hmm dacquarirs - kiwi, mango, banana, i'm not fussy - just a dacquiri - hmmm yummo

thanks for that Vicky!
swings and roundabouts heh? i'm glad at least you had a good night out

Kimbaz - how are you travelling hon?

AJP - are you on holidays?

we went to a public pool today, the day was cooler than forecast and a bit overcast, so pools were alot emptier (of people) than usual, that was nice. Met my friend and her 3yo there, she's newly pregnant, so of course, lots of preg. talk, it's nice to be able to pass on my preg. stuff to her e.g the body pillow that i hope will give her the back relief that i got from it.

bilby still has one roll of fat on her thighs, so even though her swim nappy covers what it's meant to, because of the roll of fat, in the photos i realised, it looks like she's being VERY daring!!! too funny. Still loving herself in SHOES!!! going to sleep in them!

i achieved my goal of getting her to eat a bowl of solids WITHOUT custard last night. Finally worked out (after many combinations) that she will eat half a bowl of corn/beans pureed and half a bowl of chicken/veg with few big dollops of vanilla flavoured organic yogurt. Won't have a bar of it if i use unflavoured natural yogurt, so this is better than the custard (worried about the sugar), not QUITE as good as the completely natural yogurt, so a compromise. i am so relieved. She is managing with Jalna vanilla yogurt. Please don't tell me there's some wicked ingredient in it that i should n't be giving her - i'm desperate!!!!

12.41am and she is still awake. splashing about in the toddler pool, was hoping that would tucker her out, short nap when arriving home but she's been awake since 7pm, so no sleep of great significance tonight. so much for being outside and the chlorine making her tired!!!

did i mention (sorry if i'm repeating) how i got told YET AGAIN that it's my fault she doesn't sleep well, the reason beign that i'm still breastfeeding her? (god i'm not feeding her vodka at 14 months!!!). i am sick and tired of bringing up the examples of BF babies her age and older, who sleep thru like little angels! I am getting the message loud and clear from people, feed for six months, that's ok, if you do it longer, you must be a weirdo who will do it until your child is eight or something!! Each to their own, i don't mouth off what other people SHOULD do, i don't expect to be encouraged with what i have chosen to do, but i never dreamed i would get such vocal opposition to what i have chosen (and have been fortunate in a physical sense, to be able to do) to do (BF). bloomin heck, bilby and i will stop doing it when it's right for us, not anyone else. Sorry i have no-where else to say this, had to vent somewhere! I know you girls are on my side, it's the idiots i meet IRL i have the problem with.

exciting to hear about all your meetup plans! you lucky qld gals!