So Kristian is sick again :( I have to take him to PMH shortly which really upsets me as he has been there 6 times now due to colds and flus and last time his lung collapsed and was put on oxygen. I love my little man so much but I really wish e could just stay healthy and well for more than a week!

By no means would I be classed as a 'crunchy' mum, I do not cloth diaper nor do I breastfeed anymore (although I did) and cosleeping made me a zombie the next day, but I was a little dumbfounded when I heard on the radio this morning that 29% of women drink whilst pregnant and that 57% of them would drink again in a future pregnancy. 

As I said I am not but no means a perfect mum but I really dont understand why women would do that, same with smoking why would you take the slightest sip or puff when you really dont know how harmful that little bit can be. I know a sip/puff doesnt seem a lot but why take the chance when they say even the slightest may be harmful. Maybe I find this disturbing as I dont smoke nor drink normally but I must say I was in shock when I heard the stats on this.

/end rant

• Kristian 7 months 1 week old (and a few days) is crawling and also in the midst of pulling himself up on things
• Kristian's operation is on Tuesday but he has a cold so that may be cancelled
• We need to finish our laundry side of the house with pebbles
• We are broke
• We are planning a trip to somewhere in Oct/Nov
• We have a wedding to go to in Sept that I would like to lose weight for
• I would like a pay rise but I dont think that will happen
• I have payroll tomorrow at work which totally sucks
• I need to get my car serviced soon but like I said we are broke
• I hate Matt getting paid Monthly
• I am so wanting a new little baby right now as Kristian seems so grown up and has started with the tempers and trying out our patience
• After thinking about what I just typed I realised we are so not ready for a new baby now
• My hair is really nice and healthy at the moment and has grown really long
• I need to get Charlie (our dog) a haircut as he is way too overgrown
• This week we are not allowed to buy any juice as I think I have an addiction (I drink like 6 glasses a day)
• I found out one of the friends I went to school with is an international model doing ads and such for a company in Paris
• I really love the music from sick puppies atm
• I love my son to bits
• I love facebook add me my name is Joe Bloggs and yes I really used that as a name :P Im the one in  Australia with the wedding pic :P

HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY :P

So easter is nearly here and although I am annoyed I'm not going away I am still excited as this will be Kristians first easter :P even though he wont really know whats going on its all still exciting!

Thanks to everyone that replied and what I should do with the sister dilemma and I have decided to let her come to me when she is ready and understands it isnt all my fault and that they are to blame as well. 

Kristian is good! He is getting bigger everyday he is 9.2kg and is 75cm long!!! Pretty Long hey :P His eating schedule has changed a little as now he is having 3 solid meals a day and 3 bottles in between. He has some rice cereal for breakky then Fruit for Lunch (pureed) and then mashed veges for dinner (all homemade) He is sitting up and can push himself around on the floor and will move in a circle, he attempts crawling by getting on all fours and rocks but has only ever taken 1 step so it still may be a while yet. He still has only got the two bottom teeth but he is getting the same teething rash back on his face the same as what he had with the bottom two so maybe there is a toothey peg coming down sometime soon. 

Well everything at home is going well, I am getting really clucky for another baby (no idea where it is coming from though) Maybe when Kristian turns 1 I will think again :P

The observation that family members tend to be of similar stature is born out by formulas designed to predict height. One commonly quoted formula uses parental height and gender to predict adult height (in inches) as follows:

·  For men: (height of mother + height of father + 5)/2

·  For women: (height of mother + height of father – 5)/2

If you know your parents’ heights, see if this formula predicts yours well; for most people, this will accurately predict your height within 2 or 3 inches.

Height (or, more accurately, length) at birth and during the first 3 years does not predict ultimate height well; the same goes for foot size. Although a sudden increase in shoe size heralds the beginning of rapid growth around the time of puberty, foot size itself is a very poor predictor/indicator of ultimate height.

Other ways to predict height take information from childhood growth charts (see below), your parents’ height, and a reading of your “bone age.” Bone age is assessed by X-rays that indicate how much development has already occurred in the skeleton and how much more is possible; for example, if the growth plates are still open, more growth is likely. The closer you are to final height (by virtue of your age or the finding of closed growth plates on X-rays), the better these formulas predict height.

The Bottom Line

If you are like most healthy people, your height is somewhere between that of your parents, closer to your father’s if you are male, closer to your mother’s if you are female. Once you have reached your adult height, there’s not much you can do about it, but you may be able to prevent some of the loss of height during aging.