Kellie - thanks for the compliment on Bridie, I think so too...LOL.

Dee - Brigid and I are going really well. Her dad and I reconciled a month before her birth but in September this year split again, for many reasons and not just his fault. It is a very amicable split and while I have B all the time he sees her when he can. Our biggest problem is her 1/2 brother who is sociopathic and one of the main reasons we seperated again. While his behaviour was somthing I could tolerate before B was born I can't put her safety second to someone else's child being in her life. There were a few incidents of attempted smothering and some problems with knives (he is now 8.5). Sometimes it can get hard being a working single mum with an overactive and advanced 11mth old but it is all worth it. While I am at work (its either that or live in the car!) she stays with my dad and little sister and is happy to go there. Brigid is almost walking, climbs onto furniture, has over 20 words, sleeps in a bed (although low) and is already insisting on choosing her own clothes for the day :slaphead: Oh and thanks to a chrissy present can identify the letters B, Z, S and X.... and will tell you that b says "buh" and apparently the other 3 all say "sssss".