Hello all!

BS - sounds like you had a lovely time in Paris! V jealous! Thats great Eva has started to roll a bit. I'm trying to get Michael to do the same...were you teaching her, or was it something she just did on her own? I caught Michael on his side once in his cot, but I think thats cos I had tilted the mattress slightly cos he was getting a flat spot. I too fear the first illness, A LOT! I'm paranoid about him getting sick...so Tilda, I'd love to hear what your experience was like.

Kanda - Phew! Glad ot hear its not something too serious. Must be a weight off your shoulders for sure.

Suz - how's the toilet training coming along? glad to hear DH is on the mend

Alison - Sounds like you had a nice time at your Nana's. I know what its like with the demetia...my Nanna was heading that way too, she was here on holiday (from UK) and was adamant that she only had 1 daughter (my mum lives there and her sister here), so when she saw my Aunty here she was like "you can't be my daughter, I only have one daughter". I think it was pretty upsetting for my Aunty. Anyhoo, glad to hear it went well.

Lani - sounds like you'r ehaving a wonderful time, Jett sounds like a little angel! Oh and those pictures were fantastic!!! You've inspired me to start hunting for a photographer here. My 30th is in 2 weeks (groan) so if I get any money from that I'll put it towards getting some photos done.

Carmey - Wow! Jack sounds like he's doing very well indeed! Great weight We stopped wrapping him when we moved him into his cot (bout 4 weeks ago), for fear of him unwrapping himself and getting cold. Like Alison, he sleeps in grobags, which are fantastic.

Hello to everyone else!

AFM - plodding along nicely. Michael slept 12 hours last night!!! I even got up before him! He seems to be coming along in leaps and bounds...using his hands heaps, loves picking things up and putting them in his mouth. Also noticed a few new sounds he's making. After we watched some video last night of him still in hospital its absolutely amazing to see how far he has come from that little bundle that would sleep all the time and only wake up for a quick feed.

Question1 - This is prolly TMI, but I'm stressing slightly. Does DTD still hurt for anyone? Its really really painful for me. I dunno if its just me not really wanting to, or if there's something going on up there or what. Its not nice Even when I had my pap smear done a few weeks ago it murdered.

Question2 - what do you all do for playtime? Like, what activities do you all do with bubs? I need some ideas as I'm always trying to come up with new things to do with him as he seems to get bored if I do the same stuff over and over! This is my current list of activities:
- A few mins of tummy time,
- floor time playing with a toy,
- sitting in his high chair playing with toys,
- holding him 'standing up' and 'walking' ,
- time in his cot playing with a muslin blanket or with his mobile on,
- holding him in front of a mirror
- reading stories to him in his cot
- in his rocker for a while, which he doesn't really like.
- in his kickin' coaster when he's in the mood.
- on his gym-mat thing.
- walking around the house showing him things.
Any idea's would be welcome!

Off to see MIL this arvy. We got the results from her bone marrow test last thurs...could have been better. She still has blast cells but they can't tell if they're cancerous or not Which is a bit scarey. So, the next step is to try her on this really expensive monthly treatment that I mentioned a while ago, from our understanding it seems like they can't just keep treating her with chemo. Not sure whats happening with the transplant, I think she has to be in remission first before they can try it. The docs said they could try it now, but that only 1 in 2 survive it. So we're still on the roller coaster....