Laura - Welcome to the June thread. I follow a gentle parenting philosophy with Maggie. I tried the routine thing with her, but it did not work, so now I just follow her lead as to when to feed her and put her down for a nap. As for control crying, it is no my thing.

Lisa - Wouldn't know how many feeds Maggie has as I demand feed and sometimes feed her to sleep, she is also a snacker. I do 2 - 3 solid meals, they are not large. Hope Mackenzie is sleeping better

Jo - Hope your work situation works out the best for you. Did you enjoy your swim?

Angelfish - Hope it goes well with you MIL, do you get on well with her?

Now for some Maggie updates. On Monday she actually pulled her self up onto her toy table and stood! Totally not expected, I had her on the floor in the middle of the room and when I looked up she was in the corner standing at the table! She can stand for quite awhile, but when she gets tired her legs get a bit wobbly. She also said her first word today "da da". I count it as a word as she said is whilst looking at her daddy and is was definitely separate from her normal babble. I tested her later by pointing at DH and ask her "who's that?" and she said a very clear "da da' again. How cheeky of her not to say "mummy" first.