October 07 babies!

I've heard that rosehip oil diluted with water helps them last longer between feeds, not sure how true that is though

Poor SimSam By the sounds of things, you aren't a bad mummy at all. Hope you and Ollie have recovered!

OMG...its so bl**dy hot here!!!! It was 26 degrees at 4pm this morning (in Rex's room!)

Well, Rex slept from 9.15pm - 4am last night! A big improvement!! I'm wondering if he likes to be really warm??? The last two nights have been really hot and he's slept better than he has for ages...weird!

The water under their feet (while in the jolly jumper) sounds like a great idea!! I must remember that one. I can't wait until Rex is in his...babies seem to love them so much!

Neeks, Miss K is so so cute

Ollie is a box of fluffies this morning - so he obviously isnt holding a grudge and his headache has gone!!!

We bought him a mobile for his cot - as he has been very grizzly going into his cot lately, and it seems to have worked. He has settled down for a morning sleep in there now - which he hasnt done for ages!!! Fantastic!!!

Nikki - Ollie loved splashing around in the water under his jolly jumper, I just used a cat litter tray (obviously well washed out!!!) and just put enough in the bottom for his toes to be able to splash around in it. Good thing to do on a hot day too!

Its so darn humid up here, and because of the wind I cant have many windows open....still at least the sun is shining for the funeral.

Funny story this morning - I carried Ollie in his bouncy chair and sat him in the bathroom whilst I had my shower, and when I got out of the shower he looked at me and then laughed. Little toerag!!!

SimSam - I know its hard not to beat yourself up, but these things happen. - My confession - Blair was on his bouncinette - I was with him so not strappped in, and I left the room for 20 seconds - literally, when I got back the he was sitting on the floor - ok so not the 1foot poor Ollie got but still enough for me to feel bad at the time.

We were all in the spare room the other day - must stop calling it that cos it will soom be Blairs room - trying to give it a big clear out and had Blair in his bouncinette, DH put a big bag of knitting from my Mum at his feet so everytime he kicked he could hear the noise -which made him kick even harder.

Nikkib - at least you know he is meeting milestones - tracking that is LOL!!

I made a boo boo in an earlier comment. I stated that we had a coffee meeting next Wednesday. They have been organised for the first and third Wednesday of the month and next Wednesday is not the first

NikkiB - I hear you on the heat! It's insane. We ended up waving a book at Tala to cool him down last night - initially it just meant lots of smiles, but then he fell asleep.

simsam - I'm glad to hear you and Ollie are recovering! I'm sure you have joined the ranks of millions of parents - don't worry about it!

Neeks - Keziah is a cutie

Dh is keen for No2, and told our MW that she's booked. However he is now in two minds, he thinks that maybe we should book the Back Up as she was the one who was with us of D-Day - well 4 - 5 hours of it anyway

Interesting, I wasnt sure about my m/w for most of my pg, but when it came to the actual labour she was great. I dont know if we will use her for number 2 or not, guess we will think about it closer to the time. My first choice would be the mw that works in conjunction with my GPs but she is so hard to book into, that I doubt I would get to use her.

I really want the emergency MW we ended up having (independent MW's aren't allowed to attend preterm labours here in NP) so we didn't end up having our MW. I am so grateful as i think she is a cow and was not very nice at all (particularly in regards to BFing issues). The emergency MW was amazing, we are now really good friends and will keep in touch forever but because she works for the hospital you can't have her as your chosen MW, only if your in emergency labour and she happened to be rostered on at the time . I've already told her that i'd go through all the prem heartache again if i could have her! I would certainly be prepared to pay good $$ to have her again (wonder if the hospital would take a bribe??)

Simsam - i know it sucks when you hurt your own baby, DH clipped the tip of Carys' finger a couple of weeks ago. No blood, and she only had a quick squealing session but still made him feel miserable Needless to say, she has nice long nails for now - if it ain't broke, don't fix it Good to hear Ollie recovered quickly - hope you do as well!

Cute pics Neeks, looks like she's enjoying her bouncer. We have a lot of the same clothes for Carys - go BabyFactory/TNT!

Whoa, Neeks - so happy that you are all safe. How scary! I can't believe people could let that happen more than once - no respect!

Alright, off to bed. Carys has dropped her 4am sillyness now so i'll get to sleep all the way through till 6am (and DH has just started doing that feed before work) so i won't need to be real awake until mid morning.

Night.