Hi all,

I've started typig this everyday for the last week and just as I get started little miss gets the vibes that Mummy's busy and wakes up!!! Let's see how we go this time.....

We're still in a great night time sleep routine. Getting 5 -6 hours straight from 9/ 10 to about 3/4 then feed and straight back to bed till 7/8. Feel sort of guilty really not being sleep deprved like so many other new mums . She actualy scared me the other day. She fed at 6 and DH managed to get her to go to sleep at 7:15 (unheard of in this house) thinking we'd have time for tea but not much else. When we went to bed at 9:30 I debated waking her and feeding her but decided not to wake a sleeping baby so went to bed sure that I'd be awake in an hour or so. Next thing I knew my boobs were so sore they woke me up so I checked the time and it was nearly 3. I jumped out of bed in a panic and rushed to the bassinet to check she was still alive in there (which of course she was) and unwrapped her cause I figured she must have needed a feed!!!!

She's still not in a routine of sleeps through the day but she has about 3 a day and one usually lasts 2-3 hours and it's working so i'm not going to try and fix it!!! Lets just hope it stays this way

Apart from that everything's pretty normal around here. Rushing around getting last minute christmas things done. We're hoping we don't see the inside of a hospital again for a while though. Last Friday DH had his wisdom teeth out and that night I was rushing around trying to get too much done before Alyssa woke up and tripped down the stairs. Managed to dislocate (mangle) my little finger pretty bad so that was a trip to emergency with my mum while my dad stayed with hubby cause he wasn't meant to be on his own after the op. makes life interesting looking after a baby with a splint and fingers taped together!!!! Got an appointment on Tuesday so I'm hoping they tell me I can take it off by chrissy!!

I've put a link to photos of Alyssa. Hope it works..... Emma Haigh's Photos - Alyssa Maree | Facebook

Lou - I had a look at save our sleep too but i decided she's a baby not a robot and if she doesn't want to sleep at 8:15 in the morning for an hour and a half it wouldn't work anyway and i'd spend that time trying to settle her instead of giving her an extra 20 minutes awake time and having her go down easily. too much fuss and bother really!!!

Heather - We bpth got the whooping cough injection. Didn't even feel it or have the numb arm i was expecting. DH had it not long after i found out i was pregnant.

i'll be back later. got to try and cook tea before missy wakes up!!! don't like my chances though - hubby might have to do it if i can wake him up. poor darling got to sleep through last night but astill acts like his world is falling apart cause he's tired!!! so know why men don't have babies now!!