CATE _ Bugger you had a bad time @ Sizzler. What a shame. How is El going now with bedtimes? Do you think it's because she knows that things are 'different' now that Daddy is not at home with her & Mummy? What a brave little girl with the Chicken Pox, it can't be nice for them!

RYN _ I think you need Alan to come & sort Liebs out. Claudia was having me up every 2 hours again & only going back to sleep on my boob & the other night, after she'd been in bed for 2 hours (it was 10:30 at that stage) she started again, alan went into her & picked her up & said 'NO Claudia, Mummy is NOT coming, you are going to start behaving at nighttime & sleeping like a big girl' snuggled her into his arms & she was asleep in literally seconds & she slept until 8:45am the following morning without a peep! Couldn't believe it! The next night she slept right through til 6am & had a feed & went back to bed until 8am. Then last night she woke about 3am & I just went & gave her a hug, put her back to bed & didn't hear from her until 8am! It's amazing! Clever boy with Liebs & the 'thank you'. Claudia says 'TA'.

SMYLIE _ Was it another tooth that Jem had? Santa didn't come to the party with the 2 front teeth for Christmas, so he sent her one the other day! Now she has 5. Two bottom middle teeth, 2 either side of the top middle ones & only 1 top middle tooth. I think the 6th one isn't far away beacuse it's all swollen up, like a water blister. Is Jem going down easier for you now & sleeping longer? What are her daytime naps like?

SAL - WTG on Brendan & his crawling! My goodness me that didn't take long to happen! What a little super-star he is! I bet you don't know yourself now! LOL @ the quick escapes towards the door! You gotta be quick! Maybe a playpen? I got one for Claudia for outside & it's great!

KYM _ I was nodding in agreement about not having to wear the breast feeding 'friendly' tops! I'm soooooo looking forward to being able to wear a dress or something! How is Monkey now? I know what you mean about 'needing' the feed during the night, Claudia seems to need a feed at 6-7am & I'm ok with that, so long as she sleeps overnight until then.

ME/US _ Well Alan got a call back to china a week earlier than anticipated, so that's upsetting, but we are makign the most of our time together. Alan's mum had the girls for us the other day & we went to lunch together & then did some shopping. We are busy weeding gardens & getting outside maintained for his next stint away. Claudia is going great, she is saying TA all the time & she took TWO steps on NYE all on her own, but hasn't done it since. She is standing on her own a lot of the time, which is great. Jessica gets very excited!

Love Jayne