Dee - what a loverly post - i really enjoyed reading it.
Rory - i have been in the same place as you...i have debated as to whether or not be a hard ass with Ally's non daytime sleeping..

i was at yoga then coffee with mothers group yesterday and ally was awake from 7am tll noon - they convinced me she needed proffessional help and to have a day stay at Trisillian...now I feel like I've been doing something wrong? There is a 4 week wait for Trisillian, but in 4 weeks I'm going away for 4 weeks... so that is 2 months of me feeling like I'm an inadequate mother...i have never felt so unsure of my skills as a Mother before...anyway..sorry to bombard the thread...

Amanda- must have been something in the air, Ally woke for feeds at 9.30pm then every 2 hours till 7am..if I refused to feed her (eg;try to rock her back to sleep she would just protest till i put her on the boob). Ahhhhh..may consider starting solids if this goes on for more than a week...
Bath - LOL
most people send in piccy's of their kids... I want my card to look pretty though
he hee, sound like your kids are not pretty! Esp. funny as they are model good-looking!