the next day

Well Kt headed off to school and participated in the cross country.

She was pretty tired when I picked her up from school in the afternoon, but not anywhere near as sore or as uncomfortable as the previous day.

I carried her school bag home for her because she was too tired to carry it.

I was pretty tired by the end of the day too ... I almost fell asleep watching the final and very gripping episode of My kitchen rules.

In a way I am glad it is over (although I loved the series)because it made me so hungry watching it!

The last few nights I have had restless sleep either because I was worried of how kt would handle getting the vaccination needle etc, then on the next night worried if her reaction to the injection was too severe and might continue to cause her problems.

Finally last night I was able to fully relax and really sleep .. and I needed it.

Tonight I will try to go to bed early to catch up a bit more of my lost sleep.

I washed most of the pram yesterday and am finishing it today doing the parts that need to be sponge cleaned. Some removable pads also still need to dry completely on the line.

I also took out the stroller and washed that today too, while I am in the swing of things.

We probably won't need that for a few months but it seems a bit unfair to keep a whole lot of baby stuff in uni's recreation room for months and months on end until we need it.

The baby's room has plenty of space (so far) and if I can get things cleaned and stored up there now I won't have to juggle a young baby, a curious dog and more stuff to clean.

The only exception to this rule is the high chair which takes up a lot of room ... I may clean this and put it in the corner of the office somewhere until it is needed....

I got a few more nappies today ... found them accidentally ... on special (almost half price) at Coles ... newborn size ones at 20c each ... so I bought 4 packs ... 160 nappies in total.

I now have 377 newborn size nappies ready to go. (This is about $100 worth ... all bought on special ... and would have cost much much more at their regular price).

Still thinking about using some cloth nappies particularly as baby gets bigger and poos become more predictable ... also disposables get more expensive as the size goes up. I figure if I know when a poo is coming I can put on a disposable and then once that "danger" has passed I can put on cloth nappies which will be easy to rinse wee out of and just wash with our other stuff.

There are modern cloth nappies that are kind of already in a nappy shape ... you don't have to fold a square of terry towelling up like origami... and you don't have to fasten them with safety pins or anything like that.

I also think using cloth nappies will make toilet training easier and quicker because they do get wet and should teach little ones the connection between certain body feelings and the associated wet nappy.

Will have to try them and see how I feel after a few test runs!


I will get a couple of packets of wipes in the next few weeks too. It seems to me that a big box of 480 Johnson and Johnson wipes for $20 at either Kmart or Big W is the way to go ... will get a couple of boxes at a time so I am well stocked.