At the risk of getting all doom and gloom at this, I would like to say: I am working on it.

After joining McFit I was totally into it and went there every possible day that was scheduled. When the baby came, all that changed. Of course my priorities changed and I stopped going.

Now that I have started a new job and thus am on new working hours, it seems almost impossible to get the time to go to the gym. The gym that I am paying for, regardless of whether I am going or not.

One thing I keep reminding myself of is that if something is important and worth doing, you have to make the time for it. So somehow I will try and get back into the gym and back on track with losing.

Also, another issue that has cropped up is that the cost of living is a little too big for us right now and we are having to pull in the belts a little, or what was the saying…”cut the cloth to suit your means”. I digress, we need to start saving on food stuffs and not have anything expensive, which quite a lot of the time are the healthier things in our diet. We often feel like you need a credit rating just to go to the local supermarket.

Are any of you guys feeling a similar “crunch”?

Hey there!

For the first time in a looooong while, our baby fella has decided to actually fall asleep in her cot, so I decided to hurry up and write an ickle post while I have the chance.

Nursing issues have been resolved - hooray!! For the last eight weeks, my little one and I have been struggling. A few days ago then, my baby girl decided she wanted to nurse like there is no tomorrow - no ‘tools’ needed anymore! This development makes me very, very happy. And it’s all so handy, too. When she wants food, I can just sit down and nurse my baby. No more fussing with bottles and all that jazz.

Other than that, Sophie is growing and developing very nicely. We just had the U3 this Monday - the required checkups for children are ‘Us’ over here. U stands for ‘Untersuchung’, which means examination. So anyway, we’ve had the hip screening and everything and our Munchkin is totally healthy. She is now about 56,5 cm /22.4 in tall and weighs 5440 grams/ 12 lbs.

Finally, the biggest news for today: We got our very first conscious smile from our baby fella yesterday! She’s 8 weeks old now and we were soooo waiting for it. Today, she smiles quite often when I talk to her - my heart just melts every time.

Here are some more pics of our little one and also a little video - ignore my German babbling, I took the video for my sister.

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