Happy Birthday, Mel!! Hope you have a great day! Regardless of Dave. Who sounds like he's being a total nong. We say poo to him! Hope karma bites him on the bottom. Enjoy some cake today and a drinkie tonight - you deserve it. And the crunchie shake sounds YUM.

Suzie, I'm glad Bella is sleeping better. Doesn't sound like she needs to be swaddled any more. Well done!

Erin, Matthew was well and truly too big for his bassinet by about 3 months, he kept getting free of his muslin swaddle and hitting the sides with his arms. We've been co-sleeping since I moved him out of the bassinet, but I put him in his cot for daytime sleeps (not while we're in HK though). How's Emily going in the cot?

All is nice and quiet here. Had a terrible time trying to get Matthew to sleep last night, for the second night in a row, with lots of screaming which is not much fun in an apartment on the 12th floor! But he sleeps most of the night through and is asleep again now, so I mustn't grumble. We went out yesterday afternoon, HK is soooo noisy. We stopped in at McDonalds and there was a children's party taking place - the staff member in charge had a headset microphone and was revving the kids up to earbleed volume. I would have liked to have garotted her with her headset!