Happy birthday, Ashton!! Love your photos, Mel! Looks like he really enjoyed his piece of birthday cake! Great presents too!

Tenille, I'm glad the present arrived! And in time! Hope it's a big hit with Ashlyn! Happy birthday, Ashlyn for Thursday! I'm looking forward to Matthew opening his present too. At the moment it's the only surprise in the cupboard. I've yet to wrap the pressies I've got him. I think I'll be taking the easy option and having a dinner at the local sports club and taking a cake. Was hoping my father and step-mother might have been able to come down from Brisbane but no such luck. Oh well. I'm sure it will be special all the same.

Jen, I haven't forgotten you! I got in a birthday wish for Nathan earlier in the thread! Matthew's not walking yet and I'm not sorry about that either, as I'm having trouble keeping up with him crawling all over the place and getting into things! Still breastfeeding too and getting lots of wake ups for top ups during the night. Would love a good night's sleep!

Donna, hope Molly's immunisations go well tomorrow. Enjoyed looking at the Moo's birthday photos too. Looks like she had a lovely time!

Happy birthday, Poppy, for tomorrow! I remember getting your phone call, Pam, with the news of Poppy's arrival!

Glad Madeleine had a lovely birthday, CJ, even if she had too much sweet food!

Erin, sorry to hear about your best friend's mum. Would have been very tough.

Suzie, how many teeth does Arabella have now? Sounds like she's catching up very quickly!

Matthew seems to be biting a lot lately. It seems to be a bit of a game for him. He crawls up to me and bites me on a foot or leg and then giggles. He was also biting me on the shoulder and leaving teeth marks but that seems to have eased off a little. Sometimes I think he bites because he's tired or hungry but the rest of the time, I think it's for fun. The carer said he's also been biting her and suggested that it might be time for me to bite him back. I haven't! He's not doing it to hurt. Just not sure how to deal with it. I've tried the tactic of telling him no and that it hurts and moving him away from me. Any suggestions would be welcome!