I can't beleive I haven't been on here for 2 months!

Jenushka - glad to hear that the work balance is going well for you. that'll be me in a week and a half Lily is clapping too. It's sooo cute, isn't it. Hope her ear infection clears up soon.

Ang - Wow 5 teeth!! N is having great naps. Lily's total sleep during the day ranges for 1 - 2 hours. Sorry to hear that she weaned herself. I just guess she was ready

Jenushka - I totally understand that you cried when you gave her the last bit of EBM. I bawled like a baby when Lily started solids cause I thought she was going to want that more than BMilk!

Alioops - That's cool that you are leaving her rearward facing - it's probably a very good idea and if Lily didn't hate it so much, i prob wouldn't have turned her around at 6 months. Hope that toothy-peg comes through quick.

Infinity - I am so jealous that you are UTD!! You lucky duck! It's so fantastic that Daddy is at home with Will. Lily is a bit of a speedy on all 4's too, but only when she's going somewhere she knows she shouldn't, like her sister's room when she forgets to close the door! Good luck with your VBAC. I'll be living through you. I really hope you can achieve it!!! How many weeks are you now?



As for us:

I go back to work when school returns, but only 2 days a week, so i should cope fine with that. Lily is going to be in child care about 300m down the road from school, so once i get my stuff sorted, I'll be dropping her off at about 8.30and picking her up about 3.30. She starts next week for 2 short days just so i am not a nervous and miserable wreck on my first day back at school!

Sleeps - Lily has 2 sleeps a day (although only one so far and it's nearly 3 pm) and is sleeping through most nights. She goes down without a BF (four days running) around 6.45pm and then I give her a dream feed at 8.30pm when i go to bed, then she usually wakes around 5.30am when i feed her and tell her it's still night and put her back into her cot, where, after a short protest, she goes back to sleep for 1-2 hours. She then goes down for a 30min nap around 10am-ish and then sometimes a 90 min sometimes a 30 min nap around 2pm-ish.

Eating - she now eats anything in site (but i won't give her anything with sugar in it) and she has EBM with her meals, out of a sippy cup. This was so she would be able to make it through the day without a BF when she went to day care. So she usually gets a BF when she wakes at 5.30am, maybe another one around 7am when she wakes again and then not again until the afternoon. Then she had wheetbix or toast for B/F, fruit or yoghurt for M/T, a sandwich (cheese, or cheese spread or some of my toasted) for lunch, some fruit or really anything i can find for A/T and then what ever we have for dinner. She is really good at her eating and feeds herself (unless it required a spoon, I do that as she hasn't figured it out yet, she just 'paints' with it!!)

Moving - she is crawing really well and can stand for what seems like forever. She is taking steps and her record is 11 steps, yeterday. They are very slow and stop-start, but she is well on her way.

We're waiting to get UTD so we can get that new government maternity leave. You have to work for 10 months to be eligible for it. I just figured out today that that means I can be UTD from anytime after next month! Woo Hoo. I have been expressing more EBM than I needed so I wouldn't get AF back, cause for some reason I had thought it was 13 months and worked that out to be august, which seemed like a life time away. But now I am wanting AF to come back asap, so I can start charting again. So I'll only be expressing what Lily needs now, which is about 4 feeds a day plus maybe 100mls. I hope AF will come back with that, cause I'm not prepared to wean Lily before she is ready just to get UTD.

What else ... I think that is it.

I hope you and your bubbas are all well. Take care!!
xx