OK! That's it!! I can't take it no more....

...one more step closer and I am going to give you a knuckle sandwich!!!! ....mmmm....ahhhhhh......goooooooo.......mmmmmmmm........'sukka''sukka'.....actually....'sukka''sukka'...... scratch that,.... i might keep the knuckle sandwich for myself........ it ain't half bad actually......'sukka''sukka'.........
........carry on.......

Diagnosis: crazy obsessive first time parents

So amelie developed a rash this week, all over her face and head and well it was really ugly, so like all good parents we called a doctor out to the house to look at it...sure it was a sunday afternoon but you never know what a rash could turn into...chicken pox, measles....I've heard about reoccurances of small pox these days....Anyway the doctor came and told us it was completely normal 'hormone rash' or 'milk rash'.... it looks bad but doesn't seem to bother her any. Heres a photo of some of her smiles (inspite of the rash!)

Filling my days

I(Lyd) am currently still on maternity leave. My days generally revolve around the 3.5 hr feed cycle that amelie is on with very small activities taking up the spaces between feeding and settling amelie, for example feed-settle-shower-feed-settle- unstack-and load the dishwasher-feed-watch Oprah...and so forth. Today I put amelie in the bjorn baby carrier while I cleaned up a bit and then she hung out and watched some Dr Phil. She seemed to enjoy both activities.

Amelie turns a month old

Yesterday was Amelie's one month birthday... ok there was no cake but still a milestone none the less... one month of surviving the clumsy handling of learner parents, baths where her head accidently slipped under the water, a mum who falls asleep during those late night feeds (anyone remember those microsleep adds with Dr Karl?), being squirted in the face with breast milk, almost falling off the lounge when Dad left her hanging on a cushion....and I'm sure many more near misses.

Amelie's health report

Amelie is going great according to our nurse. She now weighs 4.32kgs and is 53.5cm.... Exciting is that she started to smile last week. We thought is was just wind or normal baby random activity, but she turned on a show for the nurse who said it was definately smiling and she was very impressed.

What's wrong with this picture?

This morning dad dressed me...to his credit he normally gets it right... but this morning something was up.... I'll give you a hint my feet normally don't face backwards! Granma was the one to uncover it and luckily I got changed before the community nurse turned up for a check up!

Amelie turns 3 weeks

Monday was Amelie's 3rd birthday (3rd week that is), she celebrated by sleeping right through it and wasn't too happy with me when I wanted to take a photo.

It had to be done... my very first gigging shoes!

We were at harbourtown on Wednesday and Dan came back with a purchase for Amelie, soft soled cons on sale... they don't quite fit yet but soon...

Annoying habits

Over all Amelie is proving to be a fantastic baby, very regular sleeper/feeder and barely ever cries. The only habit she seems to be developing that is rather annoying is saving up her largest poo of the day for 5am, just after I take off her nappy and lift up her legs to wipe her bum...its like she sees my clean pjs and says 'well we just can't have that...ready...aim...' so for the last three nights both her and I have had to have a full outfit change at 5am... but I am getting quicker with the intercept!

The Thinker

Okay I'd like to think she was deep in thought...but really only deep in sleep. And here is Amelie with the first teddy she has taken to.

Trips to Granma and Granpa's

While Granma and Grandpa have been in town they have been staying over at Henley beach, which has made for some great days out, especially with some of the very warm weather we have had lately. Of couse Amelie sleeps through most of our outings, but she did seem to be enjoying the sky this one particular day.

Little Feets...

We'll,... this is Dad's first post. Everything is going awesome and we have no real complaints aside from the expected (no sleep, "why is she crying?", "really? but I just changed her 20 mins ago", "no, her name is not emily. It's Amelie... like the movie"). Already I feel like she should not be allowed to date anyone ever.. but, I'm sure everyone's Dad feels the same way.

Here are some little feet and hand shots. Simon called her 'foot' before we had a name for her, so I thought I would post some photos. (complete with dirty mark on her foot. Darn!)

Does anyone know how to get some of those ink handprints/footprints from a baby? I thought of maybe using watercolour paints, but it may not be dark enough... If I use anything stronger I might end up making a mistake like george in Seinfeld with the wedding invitations... and I am determined to not seriously injure my first child by doing anything stupid. (It's gonna be tough, I know). Any ideas?

Father's Day

Here's some shots from Daniel's first Father's Day... us heading to church, Amelie sleeping through her first sermon- the DS was preaching, and us heading out on our first big outing with the baby back pack to Grandma and Grandpa's place for Lunch.