YAY - first time ever, I put Josiah down in bed with his bottle, left the room and didn't hear a peep out of him!! Got Mark to check on him about 15 mins later to make sure he was rugged up and he was sound asleep without his dummy even! Let's hope it continues

Joy - thanks for the congrats, and I'm with you, I LOVED building our first house and can't wait to do it all again. We are going with a different builder though, so I'm a little nervous about that. The first mob were so good, but they don't build a big enough house for what we need now.

Tantrums - Janae has never thrown a tantrum and even now only tries to stamp her foot now and then, but always ends up in a fit of giggles coz she knows she's not allowed to do it. Josiah on the other hand....his first tantrum was premeditated! We had some friends over and we were sitting in the family room while he was playing in front of us. At one point he looked at me, laid face down on the floor and started throwing his arms and legs about! I admit I did have a bit of a giggle coz it looks so funny at about 9 months of age, but quickly composed myself and told him no. Anyway, it didn't work, now he throws himself around all over the place! Changing his clothes is the worst, he hates having his clothes taken off AND put back on. Once they're on or off he doesn't care, but OMG the drama, you'd think we were beating the kid the way he carries on! Unfortunately I havent got a solution for the tantrums yet, all I know is that if you pay too much attention to them they will just get worse.

Well, I'm off to bed, the rest of the house is asleep, and my eyes are closing typing this! Nighty-night everyone, sleep tight

Bel