Vic - love the avi, you are such a hawks fan, and didn't you guys get married on a tram, nice work!!! Re CJs sleep habits, if she seems happy and is eating regularly during the day and poo-ing and wee-ing reguarly, go with it, she'd waken if she was hungry - I am with Amy on this one, our little ones certainly know how to tell us when they need us re crying etc so it sounds fine, the only downside is she is probably getting so much sleep at night she may not be needing as much during the day - hence the day sleep dilema - its such a double edged sword (so to speak)

Awwwwwww Krystie - I know its hard but try not to get upset about Kysons sleeping habits, I think the worse thing we do to ourselves is compare our babies to others and worry when others do different things that might be viewed as favourable that ours aren't doing, so don't beat yourself up about it. Bailey still feeds three hourly day and night except for only one feed he has dropped (I put him to bed about 630ish atm and he skips the 930-10ish one), then generally reverts back to 3-maybe 4 hourly if I am lucky) so you are not alone. I know what you mean though, I would love him to sleep through like some of the other babies but thats just not Bailey, he obviously needs his more regular feeds and Kyson probably does too at the moment, where as some of the other babies are just making their milk last longer. I guess like us adults babies have varied metabolism and eating habits and there isn't a great deal we can do about it. At our mothers group we were discussing how people label babies as 'good', 'fussy', 'needy' etc and how it really is wrong and causes great distress to parents, and I find that lots of people ask me if Bailey is sleeping through the night yet - and my answer is yes - apart from feeding which is a necessity, he does sleep through, its not like he is acting up or screaming all night, and lots of people dont understand than breast milk is so much more easily digestable that formula which keeps baby full and asleep longer, so there is some sacrifices we make as breast feeding mums, sleep being one of them. Sorry to rave on but I hate to hear when any of our group are upset so I hope this makes you feel a little better, and HUGS and be sure to get some rest when Kyson sleeps too - a good nights sleep does wonders to make you feel better about any situation so as you are sleep deprived atm its probably making you worry/feel upset un-necessarily. I think you are a great Mummy, very nuturing and a real 'earthy mother' hehehehe and I am in awe of you and your beautiful little man!! The swimming sounds like lots of fun, sounds like you have a water baby there with the little froggy swimmer LOL

Amy - so glad to hear you are likely to make the meet-up too, I cant wait to meet you, I am really excited to meet our fantastic group. Not 100% sure if I will stay overnight or try to fly in/out the same day yet - will see what flights/times are on offer. I am thinking it might be easier to stay one night as not sure how Bailey will cope with 2 flights in one day. Cant wait to see the Zoo pics, glad to hear you all had a great day!!

Bella - Dont worry re the TMI, I think our group have discussed all sorts of things so we can all take it LOL. We have DTD with mixed results so I dont have too much advice to offer LOL, the first time was pretty ordinary and a bit sore - and due to my crazy cycle and (now) 3 week AF (which is finally coming to and end thank god), opportunities to 'make luuuuurve' have been few and far between. However now that my cycle is hopefully back to normal DH and I will try to resume something close to a normal sex life LOL. Having said that my next AF is now due in just a few days - DOH!!!!

BG - what is it with screaming bubba's today? DH took a day off today to spend with us, and dressed Bailey and when he put the clothes over Baileys head he freaked out and took about 2 hours to calm, its was horrid, he was doing that heartbreaking sob cry and then sobbing for ages after, both DH and I got a bit teary as nothing we tried helped - even on the boob he cried the whole time. Finallly he exhausted himself and went to sleep so we put him in the carseat and went out as planned (but quite delayed), fortunately when he woke he then reverted back to his happy normal self and his smiles were a good tonic as I think both DH and I were a bit worse for wear as it was such an emotional morning. Hope E has settled down for you and you get some more smiles too, isn't it just sooooo heartbreaking when they are beside themselves.

Bridg - good luck with all the kids needles tomorrow. We already have Baileys 2nd round booked - for the 18th August - god he is growing up fast!

AFU - Thanks for all the lovely comments re our pics. I have been busy framing our photo's and put some hooks in the walls tonight so have hung them all up. I am so proud of the photo's and in awe of my gorgeous little boy and will really treasure them. I was looking at one of the family ones and wondering what I did to deserve such a handsome hubby and gorgeous baby - like you Bella I am soooooooooooo happy being a Wife and Mummy - life is pretty damn good hey?

Well I s'pose I should head to bed, mothers group tomorrow and the IL are coming for tea - I am so trying to be a good DIL hehehehe

Take care, Hi to everyone else

Naomi
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