Ann - Thanks for letting me know that is what ella was doing to before the teeth finally popped through. He is funny - will grizzle then can be distracted for a while, and then after a hour or so of distracting just looses the plot, like "I have enough now of my mouth hurting" kind of thing. I have given him panadol a couple of times, especially when he has been fussing about at the breast, then 20mins later he is my aston again..so it has to be that. Its quite difficult to go back to having to guess what is going on, when you have two big kids that can actually tell you. Add to that everyone assuming that because I'm the mummy, and that I have already had two, that I automatically KNOW what is wrong with him. DH especially is guilty of this one. If he asks me one more time what is wrong with him I may just thump him....

Taralee - I remember how I felt after having Laura and returning to work. I did it for 7months, I got a promotionwhile I was on mat leave, and had to know whether it was what I wanted, or whether I wanted to be home with Laura. I hated it back at work, and left work just as she turned 1. Its hard place to be in. See if you can involved with an already established home based business - or maybe family day care might be an option for you to start yourself?

Hope everyone else is doing ok. I'm tired and cranky, and feeling too old to do this....