good morning everyone. i am trying to fit in a quick breakfast before Avaleigh gets up. I am going to have my nephew over soon, i am looking after him a couple of times over the school holidays. I feel like the biggest b!tch this moring! My sister and I joined a new gym last week and I told her to get to the gym at 5.45 this morning so we can have a workout before she gets to work. SO I set my alarm and went to bed, woke up a 2am with Avaleigh and thought, cool I have another 3 hrs of sleep. I then wake up 6.30 to the birds singing outside!!! AHHH!!! I blew it.. haha but I have just spoken to her and she is not angry, thank gosh!

Jan - oh what a great thing that Liam discovered!! NOT.. Grinding teeth would not be a very nice thing. You should get Liam some knee pads so he can get some grip on those floor board!

Sarah - I hope you get some answers on the sleeping. The lack of sleep is horrible..

Mel - oh no about the lady from you work. Not very good at all....

Well we never made it to 3 nights in a row of sleeping through Not too happy about that and feel a little tired today. Hopefully my nephew wont be too much of a handful. I dont know what I did different the other two nights... We went for Avaleigh's 8 mths check up yesterday and she is doing great! MCHN says she is very advanced for her age as she got 100% in this questannaire we had to fill out. She is 72cm and only 8.8kg. I thought she would be heavier. Its a surprise seeing they dont gain much weight these days compared to the first few months!

And the walking is definitely coming along here!! She has been standing up and has managed to make one step before falling backwards and the other day she took 3 steps and then lost balance!! But on this time I held her up, balanced her and then let go and she took the 3 steps. I am sure once she gets the balance sussed, she will be off!! Not sure whether to be excited or not LOL

Think I better go, I might be pushing my luck on here.. Hmm yes! Avaleigh is awake now. BYE!