Kathryn, yay about your mum coming home. That's great news. Bummer about the gastro though. I hope the meds help. The crayon is still stubbornly on the toilet - no idea how to get it off. THe cooking oil didn't work at all, maybe it's the wrong type of oil.

Tom woke 3 times in the night but not for long each time. He has been asleep for a couple of hours now. Jack is at day care today and MIL is doing the washing and ironing for me so I'm having a lovely quiet time. DH is doing a bit of work from home this morning then has 6 weeks off. Yay!! He will be away for 8 days later in Jan but I'm looking forward to us having lots of family time (and some couple time).

Had a huge win with Jack last night. He is not a brilliant eater and it's especially hard with vegies. I have never been able to get him to eat salad vegies at all although we have kept trying. Last night he asked for salad. Actually asked for it. And then actually ate it too. All of it, by himself, with no fuss. And then asked for more cucumber. So I gave him more cucumber and he ate that too. If you see the aliens that have taken my son tell them I'll keep this one that they left!