Hi girls!

Thanks for all the sympathy, I really appreciate it - especially coming from other ladies who have been there/done that with sleepless nights

Kris, it's great to hear from you again! What are the age differences going to be with your three kids? Do you feel like you're having another boy? Are you going to find out?
How scary with Dylan running onto the road!!! They're just so quick and adventurous right now.

Mel, glad Liv's face is clearing up. The climbing scares me! Ben was trying to climb onto his activity table at mum's this morning. Lord only knows why - there was nothing out of his reach! One day he's going to crack his head open on the tiles and I"m sure it will hurt my heart more than his head LOL
Hehehe on Liv stealing another kids' sandwich!

Kel, you poor thing!!! I am dreading what it's going to be like when I'm the size of a house with Ben to still look after. That extra fluid must be making things difficult too. If it makes you feel any better, I'm going to be huge in the middle of summer - at least that's ONE discomfort you won't have for this bub
I wonder if boys generally kick more than girls? Probably has more to do with a bub's disposition than gender.
Not long to go now Kel - hang in there!

Jen, Ben does the lay-down thing when you say 'good night' too. Sooooo cute!
I wouldn't worry too much about the 5:30 bottle. A bottle is much better than an early wake up IMO!
Getting clucky huh? Another bub - yay! Can totally understand why you would want to get the house situation sorted first though. I wouldn't want to have to move while I was pg. It's too much of a hassle when you're NOT pg!!!!

Us, well I'm not having a good day. I had a migraine last night and I have my migraine hangover today. I've taken too many sick days off lately so decided I'd actually better turn up for five days of work this week (I've only done that two other times since I came back to work on April 1st!!!!). Thankfully my two wonderful boys were great last night. I went straight to bed when I got home at 5:30 last night and DH took charge of Ben; feeding, bathing and bedtime. Ben picked a good night to sleep through too - thank goodness!

Does anybody know of a good way to get the little ones to try new words? Ben is great at communicating - he knows some basic signs and points the rest of the time - but I'm getting a bit tired of his grunting as he points. When you say a word of something that he wants, instead of trying to say it, he nods! It's like he's saying "Yes, very good mum, I DO want the milk!" LOL He says quite a few words, but I'm over the grunting!!!!

Have a good day - it's lovely and sunny up here for a change