Hi everyone!

Zenspirit - Welcome. I'm a newbie to this group too, but everyone is really nice and its great to have some mums to talk to with bubs of the same age. My DD is 11 months on the 27th. She is still breastfed and I'm a stay at home mum and crossing everything that it can stay that way! I'm in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

I'm sitting here because DD is asleep and the quieter the house is, the longer she sleeps. I did manage to mow the lawn though! Last night I did the cupcake course and it was so fantastic, a great night out and now I'm all inspired to make DD's birthday cake. Poor DH had a rough time though with DD crying for most of the night, even calling "mama mama". Breaks my heart. DH ended up putting on In The Night Garden and plonked her on her beanbag and she finally fell asleep. I came home and she was still there because he was too scared to move her, poor guy. I've only been out on my own maybe three or four times since she was born so its all new to the three of us.

Hey, what's everyone getting / got for their LO's for their 1st birthdays? I'm thinking of getting DD one of those shells for outside where we can do a pool in one side and a sandpit in the other. We have only a little backyard, and its mostly covered over by a pergola, and she loves being out there. We've decided that every year, DH will buy her a special present from him, and I will buy a special one from me, on top of the joint present. What are you all going to do?