Well I hate to brag but my little princess has slept through for 3days in a row now (I think it's three anyway) AND she slept for 2 and 1/2 hrs today for a nap, which is the longest nap she has had in her life! And yes I think the crawling is def wearing her out - it's certainly wearing me out! We have also discovered a couple of interesting theings (1) I have stopped drinking coffee which has made her much more relaxed 2) We are trying to stop using soap in her bath - someone else posted about soap in another thread and it reminded me that we could never use soap in DS as it would make him wake up screaming at night! We had a curious kids party today - was heaps of fun, spent WAY tooo much money

Cass_blob - welcome to the clingy stage, it passes. don't let anyone tell you you have made a rod for your own back! The best way of dealing with it we found with DS is to smother them in your love. Carry them everywwhere, if they cry pick them up, play lots of peek a boo esp around corners, sing or talk loudly when you are in another room check bac often when you are out. At this stage babies don't understand that when you are out of sight that you are still there and you need to teach them to rely on different senses other than sight and within about 2 wks it will have settled a lot. If you try and force the spereation you may increase the anxiety and dreaw out the problem.

Rachel - I hope your knee is recovering! i too am struggleing with my weight, it can be really depressing, but try and keep in mind that it took 9mth to put it on AND you didn't have a newborn to deal with then! Would your hubby be willing to set aside a couple of hours each week for you to go and and exercise? I know it's tricky when they do shift work which is why I am not practicing what I'm preaching. Hope Grace's tooth come through soon.

Grr can't remember what was on the other page - hello to all will catch up soon