Hello from the UK
BG - Great E is such a good car traveller. So far so good for us with CJ - done a few longish journeys in car so far and have more to come. My mum has a Nissan Micra which we are borrowing and is only a two door, so have found the best way to get CJ in and out of the rearward facing seat is through the boot!! I am reasonably tall so isn't too bad through the boot but a two door car and rearward facing seat must be a nightmare. I am planning on getting CJ a high chair when get back (one from IKEA) to get her used to sitting up with us for meals too.
Amy - No rolling from CJ yet either (unless you count the time I accidentally rolled her over when moving her playmat - she was so shocked!) - was hoping after two weeks without brace she might be. But she can now weight bear a bit on her legs when you hold her as if standing, and is lifting her bum off the ground and sort of shuffling backwards - plus has developed an obsession with her knees which she can now touch and play with (this means my dad is constantly saying KNEES KNEES to her so wouldn't be surprised if that was her first word!)
Naomi - The FFFN is a great idea, DH works funny shifts so we couldn't always do same night of the week but will probably also steal that idea and work some sort of variation. We always do something altogether whenever DH has a day off - normally quite touristy type things, visiting places etc - once a tourist in a city always a tourist I reckon. Coming back to where I grew up is odd as now I see as a quaint English village whereas when I was a kid and till quite recently always thought was a dump. Hope your pancakes and syrup were good.
Bella - Hope J's teething doesn't cause her too much trouble (or you too many dramas) - I am hoping for a good few more months before teething. CJ does have her hands and everything in her mouth all the time at the moment, I haven't actually looked for teeth but she was gumming my hand fairly hard today and didn't feel any (a baby gumming any part of you apart from nipple is such a strange sensation).
Jacinta - Hope your next round of TTC proves more successful - loving your pics of Jamie on FB he is very photogenic (I voted for him on the Bonds thing).
Kat - Hope Ivy gets over it soon - looks like been some nice weather in Melbourne from your pics of you and Ivy in the park.
Hi to everyone else.
AFU - We are having a nice time, after day 2 CJ settled back into a more normal feeding pattern and is sleeping 12 hours again (I am still getting up hungry in the night so have also been expressing a bit so can leave her occasionally) - my mum says "You don't know your born" because CJ is so good. Her day sleeps still aren't particularly long (3 x 1 hour but sometimes one is only 20 mins) but she is just so happy and smiley. My brother adored her (he is 27 and single so wasn't sure how interested was in babies) and found out on FB that all babies love him apparently. My sister also loved playing with her although says she won't be having kids. Mum and Dad have had some time off, but on the days they have to go to work find it hard to drag themselves away from CJ smiling up from kitchen floor. Met up with best friend from home today, and we are going out shopping on Monday as I need her help because I am really a bit of a slob (and now I use the baby as an excuse!) and she is very stylish.
Oh a question - I bought some new teats for my Tommee Tippee Back to Nature bottles because my other ones had gone a funny colour in parents dishwasher - they are Variflow says 0 months onwards - I hadn't seen in Oz, CJ seems to finish the bottle much quicker on these - so anyone used these any opinions on what works best for combining breast and bottle - I thought I had read maybe is better to keep on slow flow?
Also on packet says change teats every 2 months - does everyone else do this -I had just been using the same ones but I only use one bottle a day at max.
almost the whole way
We are keeping our girls name that we had picked had Bailz been 'pink' should we have a girl (Zara)
But seriously, sounds like you've made a fantastic decision for your family, even through enormous pressure (even though most of it probably was from yourself) - that's a huge win, mate.
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