Babies born~April 16th-30th 2010 #1

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LOL Maranui!! Great news about easily moving Louis to the cot.. great that you're enjoying mothers group too, i'd really like to get going to one but our local one doesn't start til mid-july, i do have a couple of friends recommending local pre-school groups etc - won't be all new mums but will be some support, however have to wait to get a car first.

Kirley - glad to see on FB re the big sleeps.. i'm still on small ones but was pretty happy last night that Shea went 4 + 4 so i got about 3 & 3.5 hrs of sleep.. i've just gotta start going back to bed after the early morning 5 or 6 am feed but i find i can get stuff done at this time that i wouldn't otherwise and i'm generally coping on the 6hrs a night at the moment... would love more tho of course

Kellie good luck with the osteo. i love cranio-sacral therapy, really seems to be good for so many things & i know a friend doing osteo for her own gut issues & feeling much better

Bellamia - glad you're having such a good time with Taz and thank you so much for the support. once i have transport i'll arrange to come down and catch up for a cup of tea

AFM Shea fed much better overnight and this morning, got him on both boobs and when letdown got to strong topped him up with an EBM bottle - i know they say not to use bottles too much at this age but i can't just leave him hungry and screaming & i figure if i'm having to express before feeding to make boobs more manageable for him then i'm better using it than throwing it or i'm only going to boost my milk supply beyond what he needs..

DH update - said last night he was thinking yesterday that i was right about it not being a good time to sell this house and that if he found a room in a shared house cheaply then we can sort out with c/link that we're separated - 'even if he doesn't stay at the other place much' - so it seems like he's calmed down from the weekend and is planning to stick around longer with us after all. but rather than swallow pride and say he's reconsidered he's going with the property market excuse.. i told him about my plan to buy a little place & that i'll need his help with it. didn't say much, probably surprised i'm thinking ahead now!

i have a good friend arriving from sydney tonight til sunday, she's a nanny very experienced with newborns - woohoo! and DH flies out tomorrow first thing to adelaide & sydney, coming back when friend goes so we're going to have a lovely girly few days Funny thing, DH has a late meeting and so he may have to pick her up from airport instead of me, bet he's not relishing being in a car with one of my friends for 30 minutes LOL!!!

Shona - sorry to hear there are still flight strikes in uk but you're right, at least you'll be on local soil. hope that the wind problems abate before you go... do try and keep in touch occasionally while you're away and let us all know how you're going

Majella - are you out there??

hi to everyone else xx