Vicky - you are not being self obsessed, thank you for saying what's going on for you, big hugs your way and i hope you get your wish to feed Aston until he's one. How frustrating, health hunting for someone to help you, sounds like you've had a long journey battling this. I'm glad for you that you've been able to get pregnant and carry to term though, that's a good thing.

AJP - whoa, what a close call!

i got bilbs measured on Friday by a CYH nurse, and she is in the 25th percentile for weight and height! Just when i thought she was tall and chubby, turns out she is short and petite! i have had it SO wrong! she seems to have a few chins and rolls on her thighs, so i thought that meant chubba bubba. oh well. Seems like the one thing she has got from my genes is the short legs ha ha.

We are finally seeing FORWARD crawling, she's learnt how to swing her leg around, so there's no stopping her. Proper playpen arriving soon to give her crawling space. And tonight, using a trick one of you mentioned a while ago, i gave her two types of solids pureed, alternating btwn apple/oatmeal and pumpkin/rice - she wasn't rapt, but ate it. so it worked! i got her to eat more than one tiny spoon of something savoury! woo hooo!

the CYH nurse said i should get bilbs seen by a speech therapist, due to her choking on lumpy food at ten months old, only coping with pureed food at her age.

we are nowhere near using a sippy cup either. but the breastfeeds are getting shorter - although still every few hours (including during the night).

how did Chelsea go at the BOdy Shop party KimBaz?

any ideas what to get a one year old who is not crawling yet, for a present? It needs to be posted to her interstate, so ideas of things that don't weigh heaps, would be great. (our little niece in melb).

Hope you are hanging in there, Vicky, fingers and toes and everything crossed for you hon