Hi Everyone,
I've been offline for a while too but reading all of your posts when they're emailed to me each day!
Kas - Glad Liam's doing well on the solids, Zeke loves them too it was a winner to put him on solids he is back to being his old self a content little man! He wasn't too keen on the plain cereal either but prefers it with a bit of fruit puree in it. I hope Brad's hearing is OK. I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandmother.
Emz - I think it's great that you are doing things that you want to do, don't feel bad for that. It's good for your kids to see that you are important too and that you are a whole person who has a life and interests beyond them. I'm sure you are a wonderful mother and will be able to really make the most of your time with Abby and enjoy being with her because you know you also have some timeout each week for you. We're so quick to beat ourselves up as parents aren't we - I always do the same thing if anythings wrong I automatically think "what have I done wrong, or different that might have made this happen?" I think all of our kids sound like they're getting lots of love and laughter from their parents and surely that's a good thing!