My mum took Milo to the doctors yesterday afternoon, as I thought like you Sarajo, that it might be an ear infection, as he had been pulling at them and had watery eyes.

Well, the doc checked him out thoroughly, and nothing. No ear infections, nothing she could find at all except that he is getting so many teeth.

What I really liked though, and she is the only doctor who has EVER said this to use and not flatly denied it, she said to my mum 'Its normal for a baby to get a temperature between 38 and 38.9 (100.4 - 102) when teething' and not bring him back if its 39 or higher.

I have never had a doctor agree that high temp are normal for tething before, they usually say the opposite, so I was really impressed (as you can tell by the 2 paragraphs talking about it!).

sarajo - I have never had an evap line (well not one that looked positive and then faded, only negative results that when left for a while show a lighter coloured line) so I am not much help. Has she tested again?
All the best with your tooth. I am too scared to go to the dentist. I finally found a great dentist that I was not scared to go to , and he went and retired! So now I have a weird lump on my jaw, no toothache thus far, but I relly should get it checked out and I am terrified to go!

Kate - what about a playgroup? Do you have one near you, or do you know other mums who would start one up? Sydneys Child mag would have some ideas, I think theres free stuff in there as well, but I guess its more one-off events than regular activities. What about swimming?

Actually thats a q for everyone? Who takes their chils to swimming classes, or for a swim in general? Milo has thus far only been in a wading pool in the backyard, but as an ex- competetive swimmer I really do want him to at least not fear the water, and am tossing up whether to take him to a class. I have been advised both for an against though, so am wondering what your experiences are?

OK, gotta go, Milo's creche just rang, he has fallen over and biten his lip and they want me to get it checked out at the doctors!