Thanks all for you warm thoughts of me and my dog, and all the baby dust and sticky vibes you have been sending my way. I hope it all works. I am tempted to test already, but, I will wait till AF is due.

Mel – Glad to hear Jackson is settling well into childcare. I hope he gets over his cold quickly.

Jen – in Aiden’s cot, I really only have some teething toys. A set of ‘keys’, 2 small teddies, and another big teething ring. Sometimes, during the night, if he is abit awake, I can leave the hall light on, and his door ajar, and he will play for a bit, and then go back to sleep on his own. ATM, he is teething, and I can sometimes only get him to sleep by lying down with him on the bed. I cuddle him up on his side in the crook of my arm, and then, when he is asleep, I put a pillow there, so he can still feel something along his back, and, so far, it seems to work.

Aiden has 3 meals a day as well - 1 jar of Heinz breakfast stuff, porridge or muesli variety for breakfast, 1 baby yoghurt for lunch, and then homemade meat & vege for tea, about 120gms, plus a baby yoghurt. He will generally still have 3 to 4 bottles a day as well, depending. While teething, he doesn’t tend to want milk.

Zofia – Congrats of the great sleep! Wow, that’s wonderful. Sometimes I think I am mad at wanting another one so soon, but, then Aiden smiles, and I forget about the tears and how frustrating it can be.

Charly – Aiden is constantly rubbing his ears. Is well into his 2nd week of doing it, maybe even longer, but, no teeth yet. I am thinking about taking him to the gp to make sure he doesn’t have an ear infection. He does drool, fingers in mouth etc, but, still, not even a bump on his gums. I feel so sorry for him. I am not really stressing atm with his night sleeps, as last night, he slept better, but when he was waking, he was holding his ears. I have cut him back to 1 feed overnight which is better thou. Oh, he does the fake cough thing to, it sooo cute. Congrats to DD#1 for the TT as well. Way to go!

Rylansmum – ROFL at Rylan – how cute! We all have that to look forward to I am sure. Will be thinking of you both on Thursday. Hugs. And how cute of Ashlyn to wave! I can’t wait for Aiden to start responding like that.

Sarah – it’s frustratingly cute when you want them to sleep, they want to play. It’s hard to resist the cute smiles isn’t it? I hope Lewis settles down and sleeps better for you at nights. Aiden starts swimming lessons next week, I can’t wait. He loves the water. He doesn’t pull his hair, so, I can give you any help on that one. I know some of the mums at my playgroup use some sort of natural baby wash with either apricot or almond oil in it. Can’t remember, but, apparently its good, and they get it from an all natural type store. I’ll ask today what exactly it is, and let you know.

Tina – sounds like night terrors. Poor little thing. I can’t think what they would have to be scared off, but, it certainly is what it seems. Mikayla is not going thru some sort of separation anxiety is she? Maybe during the day, letting her go to sleep with you (or your DH) on your bed, even if it means she just might get a few good sleeps in, and will then help her better at night. Have you tried the Brauers Calm? Or, I know they don’t recommend it anymore, but, phernagan? I have it for Aiden now, as he was waking up screaming in his sleep. I told the chemist I had a older child, and they gave it to me. The dosage on it is 5-15ml for a 2 to 5yr old I think. I give Aiden about 1 - 1.3ml and it doesn’t knock him out completely, he will still wake overnight 1 or 2 times for a feed, but, it just is enough to settle him. Sometimes, during the day if he is really really unsettled, I will give him 0.5ml, just to help him abit. Esp with the teething thing, as if I have just given him panadol within the last 30min or so, he will throw up milk, so I cant use milk if I need to get him to sleep. Goodluck.

Celsie & Feathertop – hope you are both doing well.

And, I think that’s it for me, I think I have said everything I wanted to say thru out my post.
Oh, on Aiden’s 7month birthday, we measured and weighed him. 78cm, 10.6kg. I am thinking about size 1’s already!! This boy is going to be a tall kid.

Take care all.