Happy Birthday Nickers! IKWYM with regards to being by yourself...I had that for the first time last year (my first as a SAHM) and I felt so sorry for myself! I hope you have a lovely rest-of-the-day!

Enigma - so far I have only given Freya milk, and occasionally some herbal colic drops...these are great for when she gets really violent hiccups that upset her, stops them immediately. I remember I was giving DS a fair bit of cooled boiled water from the start, but he was a December baby and constantly thirsty. Woohoo for Aneta taking a dummy!

Ali, good luck with the u/s, I hope it is good news for you.

On a positive note...Freya slept for 6 hours straight in her cot last night...the longest ever! I don't mind carrying her in the sling all day if she gives me a break at night. I was starting to get a bit over it, but after watching the story about the child raised by dogs on 60 minutes last night, and the research they have done into child rearing, I have a renewed commitment!