Hi Shoegal, great to hear from you! I can hardly believe Baxter is 10 months either, when did that happen?? I hope you guys are going well.

prama - ouchies on the eye! DD has come close to doing that to me a few times - they can be so rough sometimes! DD's latest trick is to suddenly arch herself backwards when she is having a tantie and I swear she has nearly broken my nose a few times. You wouldn't believe the injuries babies can inflict until you have one hey! Lakshman will be fine at day care I'm sure, but it must be soo hard to leave him. I am going to have to go through that soon myself once I start looking for some PT work. I have decided to join the gym and start putting DD in creche while I'm there which will hopefully ease me into going back to work and having to put her into daycare too. I am such a wuss I bet I will cry more than DD when she starts daycare!

Bronzbebe - DD has also had a few major ouchies. She has split her top lip twice by climbing up on things and then suddenly throwing herself down and knocking her chin on the way down and her bottom teeth have gone through the top lip (usually on a coffee table, but thankfully she has learnt and is much more careful now!). I guess there is little we can do as this is how they learn, but it makes you feel terrible when they hurt themselves! Oh, and yes, we had a christening for DD when she was 3 months old.

kato - I am getting so paranoid about the oven now that DD likes to pull herself up on it; she came sooo close to burning herself on it last night and they are so quick!

jen - I love the womens weekly cake ideas! I have decided to do the ladybird as the main cake, but will also do some little animal cupcakes too. I can't wait, it will be heaps of fun!!

esme - we went really well at playgroup. I managed to get DD to sleep in by feeding her when she woke up and keeping real quiet and then I popped her back into bed which worked for another hour, so then she was happy to stay up for longer and she had a great time playing with the other kids. It was good for me to meet some people too. We are going again tomorrow. We also did a swimming class today which was fun. I hear you on the heat - it was horrible here for a few days. Thankfully DD doesn't seem too bothered by it though. Wow, only 2 days til Jasper's birthday and 3 days til Catherine's!

We have gotten Catherine a fisher price swing for her birthday. It doesn't really feel like a lot but she has sooo many toys already and I am always buying her new things anyway. I think I may get her a special book too.