Sharon All my bottles are avent ones - have no idea about BPA or whatever it is and generally don't buy into the whole this product is better for BF babies or for plastics or whatever. Have always felt all that stuff was a bit of a crock. Anyway, glad to hear that Jordan survived his avent stuff and Luke will do the same!!

mgm I am so hearing you on the caffine allowance!!! I have decaf coffee so I can have a diet coke at lunch. sometimes I just want a proper hit of coffee, especially since going back to work.

Clueless I tried to ration the dummy with Luke, but if it isn't the dummy it is his hand or his clothes, so I figure a dummy is fine. I know that I will have drama's later on, but I figure if it helps him sleep I don't care. I also don't intend to buy the dummies for older babies. I will leave him with his baby ones and see if he doesn't get rid of them himself. DH and I also get narky at each other. Partly because we dnt DTD as much as he would like and partly because i have to do everthing for Luke while he plays on ebay or does his own thing, We will get there!! Also, expressing is BF'ing, in fact I think it is harder than BFing!! The milk is free but you get all the sterilising and measuring and heating up dramas that go with bottle feeding. I would have told them to F off - just me!

Nettie Good luck with the cloth wipes!!

Second week of work went fine. Luke is still being a champion an sleeping from 7-8pm until 6-7am.. .it is truly awesome and I can tell you that I need the block sleep to keep going each day. I dn't seem to stop from 5.45am until he goes to sleep at 7-8pm. I then have to cook dinner because instead of doing that DH is playing on the computer or talking on the phone. Expressing has been fine. Some of the people in the office don't really get that while I am expressing I can't really do a great deal, but I get there. MIL is also getting used to not wasting the EBM so all going well. Anyway, Luke is squawking so better go.