Dee - Grrrrrr @ your health nurse!! You are not doing anything wrong. You said yourself, Matthew sleeps long hours at night so it stands to reason that he wants to feed a lot during the day. The health nurse is wrong anyway - BF babies are meant to feed much more than FF babies. So if FF babies are every 4 hours, then it stands to reason that Matthew wants to feed every 2-3 hours. Don't listen to her! As for the water, I was told that babies need a bit of water if it's a) warm weather b) starting solids. So nuts to that horrible woman for making you feel inadequate! I reckon going to them does more harm than good half the time!!

Sarah - the photos of Zander's Christening are fantastic! WOW he looks like such a big boy when you are holding him! He must be getting heavy. Gabby looks so little up against me (as most things do when you are the size of a house ). Looks like you all had an awesome day! Bugga that your BIL didn't turn up!

Fi - Jetsetting Jenna!! That's great that you guys are going to get back to NZ again (considering you won't be able to move back there when planned). Hope you have a fantastic time! LOL @ never drinking again. I know I will be like that the first time I have a few. Won't be for a while yet, tho. Still too scared to leave Gabby with anyone else over night. Yay for Jenna's first taste of Farex. Glad to hear she liked it!

Trish - sorry to hear that Tehya isn't sticking to the routine. 6:30pm is really early for bed, isn't it? I have been thinking about putting Gabby to bed earlier (say, 9pm instead of 10 or 11pm) but I just don't fancy waking up at 4-5am. Selfish, I know... but you can kind of get away with it when there's only 1. Yay for the house! I hope it all works out for you.

Nell - oh dear about the poor cat. He's gotta be the most expensive moggy in the world. LOL @ him never going outside. Good luck! Ewww @ Matty's big poo. Good to hear that Peter is enjoying being at home and that you are relaxed about it all. That's fantastic!

Angel - LOL @ getting worried about the baby sleeping longer than it's supposed to. I do that all the time. Every now and then, Gabby will pull a 4 hour sleep out of the hat and I will get all stressed because it means she hasn't fed for 6 hours. It doesn't happen often tho!

Shannon - hope all is going well with you!!

Tanya - obviously no puter yet. Hope the girls are going well.

Hello to everyone else!

Gabby had her first taste of pumpkin on Saturday night. I mixed it in with her farex and she loved it. So I am going to stick with the pumpkin for a couple of weeks then introduce another food. What's the bet it happens earlier than that (like... I said I wasn't going to give her pumpkin until she is 6 months... ah well.... only 11 days early 8-[ ).