BW - Congrats! Who knew sleeping was so important, hey? I tried to find you in facebook, but there are a lot of people with your name!

I did a huge post of Friday night and then lost it all when the page wouldn't load. So I got the s*&ts and went to bed...

Janine - LOL on the dracula thing! That's hilarious... I'm kinda hoping Liam does something like that now - that would be sooo cool! I'm on facebook too : Toni Scarlett. Not that I'm on there a lot!

Hi to mgm, MagicSH, Shoegal, Leyla, Steph (nice to see you back!) and Ness...

Liam update:

He's teething. We've got a teething necklace (made of amber) which I think we've conclusively proven WORKS. DH took it off him Thursday afternoon because he caught him chewing on it (he's not supposed to). We forgot to put it back on either Friday or Saturday and last night was HELL! I very generously offered to do all the night wakings all weekend to give DH a break. Reckon I was up 5 times on Friday night and after finally getting to bed around 1.30 am Sunday morning (DH was up with Liam) - I think I got up 4 times. But things got blurry... DH got up to him around 7.30 am and when he got him back to sleep around 8.30 - 9 am, we all slept until after 11.30!!

Needless to say Liam's worn the necklace all day so we'll see how tonight goes.. DH is back on night duty so I'm hoping he won't be too bad.

Liam's now pulling himself up on everything (playpen walls, lounge, us..) to a standing position. He even tries to climb..

He's still taking it slow on solids. I usually manage about 1/3 a small jar once a day. Apple and Mango is his favourite. I'm thinking of trying to give him spoon feeds first thing in the morning (as breakfast). Maybe weetbix? Would I mix it with just water or cows milk? He's not had cows milk yet (except in 'custard' stuff in jars...) so I'm not sure. What do y'all do?

We're flying to Qld on 26 December to see my Dad. Staying with him for 5 days so I've got my fingers crossed that it will go well. Apparently Liam will be uncomfortable flying (mostly on landing) because of the fluid in his ears and because we're not sure which muscles don't work in that area (because of the cleft) so the pressure may be quite bad. Glad we've got direct flights..

Will try to post again soon, but it's a hectic time at work and I'm not sure how much I can get on this week.

stay well...