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Janine, thank you soooo much for posting that!!!    I feel heaps better now about our situation.

I'm not sure if we qualify for family assistance but will certainly look into it. At the mo I'm only planning on having 14 weeks totally off, then back for 3 days a week for 3 months, then back full time after that. I'm really lucky as my parents have just emigrated to NZ so Mum will be the "Nanny" in both sences - I think it would be really hard to leave a 3 month old baby with strangers at day care, but sometimes it just turns out that way
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 98765 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 April 2006 at 1:17pm
Meow - thats so true wat u sed about wat ur being used 2, my partner was on ACC and i was doing a course so we weren't getting much money and now we get about $600 a week and its heaps i feel like we are so rich lol I'm not even going 2 think about work until Jack is at least 1

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote aimeejoy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 April 2006 at 1:26pm
Is that with family assistance Rachael? Wow, thats a lot. We have always been students, then one year both working , now down to one income again, so we are used to living on bugger all.
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I think you should try to breast feed as much as you can for as long as you can (within reason of course!)- but if you can't express enough milk then definitely start supplementing with formula.
I had to do this when Charlotte was about 4 months as my milk began to run out. You do need to realise that your milk supply will decrease if they are not being stimulated as much (not like that! ) and it can take a while for your baby to get used to the taste of it as its quite different to breast milk. You can try maybe doing half and half for a bit? If you are planning to do it I would look at starting a couple of weeks before you have to go back.
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ta for all the advice ladies
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