hi everyone!

kuraiza - congrats on the arrival of Lilac! Sorry to hear she's been having tummy troubles. We went through the same with Annika, geesh it's foul cutting out the caffeine when they're so unsettled. Good luck, I really hope it works for you (FYI, with us she ended up needing losec for reflux). Awesome work on the tt too. It is a big adjustment for them having a new little person arrive. I found X was really loving to Annika, but one day (through the really unsettled patch) he was crying at the baby gate for "cuggles", my heart nearly broke in 2. That was the day I realised I needed to get some help for Annika and that things were more than just newborn unsettledness!

ZF - thanks for asking re X. He's off the preventer now and lungs are sounding really good again, so we have that he'll get through the rest of winter without needing more. He did get sent home with head to toe hives last week tho... arrrgh that was a pain! That's awesome re the new car, must be great. Re the emotional 2's, omg I hear you. X took a while to get there, but he's definitely there now. Says yes to something, then no, then cries... lol. I've also had some friends say that the 3's are just as bad... eeep I don't wanna hear that!!! I must admit most of the time he's not TOO bad... but definitely a lot more tantrums and WHINING than we used to have. I seem to spend a lot of time asking him to say things in his "normal" voice. His other horrible habit is just screeching when he gets frustrated at his toys. So I'm trying to channel that to a more constructive response too. I'm waiting to hear which spots we get for 3yo kinder, as I missed out on the school we wanted, boo. I can't believe they'll be 3 soon too. Amazing!

Otherwise all is good here. DH is still mostly ok (apart from a kidney stone a few weeks ago) which put him in hossy. One of our cats was attacked by a dog and subsequently died, that wasnt' fun either . Little miss Anni Shae starts at family daycare (FDC) on Monday with X. She wasn't meant to start tilll the 18th but I moved it up as I have heaps of end of FY bookkeepign work to do for DH's business. I'm still trying to work out what I'll do work-wise too (was made redundant earlier this year). I'm really hoping Annika goes ok at FDC. I think it will really help that X is with her (not like long daycare where they'd be in separate rooms) as they still just adore each other. She still doesn't drink much that isn't booby, so I think her & the daycarer will be working it out together which isn't quite what I wanted.. but I really don't want to ask my carer to keep her spot open any longer (she's already kept it open & empty for months). Plus Miss Annika is a big girl (10kg now ) & eats HEAPS, so I just have to remind myself that she'll be fine.

Hope everyone else is going well - love to hear updates