Hi everyone. Phew, I have missed so much! I hope you're all well and Catherine, I really hope the docs can sort you and your bub out. I can only try to imagine the stress you're feeling right now.

Lisa, you go girl! You're doing extremely well with your weight loss!

I'm sure Bella's going to wake up soon so I must hurry!

As for solids, I'm not being all that adventurous - we're having pumpkin, potato, sweet potato, carrot and zucchini. For dessert it's custard either vanilla, banana or strawberry and banana. She'll have a teething rusk on occasion too.

I have a recipe for chicken and rice, so next week I might try that. I'm not looking forward to those poos!

We changed Bella over to the follow-on formula last week, but have had to switch her back. It wasn't agreeing with her and the doc said to try again in a month or so because her tummy's obviously not ready for it yet.

I bought her a sipper cup yesterday with a silicone spout (Tommee Tippee). I'll try it today. The Avent one was a bit too hard for her to work out and she couldn't get any water out of it.

Isabella's been great although she cracked up big time at the gym on Tuesday. I think it was because we hadn't been in a while (thanks to everyone getting sick!) and she was really tired. We're back into it next week, so it should be interesting.

Kel, Jemima rocks as usual, and I'm glad to hear she did so well at the doc - how did you keep her amused for so long in the waiting room???

Better go as Bella's just woken up.

Hi to everyone else I've missed - will try to keep up so I can do personals later!