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Dad is still home sick

TJ is also pooing up a storm

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Dad is STILL sick as are the rest of us

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All beginning to feel better.
Julia still pooing on average 8-10 times a day.
Julia cries/screams for about 45min - 1 hour because of her sore bum, until she collapses on my shoulder watching uncle Bill's computer screen saver.

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Julia has bad nappy rash - looking like she's burnt and sucks in her breath or cries each time we've changed her nappy over the past 3 days. Unfortunately due to the current rate of poos, this is about every hour.

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Oval shaped laundry basket is found to be a brilliant place for Julia. She can almost sit up, but just needs something behind her back for when she relaxes back for a rest. The problem was that in a high chair or on laps she was forever chucking her toys on the floor (even after we tied them all on with bit of ribbon, it was a pain picking them all up from swinging in the air.). Her toys primarily stay in the basket all down at her feet. Plus the basket means she can be anywhere and leaves hands free.

* Bill tell's mum & dad that he and Carly are engaged and hope to marry in 2010

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Julia started lots of ‘talking’ and says mamama, hubbahubbahubba, dadada, gaga, awawawa.

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We discover Julia's second tooth after a tiring day (Lower right front)
Julia woke up this morning, rolled over into Mark and promptly said Hi, to which he responded Hi. I found it quite amuzing.

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Sibling discovered
Julia's talking is a lot of fun
Washing basket cage time is limited, problem is already that she's beginning to get rowdy and reach for anything she can grab outside the basket.
I notice our poor baby actually manages to move backwards while playing, and even while trying her hardest to reach for something just out of her grasp in FRONT of her.

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TJ is army crawling quickly, and then pushes himself into a sitting position just to see what direction he can take of next in.

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First outing alone with dad for 1 1/4 hours to uncle Geoffreys, leaving mum in peace. Brave daddy, very good baby.

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Latching on has been very painful for the last 2 weeks, but I read tonight many people find that when they're breastfeeding and pregnant. At least the breastfeeding seems to greatly reduce the nausea - so far so good - none yet, and I distinctly remember this week last pregnancy as being progressively more & more nauseous and difficult.
Very stable sitting without a nappy on, but I need to put a pillow behind her for when she just decides to fall back to have a lounge.

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Julia is bathing daily again due to poo rate and spreadability. Today she sat in the garden in the 35degree heat, while her bath drained into the grass and mum hung up the washing above her. Don't worry granny Darrell, she was in the shade from a large duvet she'd pood on previously and was hanging up to dry.
The exhema that developed around Christmas (all around her neck and underneath her chin, and on her upper chest)has been looking much better, but she now has another patch further down her chest, one on her tummy and one on her back. Poor baby.

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TJ crawls properly, a very short distance

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She can balance herself pretty well sitting with her nappy on now, but gives up to lean back, and so I still need to place a pillow behind her.

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Babysat TJ again while Amanda was at the Dentist for 2 hours. They both started crying again (they are very funny) - One will start crying, which sets the other off, which startles the first and stops their crying, so then the second forgets why they're crying and stops, then the first remembers why they were sad and they start again.
Again got TJ off to sleep in the pram, walking back and forth along a little strip of shady path near their house. Once we were back home, got Julia to sleep in the bed.

TJ climbs up the couches and plays happily with the toys on the top of it - a good way to let them play together without bashing each other and without TJ stealing all the toys. Julia sits on the couch and he stands against it facing her, then they share nicely.

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6 month Injections both were very upset in the afternoon from about 3pm. The only way we could make them happy was walking up and down the road and then sitting out in the grass in the 37 degree or so heat.
Julia is FATTER: 28 weeks old, and 8.636kg and 68.5cm long.

TJ is 28weeks and 1 day old: 8.542kg & 70.7cm long.TJ was a pain all night.
TJ does a little proper crawling but quickly resorts to his army crawling which is much faster.

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TJ learns to clap his hands, slowly and with much determination.

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TJ is crawling properly most of the time now.

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