Cas, still jealous of your Italian hubby - mine is from a small town at the bottom of the south island - we went back to visit during uni holidays once with a friend and all day people were staring at us. It wasn't until someone actually said something that I realised it was because my friend had the nerve to be asian in their town lol

MD, so glad you had a better night. Will has a cold so he got up at 9.30pm for an hour and then again at 1.30am for another hour, as well as waking every hour and having a sad little cry.

Cally, I took your advice and went to the local plunket nurse (like MCHN). She could only recommend giving water instead of comfort feeding at night so not very helpful because he won't take a bottle. She insisted he must crawl before he walks and I think he heard because now when I put him on his tummy he goes to hands and knees and then sitting lol Absolutely refuses to crawl.

Noni, well done on all the cleaning! I am so slack and my marriage is paying for it.

Sherie, how is the mouse hunt going?

Renee, how are you? Hope everything is o.k.

The baby panadol here is 5 times weaker than the australian formulation so instead of 1.2mLs I have to get 6mL of the yucky stuff into him.