Gracie, I sooo hear you on DHs not being self-directed with the baby care. My DH is now very good but I think I nearly went insane in the first couple of years of DD1s life, repeating "Show some initiative!!!" The best cure for this is to create some time (an hour here or there) where you leave bub with DH and then leave the house altogether (having issued only minimal instructions ). Then talk about what has happened/been done while you were out, afterwards. Bit hard when your DH is working such long hours, but even just a little bit here and there might help!

Arte, I was ROFL about the wrong birthday! That's just hilarious. I hear some pretty sensational people were born on the 7th of September . My hard dates to remember is what year to write for DH and DD on the forms, same date I just have to remember to write the right year!

Leanne, LOL glad the drought has well and truly broken! Go you merry team of pooers! I really don't know about the whole black tie thing, that's a bit out of my sphere of experience I"m afraid. I saw some photos of Penny Wong (Govt spokesperson) at the Press Gallery Ball at Parliament House in the Sunday paper and she looked like she was wearing a japanese silk jacket thing (it looked like something you could wear pants with) so I guess if she can, you can!

I'm a complete disorganised clutz this morning. Just had a phone call from the osteopath saying "Are you late?" OMG I happily dropped E off at FDC this morning and forgot completely!!! AAAAARGH! Better go an organise myself I think.