Hiya all,
Took me a while to catch up on what's been going on with everyone! Been up since 5.30am when my dad rang from NZ to tell me my sis was ok - she was already in hospital in Santiago for a DVT - long flight back to Chile (where she works) from NZ (where she was on holidays with us) when the earthquake hit. Boy it's been an eventful couple of days of international phone calls between Chile NZ and Oz first with the blood clot then the quake!

Anyway I'll attempt a few persies while Orla has her morning nap:
Saffi - yes being back in NZ made me very homesick. DP is seriously considering moving there now (hooray!) but I have to finish my degree here first as there's no degree courses in Naturoapthy in NZ only diplomas so we'll be here a few more years yet. Hope the teething and temperatures have settled down for you
Misty - yay for finally beating those worms! I was going to suggest trying for a herbal anti-worm from a naturopath (very effective actually) if Baz is too young for conventional worming drugs but it seems you've got it licked now
Cheezel - hooray for the teeth! We're still waiting for the white gums to pop thru but they're still giving Orla grief in the meantime...
Megsmum - how's E faring now?
Rach - OMG cruising already! As for your night feeds I'd agree with the others - he's still only 6 months old and to go from 5 overnight feeds to nothing is a huge step. Trust your instincts that it's time to cut down the number of feeds but maybe not go 'cold turkey'. We co-sleep and on a normal night Orla feeds about 3 times overnight (which I barley notice) but when it's hot she can get thirsty every hour!
Ellee - way to go on the expanding menu Orla hates rice cereal too. I'd forgo the cereal altogether if she weren't such a 'poo-ey' baby - needs binding up! I've switched to millet cereal which is a bit tastier (has a nutty flavour) and seems to be going down well. Unfortunately she's not a big fan of banana Gave her fig in the porridge yesterday which she loved but OMG did it make for a poo explosion!!!.
Howdy to everypne else
We had a garage sale yesterday to offload as much superfluous junk before the move as we could - pretty good result proceeds towards a new carseat for Orla. Now that's done we can focus on packing. Friends with a big van are helping us move and DP's mum is staying with us til the move to watch Orla while we deal with the moving itself (she lives in Bali and flits between there and Melbourne) so we're getting goos support with the move - actually looking forward to it as it's a better house than the current one (albeit smaller).