Hi everyone!

Suz - what a god awful day!! Good friends of mine had Tweedle (a melbourne sleep school I think) come and do a home consultation with their toddler and had great results. I think it pretty much involved letting their toddler cry it out for about an hour the first night and it improved heaps from there. And he sleeps through now instead of getting his mum and dad up 4 times a night! So I hope you get just as good results. It sounds like you've already had improvements. And maybe better night sleeps will actually help him sleep during the day because he won't be so overtired and cranky. You are doing such a fabulous job. I don't know how you juggle toilet training, toddlers, baby, future renovations! All of us with just the one bub are in awe!!

Beany - You sound so anxious you poor thing. I know what it's like. As you probably guessed from some of my mid-night posts I get anxiety attacks when my neck/back play up. It's an awful feeling. But don't underestimate how wonderful you and Michael are doing. I'm always impressed at how well you get Michael to self settle most of the time. But don't worry if it's not all of the time (most bubs never do!). They're all going through a bit of fussy spot at the moment. Hope the doctor can tell you if there's anything going on with his eye.

Alison - Matilda rubs her eyes whenever she feeds too. I think it might be a self-soothing thing they do when they're feeling all content with a full tummy. It's very cute. I hope you had a better night with Amelia. She's such a wriggler isn't she! Matilda barely moves an inch (too heavy probably ).

Kanda - I hope Sienna is feeling better after her needles.

Willow - Hope you had a good day after your good night. I actually find Matilda sleeps better during the day after a good night so here's hoping BTW I've tried using the hip seat again after my physio raved about them. I think I used it incorrectly the first time. I'm still not convinced it's not aggravating my lower back but if I just use it for a short time to stroll around the garden it seems ok and it does take a lot of stress of my upper back, shoulders and neck. So you may want to give one a go - especially if you could get one cheaply on Ebay.

Rose - hope things have calmed down after the needles. You're doing great at going with the flow. Babies seem to be all about the flow huh!

BS - Thinking of you in NY you lucky thing! Love, love, love NY!

Hannah - How's things with you at the moment. White noise still doing the trick?

Carmey - Saw that you've moved (from your FB post). Wow! You must have been sooooo busy.

Big hugs to everyone else too busy to post lately.

AFM - Well we had our needles yesterday. I was all psyched up for a terrible night because she hadn't been sleeping well anyway. We've had a few nights of 2 or 3 feeds, not wanting to resettle and then up for the day at 4:30 or 5:30. Not fun! But after a big scream for a couple of minutes and a bit of "I feel very sorry for myself" whimpering, she had a bit of a nap and then was down for the night at 6:30 and only fed once, resettled quickly and slept in until 6:30am. Bliss! I never thought I'd consider 6:30 a sleep in LOL!! And it looks like she might have made it past the 45 minute hump this morning. Hopefully it's not just the vaccinations that made her sleep well last night and we'll go back to our usual one feed a night routine. Just wondering if anyone has tried to encourage their bubs to get attached to any comforters or soft toys as a way of getting them to resettle during the night? And is anyone else still wrapping? I'm still wrapping after a couple of gos with the bag. Because she's a bit unsettled lately its hard to tell whether she's waking up with the bag or is just unsettled anyway.