Wow Kel - That must be some Elmo cake!!! I wanna see pics of this labour of love. Oh woo hoo on the first hair cut, it's gonna be ages before Xander will need one.

Laurin - How's your cake coming along? What's causing you stress?

Meg - I used to breastfeed Xander to sleep at night. In honesty, we had no trouble at all once we weaned him (and he was a real boob monster)... once the bottle was introduced, he had his last milk feed at dinner time, thus not forming a sleep association with the bottle. If he needed to suck himself to sleep, I gave him a bottle of water. He didn't really want it, but he didn't cry either; so it worked for us as if he got desperate he could suck on the water bottle.

Big hellos to everyone.

Had a fantastic day today. My AF finally arrived, albeit two weeks late. Xander was in day care today and he had a fabulous time. I'm all refreshed and relaxed, the house is clean, and I feel like I will be a much better mummy to my son now I've had some time out.