Hi girls...thank you so much for your caring and supportive words. It is exactly what I needed to hear. None of my friends BF so they don't really understand, although they do try. I have tried the bottle first, but she just won't BF. Today she BF this morning at 6am (took both sides), fed again at 9am (refused R side), refused to BF all together at midday after trying for ages, although I was out so that made it hard (gave her bottle), she refused to BF at 3pm but I didn't give in this time and she eventually had a bit of a BF but definitely not a decent one and still really funny on the R side, so just have to see how this last feed for the night goes when she wakes. It is really tiring me and I am starting to get to the point of not wanting to fight her, just as long as she is getting something. We'll see how we go but thanks again for your kind words.

Cass...sounds like you got some great presents, apart from AF (another reason why I am dreading for her to stop the BF as it will most definitely rear it's ugly head then)...I too would go Sizzlers, it's your birthday, who wants to cook on their birthday!

Cass...so true about the convenience of BFing...don't have to think about how long I will be out for when working out bottles etc. Also less to cart around, but all I care about now is that she is happy and thriving.

Karina...the picnic sounds wonderful. We too were talking about doing something like that with our mother's group. It was also suggested the other night that us mum's are going to go out for a night and leave the babies with partner's/baby sitters and have a night for us..I can't wait for this!

Grace is doing well with her solids although she is eating less solids since she has been having more bottles..she is probably getting more milk now than before so isn't as hungry. She opens her mouth wide open, but everyone in my mum's group has commented on that as their babies don't open so wide. She loves vegies more than fruit, took a while with fruit so maybe try more veges..loved sweet potato especially. We now give her sweet potato, broccoli, zucchinni, carrot, potato, green beans. She doesn't like pumpkin at all (can't blame her really!). She also prefers the texture to be a bit thicker and slightly lumpy. The fruit in the tins is too runny for her so we thicken it up with some rice cereal. She loves rice cereal. We tried her on baby yoghurt too which she seems to like. Fruit wise we have given mango, apple, pear, peach, apricot. She didn't like banana at all. Good luck, I'm sure she will get the hang of it.

Sarah..thanks for advice. It is more convenient that's for sure but she just won't feed otherwise and I worry about that too. Tried to email you the other day..have you changed your email address since we did that list with the belly buddies group?

Caro..have seen those necklaces, I have tried other distraction methods but they don't work either...or she gets distracted by them and stops feeding so that she can play with them instead!

Someone has just woken so gotta run..thanks again.