Oh Puppy and Jess, so good to hear all is going well! I love seeing those scan pics! I remember so clearly the first time we saw Josie. I'd had that bit of bleeding and they sent me in for a scan just to check everything was okay, and there she was on the screen just dancing around and kicking her skinny little legs in the air totally oblivious to how much worry she was causing us! It was such a magical day realising it was all really happening. Jess, I'll be curious to hear about your next scan and if your intuition was right. All the dreams I had were of us having a girl, but in my waking hours, I was convinced she was a boy. I didn't even know what I was looking at when they handed her to me and needed the midwife to tell me what she was (which is hilarious now that I've seen friends' little boys getting changed because it's pretty obvious she wasn't a boy! lol). I think we would probably find out next time though because we'd like a boy so we have one of each, so it would be nice to know as soon as we can.
Kerry, Kaylee is getting so big now! I've only just started all the baby groups and things and I have to say it's really nice to get out of the house and have some adult conversation. I have coffee every Tuesday with the other ladies from my birthing class (there's only 6 of us, so it's a nice little tight group) and we are taking a baby massage class for the next month on Wednesdays. Then once that's over, my village preschool has a baby and toddler playgroup on Wednesdays so we'll start going to that. We really want to do swimming lessons too. How have you found them? When did you start? Does Mal usually go with her? Tim really wants to do swimming with her and we found some local classes on Saturday, but just not sure how soon we should start (also not sure we want to get up and out of the house that early on a Saturday just yet either! lol).
We're doing great. Josie is 10 weeks old now. We were having all those BF problems, which sadly didn't get any better, so we decided to make the switch to formula. The mastitis had cleared up (though I feared it coming back again) but the dermatitis just did too much damage. Literally, all the thick, tough, protective skin on my areolas just got all inflamed and then peeled off, so they were really raw and sensitive (still are now actually). I tried so hard to pump but even pumping alllll day I couldn't keep up my supply. I don't know if it was really low to begin with or I just don't respond to a pump, but it would take me all day just to get one bottle of breastmilk, and then eventually I couldn't even get that much. I realized eventually that I was losing so much time with Josie just trying to pump not even one feed's worth of milk that I had to give myself permission to stop. It was awful (for me). But she's fine and has been really forgiving of us while we try to figure out what the heck to do. Now life is so much less stressful without all my boob problems getting in the way of her feeding and we have so much time together again. Now we take walks and do our baby massage together and play and read books and it's just better. I'd like to BF our next baby though, so now I feel like I have a better idea of why we had the problems we did, so hopefully it will be easier then.
Besides all that, I've been really enjoying just getting out of the house with her, going for walks, going shopping, meeting up with my mummy friends for coffee. She loves being in her carseat and pretty much sleeps all the time when we're out. Actually, she pretty much sleeps all the time in general. I think the formula does help, but even on breastmilk, she was sleeping 4 hours at a stretch at night. Now she usually wakes once around 3-4am and then gets up sometime around 6:30-8am. I almost get more sleep now than before (hoping it's not just a phase and I didn't jinx myself saying that). And she naps lots during the day, so sometimes I'm almost bored without her to hang out with! I need to start doing some of my doctoral research work again in the next month, so I'm hoping I can take advantage of some of those nap times.
In other news, Tim is leaving his job at the end of this month and starting his own business, which is both exciting and terrifying. He's going to do a little bit of freelance web design, which he does some of at his current job, but he's also opening up a blacksmithing workshop, so doing bespoke metal work (you know, if your fancy house needs a gate or you want some custom candle holders or fire poker thingy). He's an amazing artist and really creative and he's wanted to do this for awhile. It was just a matter of him getting fed up enough with his job to make the plunge. So hopefully it makes us lots of money (or at least enough for us to survive while I'm on my maternity leave
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Okay, it's feeding time again....oh, and as for wraps, we have an ErgoBaby (not a wrap, but similar idea) and we like it for walks and shopping and such, but we also have a Moby wrap which we use all the time, literally like daily. It's so great and it was the key to soothing Josie early on. She really likes being snug in there (I guess it's like swaddling and they love that) and it makes life so much easier for us because we can still do stuff with two hands, in fact, she's in there as I write this! I highly recommend them. We don't wear it outside with her much yet (it's kinda cold and the Ergo is warmer), but its fantastic for being at home and I can sit with her in it for hours while she naps.
puppy!!! That's fabulous news! It's great to hear everyone is doing so well too 
Jess, did you go for your first scan yet? Cant wait to see your scan pics both if you!
Olly is still piling on the weight, he is a beautiful boy though and not fat. I can't believe he is nearly 2 months old. 
I bought the most adorable baby book based off the story "How Much I Love You." It tells everything about the baby's first year like a story about them. Its so cute. Then I bought a tunic/shirt for maternity that I can use throughout the pregnancy and after. Its supposed to be a cute empire waist tunic but as I get bigger and take up more material it will be a perfect maternity shirt. Lastly, I did 45 minutes of cardio at my dance class today. Its the first time I've worked out in 4 weeks. It felt good to get my butt off the couch. 
I like to call it my baby baby bump. LOL. Its more like a little lump than anything. At six weeks I was just really bloated, now I can tell its a bump because its very firm and it doesn't go away. I really like it. I'm very happy and I am having so much fun with my pregnancy. I try not to worry, it's very hard not too though. I just talk to my little bean and hope for the best 
