feed…burp…feed…burp…..feed….burp…..

you get the picture!

Okay – so it’s starting to get a lil monotonous here!  Surely she could start doing something as opposed to sleeping!  Actually – I think we got a good one.  She is a great and efficient feeder (of course – the apparatus she uses is pretty spectacular – according to my husband!), and she sleeps like a  – well – baby!!!!  I was waking her every three hours in the day to feed her, but found that she wasn’t feeding too well, and it was a real struggle to keep her awake, and at night – I was waking her after around 5 hours to feed – and even then it was a struggle.  Soooo – I spoke to me wonderful Maternal and Child Health Nurse, and she suggested letting Murphy go for around 4-4.5 hours between feeds during the day, and letting her sleep for as long as she wanted overnight.  Works like a charm.  She had her last feed at 9:30pm last night, and didn’t wake until around 3:00am this morning – then again at 8:00am.  She is waking at around 4 hourly intervals during the day, and stays awake for around an hour – so all is good.  I weighed her today, and she has put on  5oz since Thursday (she’s now 9lb 5oz) – so we must be doing something right!!!!!

Is she a good baby?

WOW – how many people ask me that!!!  I never know what to say.  I mean – she doesn’t argue with me, or neglect to put her toys away, or nag me for ‘stuff’ – so yeah- I guess in that respect – she is good.  But she does wake me through the night, doesn’t go to the toilet by herself yet, and expects me to be there for her at her beck and call – so does that mean she is NOT a good one!!!  Who knows – but she is a treasure – and so sweet to look at!

M1 and M2 are fantastic with her.  There have been no major incidents as yet (unless you count me nearly dropping M3 off the couch, and catching her in the nick of time by her little leg!)  The love to take it in turns to hold M3 – I do have to remind them that ‘she is not a toy’, nor is she the parcel in ‘pass the parcel’!!!  The love to smother her in kisses and squeeze her in cuddles.

M1 has reverted to sucking her thumb again.  Bugger.  It’s a hard habit for her to break.  I put cream on the sucking thumb, and the next thing I know – she starts to suck the other.  Little devil!!!  We’ll manage to stop it soon I guess.  She’s been through a bit lately! 

M2 on the other hand – seems to finally be toilet trained.  What a mammoth few months it has been.  She now trots off mostly by herself to go to the loo – yippee.  I am a happy mum.  Night nappies are still a necessary thing – I can’t see her not needing those for a long time!

Wilbur is still cyclonic.  He starts back at work sometime this week – so he is working like mad to get stuff done.  My laundry is mostly finished – how nice is it to have somewhere to wash clothes!!!!  He has erected a fence around the back of the yard, and at the front of the house. Very boogy man proof!  Yay!  He has re-erected my clothesline, and paved a new path.  He’s a very handy bloke to have around!

Okay – once again -a super wordy post – I am on my laptop – only coz I couldn’t be bothered getting off the couch and sitting at the desktop!!!!