charmlea, bilby wore some very baby fitteds and they suited her too, and she was never long. the aspect that suited her, was the narrow crotch. she started out tiny chicken legs, turned into Michelin baby with three rolls on each thigh (from 4 - 11months), then crawling started and she lost the rolls. always at the bottom of the height charts and sidesnappers with narrow crotches have always suited (regardless of the skinny or chubby thighs). and she has had the buddha belly for ages. This is why i am so impressed with the sidesnappers - the flexability of the fit, even when your bub changes so much in a year like she did.

cheeky monkey - we went back to night nappies when she was sick, as soon as she got better, we went back to trainers. She seems to wet about 2 nights in 7. i didn't do anything to specifically NIGHT train her. She can physcially get herself out of bed easily and walk to my room (for booby juice in the night) but she doens't take herself to teh toilet (day or night). and even in the day with a parent there, she has to be "reminded" alot, to take her clothing down (even when she's BUSTING to go!!). So she's not at the stage of independent toiletting yet.

I am trying to boycott doing the clothing for her (it's so tempting to do it myself, she is so slow), so she develops that skill more and learns some confidence in managing the clothing. It's probably a good thing she doesn't go alone, due to her being short, the step being a big step, and the whole balance thing, i would be nervous about her going to the loo, alone, right now. She really does need to be taller, to do it safely alone, in the day, let alone the night.

even if the worst happens, the brolly sheet saves the bedlinen, so i'm not stressed about nights.

so one step at a time. She is one of only two at her childcare that's TT-d, and heaps of them still use a dummy, so i try to remind myself of that all kids are different, every time i get down about her lack of speech, not wanting to eat etc. they all develop at their own pace.

i've forgotten how to find the Gallery on this site.

Yeh Maz, what is up with the classifieds on this site? seems to be dead as a dodo.

wotbb: Monkey Bar Knickers by Rio - the smallest shop bought knickers i could find. good ol' bestnless.