Hi Veronica, nice to hear you are all well. Can't really help with the sleeping, but if it makes you feel better, I have not had a full night since 21/2 months old and atm am waking 2 hourly on a regular basis. Good luck Food wise, Autie has mash unless it has to be pureed, but usually eats most things in chunks on her own. I do poach chicken, beef and lamb for her and keep some cut up fine to mix with veg, and some in chunks for chewing on. She has heaps of different veg (all those you mentioned plus: peas, broccoli, cauliflower, avocado,zucchini,spinach, squash, onion) She also has fruit but it has to be mixed in veg as she's not so keen on it. HTH

Sara you really had a shocker! Did you manage to find a cure for your acid burn? Aloe vera helps most burns I think.

LOL Jess your DH sounds like mine in the snoring department! When he's home, Autie and I never sleep well. Sometimes I'm secretly glad when he falls asleep on the couch and doesn't come in until early morning Was your papsmear as bad as you thought it would be? I got mine done at my 6wk checkup so none for two years - yey!

Oh August I'm jealous of you hearing the surf from your house! I love that sound - a close second to hard rain on the roof. It's a good idea to get her used to her portacot - I have bought it into our room and she will start with daytime naps tomorrow.

Megan, nice on the nap time - maybe you'll get more...

Nicky, Scrubs cracks me up everytime. I haven't tried alpha kerri - do you know the ingredients? I'm trying to stay away from petroleum bases and preservatives.

Em, don't you just love being put on hold and forced to listen to their advertising or bad music? Excellent way to spend your time. I always find myself swearing and talking at the recorded message each time ti comes on, and then wondering if anybody is actually listening and laughing at me LOL Maybe all the tests are wrong, btw... LOL feel better soon.

Oh, I just thought re: the meat. If you make up a soup with really small cubes of beef and let it slow cook, then freeze it in cubes you can add it to mashed veg and it makes the meat really soft and adds extra flavour to the veg.

Has anyone got any good ideas for snack foods that don't make a sloppy mess when you can only have fruit, veg or meat? Like for in the stroller or car? I'm really missing those vegemite sandwiches I can tell you.

Wishing a restful night for all of us