Hi everyone

Will try and reply to everything I've read. I have been pretty busy lately and my internet connection has been so carp that I haven't been able to tolerate being on here!

Firstly, hope everyone had a good Australia Day! We didn't do much...DH was crippled (decided that playing cricket opposite a ball machine pumping out balls at 150kph would be a good idea!) Charlie....(the dog) won at two shows over the weekend and was depressed coz he wasn't getting attention! and Max....well....he has had temperatures and a snuffly nose (getting 2 teeth). Me...who's that!

Hope everyone has fun on the 7th at your meet up! Spare a thought for the Waussies! DragonB where in Perth are you? Maybe we should meet up too! Are you on facebook?

HOpe all the preggo bellies are going well....Mo who pops first, you or Ange!? Hope she is going well, even though she thinks we are boring! Oh and Mo I think the tattoo thing is strange too! It seems like a bit TOO much love, in the wrong spot!

Saffi Glad to hear L went well in the big kids room at DC and I'm sure he'll get used to the mat in no time! Max hates his cot so maybe I should give a mat a go! Also, I've got Max into tidying up too, he also helps me put the washing from the line in the basket, puts the pegs away and he holds the dustpan while I sweep...it's sweet!!!

Pish YAY for the gym huh! At least Tiera liked the creche! When I took M I ran off before he noticed me leave, then when I got back he was just sitting on some poor woman! It looked like she'd been able to move! Nothing helped him! I go again tomorrow so I hope it's a bit better! I'm doing it for him to get him used to other situations coz he's a bit of a sensitive little guy and he doesn't like really full on things! Plus I wanna get rid of my back boobs once and for all so he's going to have to deal with it! Oh ..... and Max is in size 1....some things size 2.... depends on brand

Well....Max still isn't walking, although he's walking around holding only 1 of my hands now. He wants to do it all the time too which is a bit annoying for me sometimes. He doesn't stand up without holding on to anything either, but he can just stand there if I put him on his feet. He's so cautious! A little person I'm going to have to be gentle with I think.

Also, a breakthrough...he's FINALLY stopped breastfeeding! Woo HOoooooo! I got him down to 1 a night and did that for a week, then this week I cut them out totally. He wakes up and points at them (co-sleeper!) and I just tell him NO and he lies back down with a bit of a cuddle! At first he would chuck a serious wobbly but he knows now! He will have a drink of water instead which I'm so happy about. Now my next thing is to get him into his own bed!

That leads me to my question for you all...when will you put your littlies into a bed.....Max rolls around a lot when he's in bed with me (DH is in our bed, and I'm in the spare room with Max....good contraception!) so I think that is maybe why he wakes up in his cot so much, coz he crashes around and there isn't enough room. I am thinking about maybe getting a bed with a rail (My mum had to do the same with me) but am not sure. Also, when I'm putting him down in his cot, he gets clued on as soon as the gravity changes and clings onto me...but when I put him down on the bed, he rolls over and crashes out! I knew I wanted to stop BFing before doing the bed thing....what are everyone's thoughts on this.

Well I think I've talked enough. Hello to anyone I've missed! xx