Haha, I hear that re the stalking, but it's so nice to have a sleeping baby and time on your hands and gee wow, the bathroom and dishes and washing are all such wonderful pastimes so I can't imagine why we would want to go and chat in some rotten friendly forum. Okay, I'll go if you will. Put down the keyboard and step away slowly....

P.S for procrastinators like us, I thoroughly recommend the book "Googlewhacking"....very enjoyable read (and pastime). I dare you not to try Googlewhacking as soon as you know what it is.

thanks all for the info on size comparisons. I'm usually not one for caring but when it took 4 hours for her to get off the oxygen after surgery cos she was too little, it got me feeling like "well if you were a better mother..." Not really, but enough that you question yourself.

Yeah Grub, there's a lot to learn about the Deaf communities. I don't get into it and I don't get it. I just made a decision that I'm happy with and like you say SWSWSW (some will, some won't, so what!) My poor sis bought Jazzy this book about a girl getting a cochlear implant and it doesn't take long to pick up the scary undertones, dark imagery, ugly words that say "what are you doing to me...what is this monster in my head", and on it goes about ruining the perfect quiet in the child's head. I'm like, get a grip people, turn the bloody thing off if you don't like it and sign if you want, but if you want the best outcome, it has to be done as young as possible. If jazzy wants to make choices later on, it's her life and her body, she'll always have the internal circuitry, but she doesn't have to wear the external hardware. For now though, she is our Bionic Girl and the choices we have made for her will light up her world and that's all I care about. thanks for the votes of confidence. Yeah, gets you a bit brrrrhhh hey. Enough. get off the computer Angela!