Hey Mis-tree! welcome back! Gosh, I hope things improve with the respiratory problems... you guys are having a hard time with that! I just want to send you my vapouriser, it's sitting in my dining room doing nothing... (on a chair, too. My place is a mess!) Good luck with the allergy testing, I hope it's not an egg allergy. That would be a PITA, and you don't need any extra hassles, but there's some great support websites with heaps of helpful info on products to avoid and substitutes and all that, if that's what the tests show. I used to cook for a childcare centre with four kids with a different anaphylactic allergy each, but two of them were eggs and sesame products (together). It's not so hard. But then, it's not recommended that babies eat eggs, or at least egg white, until after 12 months. I guess now you know why! Well, either way I'm sure you'll manage fine... can't comment on your XP tho! I'm glad you have your sister and mum there for support, especially while you're both sick.

Jess, sorry to hear things aren't great with Tiahna. The extra sleep is good, but not when you know it's because she's not well. Poor bubba! Sounds very much like teething symptoms to me. I guess it could be another top tooth coming thru? Aadi's been the same for the last week, temps up, sleeping more, feeding heaps... and the stinky wee! Ewww!! I changed DS at 2:30 this morning coz I couldn't handle the smell! Hope you're all feeling better soon! Diet is a nasty four-letter word, I despise it.

It's been a rough night here last night. Aadi's in pain and screaming because of his top tooth cutting thru. He's got one, but the other one is just taking it's time and it's driving us all a bit nuts. He's so sensitive, if he finally goes to sleep and I move, he screams. If he rolls over in his sleep he screams. He's so clingy when he's awake, and then gets aggro and upset if I put him down to play for more than 30 seconds. The most toxic-smelling poo came out of him today, it was putrid! TMI!! I've never experienced anything like it, though, and he screamed and screamed from the first fart to the time I got another nappy on him and pulled him off the change table! He's wanting to feed all the time, up to three times a night and practically all day, so I'm drinking loads of water and aktavite. It doesn't help that it's 37 here today and I'm soooo tired... Things were going great for a while there, but the reality of it being just me and him all day is making us both a bit cranky now. He's finally having a nap, so I think we'll head to the pool this afternoon. I'm going to have a snooze with him for a bit now tho. My eyeballs feel like they're going to shrivel up... yes, the holidays are well and truly over!