we are driving to wollongong with a night stopover in canberra to visit friends. we have done it a few times...but a first with two kids!!!! eeeppp! i am a *bit* nervous about the long drive, but we'll get there...the thing that keeps me going is the promise of the ocean...
Hi ladies,
just a quick hello to let you know we are going well.
DD last scan showed improvement, and she has another scan next week, so fingers crossed we may only have 12 weeks in the harness yet!
Still not quite in a routine - it seems it takes 2 days to get over the physio appt/bath/harness change (and probably 4 hours in the car too), so we have 2 "pyjama days" (where mum stays in her PJs and giving cuddles all day) followed by 4 normal days, then is physio day......
I have stopped looking at the clock when we are at home, found I was getting myself in a panic (as in OMG I've only had 2 hrs sleep!!!! or she has only been down for an hour!!!). So now it is she eats when she is hungry, she sleeps when she is tired. We usually get two big sleeps a day (one or sometimes 2 at night, one in the day - maybe 4 hrs???), and then the rest are shorter (??2 hrs??). And me - well I probably get about 8-9 hours all up, except for pyjama days when I nap on and off with her.
We've nicknamed her "hungry hungry hippo" (remember that board game?) because it seems I am ALWAYS feeding her some days - must be another growth spurt coming up, but so far it's manageable, not like "wonderweek" which happened at 3 weeks!
Cherished - how are your little man's feet now?
Cassius - how's the mastitis? I had engorgement on one side during wonderweek, which also led to a blocked milk duct. I sat up all night with hot washers and massaging it till it cleared. I was in tears with just that, so I can't imagine how painful mastitis would be!
cheerio for now, and hugs to everyone I missed!
PS - question ladies - to wrap or not to wrap? are you swaddling/wrapping your babies?
. all that travel and disruption must be tough at times 
the REAL bummer is that because i had to be on antibiotics, i got nipple thrush 
. so poor DD is on this horrid gel that needs to be applied four times a day to her tongue and i need to be on hardcore pills that make us both really sick in the belly. not happy jan lol. 
well bubs is 6 weeks old today and the babymoon is over 
yep our little tacker has had a brace on his leg since he was 4 days old. We did have about a weeks break though. His feet were bend inwards from having them crossed over each other in the womb. You can do manual stretches to correct it but it takes heaps longer.
Have you tried herbs to increase your milk supply? I think the raspberry leaf and maybe fenegreek do it? You can also get bubs to suckle for longer I think to increase supply?
ahhhh so ANNOYING does anyone know what it was.... "anyone"?! lol
YAY I remembered, what is the wonder week at 6 weeks? what can I expect etc
and after much thought I've decided to do Jenny craig which I'm really excited about! I'm not tooooo keen on prepackaged food however I thought it could great while DS is breastfeeding cause then I wont really have to do any cooking until I either I go off the program or he starts solids wooohoooo! Of course I'll prepare stuff for DH here and there but he generally looks after himself as a break from what he's doing if I'm busy. So yeah it'll also be nice to not have to think about what I'm going to eat or what to cook plus I know I'll loose weight cause that's what the program is for, so it's a win win really. No doubt you'll all hear update on how I'm going anyway.
We gave ds a bath, some more food and then dh put him to bed. I am very happy to say that bub went for 6 hours without food after going to bed and had a 5 and a half sleep! I went to bed an hour after bub so I had my longest sleep since bubs was born 7 weeks ago of 4 and a half hours 
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