I have my niece here today and she is in one of those "ask lots of questions' moods - and I have no idea of any of the answers. Questions like "Do Pocket Puppies come in a box?" I don't even know what a pocket puppy is.. I have managed to convince her to watch tv so i can escape and have some BB time!

OK will answer questions here first before my brain fries!

Megan - first of all, your poor MIL! The weather was absolutely shocking yesterday (and not much better today). Tom is still so so with his bottles. He, for some strange reason, will only drink them laying down in his cot. The first few he would hold the bottle, so I thought that was ok but now i have to hold it and in one hand he holds a tube of Bonjela and the other hand he holds an empty Panadol bottle (I was getting desperate to find things to distract him like Lucas!) and he bangs them together. Towards the end he drops them and puts his taggie blanket over his head while he drinks. Super strange - must be DH's genes, not mine! He is only drinking about 120ml at the absolute max, at a time and normally 5 bottles a day. I am a little more relaxed about it, especially after hearing your MCHN said the same as mine. On bad days, I am just adding it into his food as well. He has had gastro for a week now so that is making everything a little more difficult in the food and drinks department. The Heinz baby soup has been a lifesaver. It's the only thing he has been eating.
Work went really well. I just had a training day the other day and got to know the other girls etc, so start my first proper day on Saturday. Working every Wednesday and every second Sat - in a bookshop, not sure if i mentioned that. I can just see my whole pay is going to go on books . It was great the other day to leave the house and use my brain for a bit! DH's family looked after Tom on Wed, then DH will have him on Sat and it will be his first day at daycare next Wed. There is actually only one other baby in his room on that day so at least i know he will get lots of attention from the staff!

Ok V - Tom is on 5 bottles a day (formula) at about 120ml for first 3 and usually can get about 150ml for last too. During the day he has them 4 hours apart.

Food - he is still not good with lumps in his food - has a very strong gag reflex! But we are slowly introducing them. Also have started him on finger foods - like toast, cheese wedges, those watercracker biscuits etc. He is good with them - I was actually terrified of him choking but he just seems to suck on it and mush it all up.

Sleep - T normally wakes at about10.30pm for his last bottle. My MCHN counts this as 'sleeping through' as his last bottle is just a roll-over feed, so I will go along with that! He will normally wake and have his bottle, and go back to sleep half way through, so he is only really awake for about 10mins or so. I have found that the best way to get him to have a really good night is to make sure he is in bed just before 7pm. If he is, he normally will sleep until 7am. If i put him to bed any later, I find those are the nights we get a few wakings and he will start to stir from about 6am on wards. The past week or so i have been trying to drag his bed time out until 8pm so that it works out for the daylight savings change over, and I have found he has been a bit unsettled while he has been adjusting to that.

$1.35 million - why don't you buy 2? . Make sure you have enough change left over to buy a gorgeous outfit for Avaleigh's christening so everyone will look at you and not notice her ugly dress.

Raels - first birthday parties.. Makes me want to cry just thinking about it. Our little muffins are growing up. I want a really low key day, maybe just a bbq with family dropping in. Won't happen that way, i can tell. It wil lbe full on, I just know it. Tom is only a shorty as well - 69cm and about 8.5kg. I think about 3.8kg of that is his hair

Ok , better go. Lots of questions to be answered - do I know if she is doing anything on Saturday? How would I know! You have to love a 7 year olds mind! And I have to start tea - it is DH's and mine 4 year wedding anniversary today. You can tell we are parents now - we just gave each other a card and having a quiet dinner at home.. with my niece who I invited for a sleep over forgetting that it was our anniversary!