Hi Hayseed - good to hear Pup is going great guns. Kangaroo Island sounds wonderful, I hear it has very beautiful nature. Hope that headache passed quickly for you.

Oh Vanita - poor little Dion, he really whacked himself, didn't he? Good thing you knew what to do - and that you posted instructions so I know what to do now (thanks).

Al has got a few new little marks on his face the last few days. One was a slip in the bath - he was reaching for Quack quack the duck and slipped out of my arms hit the side of the bath and then ended up face down for a fraction of a second (mild heart failure here). The second on the centre of his forehead was a toy incident I think. And today he pulled his drum (which is quite heavy unfortunately) down onto his head. So he is in the wars. I suspect it is just the start of the scrapes he will be getting himself into!

Otherwise he has been so much happier over the last week. He's a brand new baby. As most of you know, Al has a tendency to scream when he has a problem. Suddenly his problems seem to be evaporating. Maybe I'm working things out too, poor love has to deal with an amateur with me all the time. The screaming has become a lot less frequent.

Sleeping all night now.

Eating his solids. Although I discovered the trick with him is to give him some finger food while I spoon in his meal. He is frightfully independant and gets upset if he can't feed himself!! I am using toast at breakfast. A rice cracker or some meat at lunchtime. Same again at dinner. Are there any other good finger foods you are using?

Loving his bottles.

Enjoying the pram and the car.

I think the big difference for him is being able to move and get what he wants. He is still commando crawling but very efficiently. He is really independant. And can play happily by himself for 45 minutes to an hour sometimes. Its a great period right now for us.

So that's Al. Dh is away for work so we have been here on our own for 2 nights now. Thanks for listening to me rant, I was craving a chat!