Wow Jody, you are quite an amazing tower of strength! I hope you get all your owed payments from you a..hole boss. He sounds like a piece of work. Is there some work place ombudsmen you can report him to? Glad your blocked milk duct got better. Mine too was very painful. Elliott is really going from strength to strength, so clearly your parenting is wonderful, nurturing and all the things that keep a happy little baby.
When do you get your DNA results? I hope for you too that Baby Daddy doesn't want shared custody. Doesn't sound like it.

Barb: Glad to hear things have turned around for you. Hope you hear about the Singapore job soon! It can be so isolating being a Stay at home Mum (even if you are going back to work). I used to pounce on Bernie when he walked in the door after I had Oscar, now it's the kids who pounce on him when he walks in the door. Ahh yes, Baby Panadol is your friend. Funnily enough I never had to use it for Oscar, then Ben came along and the Pharmacy became my favourite place to visit! I have heard of the amber beads, never tried them. You can get great teething toys that your pop in the freezer and it's supposed to be soothing for them to suck/chew on them.

Nae: How are things going? Any better? My offer to visit still stands.

Emma: How is things with Alyssa?

Hope everyone else is ticking along!

Well, things here are pretty good (as long as I don't talk about Toilet Training Ben )
Tess is a happy little thing, Bernie & I were talking last night and think she may be even more placid than Ben at the same age!
She is petite, only 5.19kg. She has taken to having one long sleep during the day and a little cat nap at about 5ish for 30min. She is very noisy and chatty and makes all kinds of weird happy noises when she is awake. She really enjoys it when the boys play around her. She moves around on her back by pushing her feet down and shuffling. Still doesn't like her tummy. She likes to blow raspberries, thinks it's very funny.
She constantly has her hands in her mouth. This causes extra saliva! When I am out and she has her hands in her mouth, people always say," oh, she must be hungry", quite frustrating, I now just nod and smile
My GF is following the Tizzie Hall book to the letter, has even started solids for her little one. I hadn't even thought about it. Pretty sure I am repeating myself here, will wait till Tess starts giving me grief or 6mths, whichever comes first.

Sounds like everyone needs big hugs and a drink, & Cheers!