Hi Kris, nice to *meet* you! Congratulations on your pg with #2, there are a couple of other Mums in here who are pg, have just had a bub or are experienced since their March 07 bub was #2 or 3! So they are probably more help with your qns than I am!

Lucy is still bf, but hasn't woken up during the night for a feed for so long that I can't help you with that one. But I have heard that if you start diluting the amount of milk (more water than milk or just less formula in the bottle gradually) it won't fill them up as much and they'll eat more during the day to make up for it. Saw this on a TV show about parenting whose advice I find really sound, so it could be good.

Lucy has had a few words for quite a while (Mummy, Daddy, boob, Charlie, Georgie (or her versions of those two, our dogs), na-na, hello) and has just started coming out with a few more in the last couple of weeks (puppy, baby, Hunter (her little friend's name)). Some of them are more distinct than others. Not having much luck with 'please' yet though!

As for feeding himself yet, well it kinda depends how long he's been trying, I guess. Lucy has been holding her own spoon since she was about 8 months and kind of gradually took over in the feeding herself. Now she won't accept any help until there's a few bits left in the bowl. But I used finger foods a lot (still do) to just encourage her to feed herself as well. I have friends who's little ones can't use the spoon at all, so I guess it depends on the child as well.

We are starting to think about turning Lucy's cot into a bed, but are waiting for it to warm up a bit more (sometimes we leave her door open and the heater on). We'll probably wait about a month or so. But Lucy doesn't move around hardly at all when she sleeps, so we aren't that concerned about her falling out of bed. Plus, I'd like a few extra minutes in the morning where she'd play with all the teddies she's thrown out of her cot!

Evan's night-time routine sounds almost exactly like Lucy's!

Good luck with everything!