CATE _ I'm sorry honey, I've missed some posts, what's your surgery for? Did Terry miss seeing El on Christmas? Was he terribly upset? I didn't even realise you were in Qld! How is El going? I have the same temper tantrum of Claudia standing in her cot, but she doesn't just stand & yell, she amuses herself with picking her wallpaper border off. Not good!

KYM _ You have just flown home tonight & you're online already??? You're good! Glad that Christmas was wonderful for you. I know about the dresses, I"m a girly-girl, but Claudia is always in shorts or rompers because dresses aren't practical IMO until they are walking. She got a beautiful dress with shoes from her godmother (Alan's sister) for Christmas & I'm just hoping it all fits her when she is walking.

KRISTY _ Sounds like Erin is going to be an electrician! LOL> HOw are you sweltering through the days? It's been horrible hasn't it? I felt like a roasted baboon on Christmas day! Oh yes, I enjoyed my ham this year! That's for sure! Oh wow @ TTC No. 2! Good on you. My girls are 2y3m apart & that is a nice gap for me. I'm not having any more children, so I'll just be clucky for you!

KEL _ Hugs to you my friend on your little dragon @ bedtime. I am hearing you loud & clear on how frustrating it can be. I guess I had it easier because I knew it was Claudia's ears making her so unsettled so I could sympathise with her a bit, but with Jem playing up it sounds much worse to handle. Is Benji able to settle her? Could you go out for dinner one night & just leave her with Benji so you can have a night off? I know you're bf, but will she take EBM? Just a thought, so you could have a night off, even though you'd worry about her the whole night, at least you could be away from the situation & who knows, Jem might even play the game for Benji?

SAL _ I should call you 'brown cow' for having such a super-star sleeper! LOL. I think you deserve it though with the scare you had with Brendan coming so early! Did you snaffle up some bargains? How lucky was Brendan with gifts! That's awesome!

RYN _ Where are you honey? I'm dying to know if you had a white Christmas???

ME/US _ Claudia is cutting another tooth. This will be Number 5. It's one of the top middle ones. The gum is split, but the tooth can't be seen or felt yet. Another few days maybe. She has settled down a lot this last 2 days. She has been a nightmare @ bedtime as well! She was so pooped from the opening of presents that she slept for 3 hours on Christmas day! We had to wake her at 7:30 to take her out for dinner! LOL. Jessica slept 4 hours! I loved it! My girls were so spoiled it wasn't funny. The IL's bought them a cubby house to share. COmplete with a picket fence, mail box, curtains & a patio! It's awesome. I managed to get some carpet from a shop for free with it! The also got a kids basketball hoop to share. claudia got a dress & shoes, dolls, books, bath toys, ride on zebra, animal train, baby piano, maracas, drum, yes, lots of noisy toys! They both got so much stuff, we are still unpacking it all. Christmas day, boxing day & the 27th were so hot here, that Claudia was almost permanently attached on my boob. She has been on them so much that I"m leaking overnight from the extra stimulation! It's insane. today she slowed back down, thank goodness, I felt like I had a newborn again! She was refusing food too, but tonight I made her fave & she gobbled it up. LIke a cottage pie thing, like mince & the gravy stuff but I add broccoli, corn, tomatoes, grated carrot & cheese. it has mashed potato on the top but she doesn't like that.
Oh yeah, Alan is back, I will need to get some sort of contraception organised other than condoms or I'm going to end up pregnant! I feel like I'm on my honeymoon again! LOL.
Love Jayne xox