Oh - re preparing.. I guess I subconsciously prepared us in a way for things being different. I weaned DS from night feeds when he was around 15 months, which turned out to be a good thing because not sure I could have got up to feed 2 at night.. he still woke, but by the time bub was here he was just climbing into our bed himself and going back to sleep. Because I was sure my milk had diminished (not that you'd know coz he still fed as often lol) i did introduce cows milk, but he happily gave up cows milk in exchange for the yummy newborn milk when bub arrived. But I didn't give him cows milk as preparation for weaning, it just kinda slipped into our routine to have a cup of warm milk before bed just in case he wasn't getting much from me. I'm pretty sure for a long time all he was getting was colostrum coz his nappies were foul LOL.

and teeth - yeah ouch.. it does hurt, but I've never been chewed as hard as they chew toys. And I've only ever been bitten whilst teething the top teeth, so I haven't ever had a bite from both top & bottom teeth together (yet!). They're pretty good at knowing not to bite. They do test the limits from time to time, but they can be pretty quick to learn it's not on.