Hi all

Well so much for me getting back on line I had forgotten what its like to try to run a house and look after a baby lol had been spoiled when at home I think. For now I'll just catch up on the more recent posts.

Sanchez - how is the constipation going for poor little V. It must have been very upsetting for both of you to see her in so much pain. Have you stopped solids alltogether or just changed what she is eating? As far as I know what you need to avoid if baby is constipated is what is made up on "brat" diet which is bananas, rice, apples and toast. These are normally suggested as foods to give if the baby is suffering from diarrhea so the opposite applies if they have constipation. The apples I think are interesting as some of my friends swore by giving apples if their kids had constipation so maybe jury is out on that one.

Kelly - poor you and T regarding the egg allergy I just hope I would react in the same calm manner if the same thing happened to us. I am not sure that I would do. How is baby boot camp going?

Taurean - sounds like you had a fab trip. Interesting that you had the same issue with night feeds with Izzy that I had with Sam. I wonder what causes it. I theory when I was away was that there was too much going on during the day for him to bother feeding much so he just choose to do it when it was nice and quiet. Definitely didn't appear to be comfort feeding as could could hear him swallowing and his morning nappy was ginormous (sp??). Good on Izzy for comando crawling. You will definitely have to start the baby proofing of the house. Has anyone any good ideas of how to cover up wires (tv, dvd, wii etc)?

Sangie - lol about you all calling yourselves nerds. I don't know what the all of the girls in my mothers group did prior to having their babies yet. We probably did say really early in the piece but like most things these days it doesn't seem to remain in my brain. One or two have started back at work already so group is getting a little bit smaller as some can't make the original meeting day. Will try Sam on cruskits I think. In UK the equilavant of Raffertys (called Ellas Kitchen) had these vanilla and milk biscuits which Sam loved. I haven't seen anything similar over here. He'll eat rice cakes and basically gums them to death. I (or should I say the dog) keeps finding little mushy bits everywhere! I think that dog quite likes this new phase he literally sits under the high chair when Im feeding Sam

Art - hope all is good with you and your two. How are the rasperberries going? Go any interesting sprays during feeds yet? Hope the rocking to sleep has got better. Sam is much lighter and I find him heavy if I've got to rock him for a while. He seems to prefer me standing when doing it rather than sitting which is a pain. Luckily this doesn't happen very often though.

AFU well I am feeling like I am slowly dying of tiredness at the moment. After 4/5 nights of literally no sleeping when we came back Sam decided that nightime was for sleeping but he is still continuing to wake 3 times a night. He also appears to have made 5am as his getting up time. I am at a loss as to what I can do to go back to my sleeping through baby. I think it is a bit of a catch 22 situation as he drinks so much during the night he isn't that interested in drinking during the day so of course wakes again the next night. He is pretty much waking every 3 hours for a feed. Any ideas?

Interesting to see what everyones babies are doing milestone ways. At times I worry that I am not doing the things I should to develop Sam. Right now he can roll back to front but doesn't normally bother to do so. He is showing really no interest in crawling. Can sit unaided but can't sit up himself yet. He does love to stand (and has done so for months) and will stiffen out his legs so stay in standing position most times I try to sit him down. And just how stong can little babies be when they don't want to do something? I went back to Gymbaroo and left feeling a bit bad as the teacher basically said I have to do more tummy time with him to encourage his crawling and that I shouldn't let him sit as he will prefer that to being on his tummy. I know we shouldn't compare but is difficult not to. Most of the other babies in my MG are crawling already so makes we wonder am I doing something wrong.
Teeth haven't come through yet but aren't far away. I can now feel them in the gum and I think one popped up but went back down as could have like a tap when he would put something in his mouth a few days ago. Its gone back to that sqweeking noises now as he rubs things along his gums. Maybe this is adding to the night waking/feeding ???? Hair is starting to come through that am not sure yet if he will be blond or dark like me. I think the darker hair is his original hair.

Someone mentioned libidio well mine is still well and truely MIA. Thinking about checking with lost and found in hospital where I had Sam to see if I left it there by mistake - well sure never come home from hospital with me !!!!

As to what I did before we had Sam. I had been Account Manager with Wholesale Mortgage company. I was one of the first casualties of the financial crises and I had lost my job in the November and then fallen pregnant in late December early Jan. So I don't actually have a job to go back to. I am not sure what I will do. Financially unfortunately I will need to go back but will have to work out what I will do. The Account Manager role was quite stressful. Probably if the truth be told was the reason it took us so long to actually fall pregnant. Any way will see.

Okay on that note will go as little man is waking up and we have heaps to do. I am still trying to sort out the carpet mess it just become too difficult before we went away. I am so over having house in heap so intend to get this sorted as quickly as possible now that we're here again.

Kisses to all the babies and have a great week.

AM & Sam