Hi Ubba, Good to hear from you. Lol on ice cream fixing everything Im glad your ds is so easily convinced lol. You know what I thought it was wierd that V has her last feed before 11 but the good thing about it is that she usually (and I say that very loosely) makes it till dawn to wake up. She did it all herself though so I have no tips to help. I kind of credit the cosleeping we did at the beginning as I think that it got us in sync a bit. Good luck I hope Ruby gives you some long night time sleeps soon.

Alison, I dont have thighs I have tree trunks lol..Im too scared to try my pre preg pants on because I nkow hey wont fit. My belly is great though, like I was never preggo, its just that I put weight on my arse and thighs, not my tum. Heheee I cant even get my pants on let alone get them done up My arms are gross too! looks like I have two big hams on my shoulders..oh..so sad...

MissMagpie, I think you are doing the right thing too, what a sad thing for you to witness your nephew being in a less than ideal situation...He s lucky you are there to not let it go too far.

Madame, how are you? I dont think our dhs, no matter what degree of helpfulness they exhibit, will ever understand what it is like to be someones ENTIRE WORLD...Maybe its because they are the centre of their entire world (or maybe their penis is lol) and they can take a break from the situation and we cant and lets be honest that is what being good mums includes dammit lol...Im sure if he had a bit more compassion it would make the feelings a bit less desperate as all we want is someone to acknowledge we are doing it hard and deserve some kudos...well KUDOS to you my dear!
xx

Telly good on you for your ww loss! I just ate a chocolate croissant Exercise for the day...Counteracted!!! heehee..

Heavenly how have you been? It sounds like everything is going well for you and your not so little fam now

AFM: Well V is getting a bit better, she is getting used to pooing I think because last night she fell asleep in my arms about 830 and I put her to bed at 930 because I really didnt think she was out for the night but she slept till 4am! wow! I wasnt sure what to do because usually we do battle every night and I am buggered by the end of it..This was too easy and I hope it continues..

I have a question re bf...I usually give V some boobie when she wakes up to comfort her or take the edge off her hunger then I change her and let her play a bit. If she becomes a bit sooky or tired Ill put her on again after her play and she will eat and then fall asleep. My question is...Is this ok? Am I creating bad habits? I dont think ff babies would do this do they? actually when to ff babies eat? at the beginning or end of the awake period?

So really I am comforting V with the boobie on waking, offering it to her if she is sooky and nothing else is a problem...(nappy wind etc) and feed to sleep. It is working for us right now but it excludes dh from a lot as he doesnt posess boobies. V is also a bit wary of the bottle as we have had no need to use it since we dropped the comp feeds on week 2..I also wonder how she will go later on as I want to introduce her (not yet) to 1 day of daycare at about 6 months so she is not scared when I go back to work full time at 12 months. Any suggestions?

xx Natty