OMG, one day and so many posts! I've just finished reading through them all. Just a quick post so I'm sure to miss out on some things -
Jillian, good to hear from you again. Re the solids - Clarrie has been having 3 meals a day but including some fruit (stewed apples, banana, peaches) plus porride in the morning and rice at lunch or dinner. Pumpkin, broccoli, sweet potato. Tomorrow I'm going to try him on some lentils 
. He seems to love it all. Except he threw up a bit after some yoghurt so we're going to wait for a while before giving him dairy again. I read somewhere to wait until 12 months anyway. His poos are mushy (as someone else described them here!) and usually a few times a day. Hope Imogen's become a little softer - poor little thing. And hope you are bouncing off the walls soon after your fish oil, etc!
Laura, sounds like a good idea to explore your options of moving. My family are not close - mum is 3 hours away and my sister 4 hours, but at least they are not interstate. Family support is so important! (and good friends as well). My parents were in the US for the first 12 years of my niece's life and I know it was pretty hard for my sister. Hope you can work out something satisfactory to everyone! Sometimes I wonder if careers and children mix at all... it seems that something has to miss out. Especially when everyone is working such longer hours in their jobs (statistically it is more hours than ever, apparently)
Lisa, I would love those meditations. I will email you. That is a great idea doing the certificate as a starter. To 'get you in the mood' of study, so to speak! Glad to hear that Kobi is still doing well on the sleep front.
Sal, with the ergo I did forget to say that you can't face bub outward. We use it on the front and have tried the back a couple of times but I think Clarrie is still a little small. Probably in a couple of months. It's fine really, but he just seems to be more comfortable in the front (and so am I as I can see him). Haven't tried the hip option - it sounds pretty horrible!! The front position would probably be a little hard when you've got a bigger bump in front. The straps on the Ergo are fantastic and the design means that you just don't feel like you are carrying a big weight at all. Did I answer all the questions, let me know.
Re. cloth nappies - we've been using the Baby Beehinds mainly, but do use disposables from time to time. Like today when the BBs rub on poor Clarrie's injection sites! The disposables just sit a little higher and miss them. How much were the Simply Nights ones?
Clarrie's been a little feverish and unhappy today following the shots yesterday. But he has been sleeping well Poor thing - I'm still wondering whether it was the right thing to have the injections.....
Sal, hope Miles feels a bit better soon. Have you heard about the 'wonder weeks' - we got a print out about this from the Child & Youth Health nurse. Apparently there are certain weeks that all babies have 'grumpy times' as they are doing an extra lot of development. Maybe Miles is having one of those. Here's a bit from the website. Around 6 months is meant to be one of the times.
Recent research has shown that there are predictable times during the first few years of a child's life when the child may be more demanding (fussier) than usual. These fussy times have been called the 'Wonder weeks' by some writers, because it is during these more difficult weeks that babies are making big steps forward in their development.
Once they have taken one of these big steps in their development, they may have times when they are less demanding. These times have been called 'sunny' times. These cycles of changes in how much distress a baby experiences have been found to happen in many different cultures.
Good to see your pg ticker, too, Sal!
BTW, what is AF stand for. I've worked out what it means, but not what the initials stand for. Der!
Yael, I am with everyone else in trying all you can diet-wise and then going for the botox. If you're planning lots of kids, better to try to get it sorted out now. Sounds to me like you've had enough pain! The physio also told me that i'll probably continue to have hip pain in the morning until I stop b/f because of the hormones. What can I say, these hormones!!??** It does seem like our bodies are against us sometimes. But I guess the whole process of pregnancy, birth, b/f is pretty amazing. It's bound to have a few hiccups (some bigger than others). Sounds like a good idea to get this one sorted out and then work on the prolapse issue.
Hey, with all the study going on or study plans, we could become the BB study buddies instead of baby buddies. We can motivate each other when assignments are due and post things like - Julie, you have an essay due in 2 weeks - HAVE YOU STARTED YET?!!! hehehe.... 
cheers, Julie xx
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