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I finally arrived home three weeks ago. Since then I have been trying to catch up with everything. It took me nearly two weeks to unload the cases. I could only do it when Natalya was asleep and since she sleeps in our room I couldn’t put my clothes away while she was asleep. Eventually I got hubby to hold her when he was home so I could put some stuff away.

Having the car broken into two days after getting back put a bit of a damper on the homecoming. It also meant I had to stay in Perth for a few days longer to get the car window fixed before I could drive home. Which reminds me I still need to take the car to the local panelbeater to arrange the rest of the repairs. Another thing on the list.

Poor Natalya has been going though a real screaming stage for the last three weeks or so. From what I have described both the Child Health Nurse and the Pharmacist think it sounds like colic. Some days my ears just ring from the screaming. Luckily things are getting a bit better now.

I arranged for the mothers from the 6 week parenting group I attended to keep meeting at the local family centre. We have met three times since I got back. The first week there was about 6 of us and we brought a plate to share. Last week there was 10 of us and we watched a video on babies and sleep. I think  a few of us picked up a few pointers. This week we all brought our cameras and any props we thought would look good for baby photos. I have posted some on my Minti blog (mumkim).

Next week is Anzac day so we won’t meet and the following week they will be ‘dancing with their babies’ but I will be up in Perth helping my brother look after his kids while his wife goes to Malaysia to see her ill father. My brother is a very hands on dad but he needs some help during the day so he can still get some work done. My mum will be helping out too so between the three of us we should manage to look after his two kids and Natalya.

My wonderful hubby Haydon has just had his 2 days off (6 on 2 off). During which time he changed over the toilet cistern, changed the washers, installed a new rotary clothes line (yay - I am really excited about this, trying to get cloth nappies and clothes dry on a stationary line in autumn has not been good) and started lining the room in the new shed. Boy am I jealous - all I ever seem to do is wash clothes, dry clothes, fold clothes, cook meals etc etc. The kind of stuff that never ends and I am really missing a sense of achievement. Next time he can hold the baby so maybe I can get something done.

That’s it for now. I must go and hang out another load of nappies.