Yep - Emy is driving me bonkers! Absolutely will not go to sleep on her own - has been staying awake until 9-10pm, while I try to get her to go to sleep, and even then it is when i finallly give up from exhaustion, and lie down on the couch with her, and she falls asleep lying on my chest/stomach. But even then I have to wait until she deeply asleep to be able to put her in the cot or she wakes up again, and kind of flails her arms and legs about while i am putting her down like she is looking for a hand hold or something. She has also been waking up in the wee hours of the morning, and again not going back to sleep. I have tried going in to her quickly, and trying to get the dummy in (she used to just turn her head and go back to sleep after the dummy was in), but she won't have a bar of it. Have tried standing there, dummy in, patting her and ssshhh-ing, but once she sees me she just cries louder and stronger. The only thing that will get her back to sleep is to pick her up and give her a cuddle, and wait till she is deep asleep again before I put her back down. It is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooo exhausting! I don't think I was this tired when she was new born... I'm putting it down to a combination of having a cold and getting teeth - but I wish it would pass! She used to go to bed at 7ish, put herself to sleep, sleep all the way through, and then wake up at 8ish. I want those days back again!

Rachel - bummer about Af returning... Because I have cut back my BFing to 2 in the morning, I'm expecting to get mine any time soon, but I really don't want it! I was kind of wanting it, because we were thinking of TTC again soon, but then the other day I saw the GP, and he said to lose 10-15 kg before I do or I am risking way too many things (diabetes, renal failure, stroke etc) if I gain preggie weight on top of the weight I already have. So now I have decided that one Emy is fully weaned (and if she keeps up the biting it will be soon! She drew blood the other day! BIg meanie bully...), then I am going to do the Tony Ferguson thing. I have tried to lose weight before on my own, and it is just impossible, so I need something to help me, and Tony is the guy for me!

Need my morning coffee now...

Love to you all!