Tanya - I'm getting the necklace of friend who is between kiddies - she is 6 months preg - so i can borrow hers for a few months - it is a Mothers Direct one - you could make your own - I think the safety issue is that you put the beads onto a leather strap just in case the littlies pull it and it breaks. I wouldn't pay $35 for one either - it's a lot when you could make your own for prob $15 - a few big bright chunky beads with a couple of textures and away you go.

Having said that though, I felt like giving up tonight .. The last few nights it has taken me ages to have a let down so poor Zander is sucking for a minute (doesnt sound long, but it sooooo is) - and then he keeps pulling off and crying cos the milk isn't coming - tonight we were both in tears - I had to put him on the floor though and walk away - didn't wanna lose it in front of the other kids cos they would be very confused - so left him a screaming mess on the floor - but the kids and DH tried to cheer him up whilst I had a sook in the bathroom and came back out. We got there eventually - tomorrow is another day ...

Ahh, feels better to get it out! Dh just doesnt understand the stress of it all sometimes

katones - just saw your thread - but what is DH worried about with Jack a couple of metres away? Realistically no different response in time if he was crying either - is he worried about the time taken for you to get to Jack so DH would wake up more or something? I dont think you would need a monitor for that distance, you can keep yourself awake tryinig to listen to them through the monitor - and then still get up and check anyway

Hi to everyone else ... extent of eprsonals tonight. xx