - socks just don't cut it - she wiggles so much that she exposes her little legs and i don't want her getting cold. we only had one mini pair of tights (none available locally until size 0) so we ordered some from the net the other day and they arrived a couple of days ago. we can now dress her in cute clothes that are warm without too much added bulk! Emmy Rose hasn't left the house in a wondersuit yet! woot!

Bridg - glad you could get some relief with the goats milk formula. i'm thinking i might have to try an elimination diet for myself to work out whether something in particular is triggering miss E's wind dramas. although i don't think it's so much wind as her reluctance to burp cos she is very refluxy. seeing the MCHN on friday to find out who we need to take her to see to get something for it - poor bubba is very chucky - and it's very chunky when we're in the car. i feel for her - i get car sick even when i'm driving so i know how yukky it feels to be chucky in the car!

Bella - sounds like everything is coming along nicely for you hun. it's awesome when you can wean off the pain meds and start feeling like you're doing it on your own. i felt soooo much better being at home and not having someone say "ooh, you should take this to prevent it getting painful" - ummm how do you KNOW i'm going to feel pain if you don't let the pain meds wear off properly? i had to keep taking the anti inflammatory drugs for a while due to a lump where i had a clexane injection but apart from that, i took panadol once a day just to stop the ouchies when i was getting in and out of bed. that' the only time i get ouchies - i don't know if it's cos of laying still and then moving quickly to deal with the baby or what - it just feels stretchy and a bit sore. only other ouchy time was when i climbed the stairs at work the other day.

Amy - hope you have a more settled night tonight. it's hard when they just get sooooo tired and won't sleep! E has had a few night like that, but not too many. she "mostly" sleeps from around 10 or 11 through til 4 or 5 (so 5-6 hours) is then up for an hour or 90 mins by the time she feeds, burps, nappy change and back into bed etc. after that, we get maybe another 4-5 hours. she wakes up, has a play, nappy change, feed, and often will go back to sleep for another 2 hours or something. it's not properly settled sleep though so i'm not keen on leaving her while i jump in the shower unless i can tell she's in a proper sleep...

AFU - well, after the above sleep routine this morning, we managed to get mummy showered, dressed, fed before she woke up again. got nappies washed, DH's clothes in the dryer, sponge bathed and dressed E (wasn't prepared to fully bath her - too cold to go out after a bath!) and headed into town in less than 2.5 hours. was fantastic to feel like we'd achieved so much! my little girl is putting on weight for sure - not sure of the numbers (great growth by Bailey there Naomi!) - some of her "pretty nappies" now fit her properly around the chubby little legs! woot! so cute!! she's also got her first small spots of nappy rash so we're treating that straight away

her baptism is coming ahead in leaps and bounds planning wise. finally got to confirm time with the church (we're getting her baptised in a seperate ceremony rather than the main service so that they can do it at the church next door to us, rather than in the town 20k's away). so i have printed invites and made them all purddy, and got them ready for mum to post tomorrow. her gown is ordered and paid for. cake organised. ummmmmm, all we have to do now is clean the house up to make room for people staying, and organise food for the day - but that's small stuff - it's an arvo tea situation so not like we have to provide much... ooh, i might have to hide all of DH's alcamahol - well, the collectible stuff anyway - don't want anyone randomly grabbing a bottle of bundy that's worth over 500bucks!