Morning!

Majella - good to hear from you and that Miss E is going well. Sorry about the BFing but if its the way to get her growing and putting on the chub then its the right thing for you guys! My premmie clothes are also in the pile and he is filling out his 000 nicely now! We are having heaps of success with a wee merino gown I got off Pregnancy, Birth & Baby At BellyBelly. The Best Pregnancy, Birth & Baby Articles Online! too. Expensive, but he wears it every night. Helps the nighttime transistion (or so I guess!) and makes for easy sleep nap changes. L has just started decent smiles. I had half smiles (or wind last week) but yesterday I had the first directed at me full faced cheesey grin. It broke my heart! I was starting to worry that he was late (dork I know). It makes those 3am feeds worthwhile let me tell you! How are you going in the smile dept? Its a bit harder when they were a bit early me thinks....

Shona - flying to the UK. You are a legend. I am just starting to feel brave about flying to Melbourne to visit my bestfriend (and get off the Island after 9 months stuck without good coffee!). Well done!

Lilmisshavachat (can I call you lil?? he he). I have an over the shoulder one and L hates it and I can never quite get him in the right position. There was also an article recently on abc about the risk of over the shoulder slings and newborns with one brand being recalled (cant remember which one). Given L has a bit of reflux he prefers the baby bijorn. I think the slings look much cooler but the Baby Bijorn is working for us. I am looking forward to my first breastfeeding assocation coffee group where all the experienced mums can put him the sling correctly for me.

Better run. L has gone down after only 40mins awake (weird) and I am going to start a yoga DVD today. I have the beginnings of a sore back (bother).

xxx to the rest of you.