Pregpan, if it was *just* nappy rash, it should be starting to improve by now. Maybe you could try bathing him with no soap and letting him have some nappy free time and see how that goes.

Noni, that's great you are all settled in now. I bet Asha doens't know what to do with herself now she has all this space.

Ange, I don't have problems with pinching while feeding, but he has to be holding something while he feeds - usually the collar of my shirt or necklace and it drives me mental. You could try a feeding necklace which is just a big gaudy beady necklace that they play with while feeding.

Katie, we have rain here too - 21mm so far but I got all the washing out of the way before it came LOL - I hate having a backlog because it takes so much longer to get it all done. Logan sounds like he is going really well

Marydean, so happy to hear that the baptism went well - I would love to see a pic of the divine Miss E in her finery.

G, definately get a doula. I know you had it pretty tough last time with L so I think you would benefit a lot from having one. As for girls names, my faves were Maeve, Niamh, Clair and Lucinda, but DH wouldnt' have a bar of them LOL. Although if Alister was a girl he was going to be Clair, but only because DH couldn't think of anything else. Lindsay was going to be a Hayley Maree had he been a girl.

H, I don't think Miss M will be a bully, just assertive which will serve her well in all those department store sales in the future LMAO.

Leanne, please log in and tell us all about the party - I'm dying to hear how it went (and a pic or two of the big boys wouldn't go astray either )

Clare I would have been FUMING if my DH sprung that on me. So what did you cook anyway LOL?

The rain has been lovely - always a bummer to have rain in the holidays though, but it would have been worse at the end when they were already stir crazy LOL. They are with DH at his parents house ATM - Dh slaughtered 2 lambs yesterday so they went with him to cut them up so I will have a freezer full of yummy lamb again. Things are pretty desperate when a farmers wife doens't even have a lamb roast in the freezer LMAO. Not that I could cook one anyway because the blooming oven is on the blink again.

I am really hoping that my package from the US should arrive today - so G, I will let you know what the sizing is like. I already have a new shopping list for them already for the girls this time LOL, so maybe it might be best if you have another boy

The funniest thing happened last night. I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready (slow cooked silverside - delish!) and I could hear the big kids in the loungeroom with the popper bike. Now they get on it and push each other really fast on it, but when I opened the door the bike went wizzing past with Alister on it!!! he was hanging on for dear life LOL but he had this huge grin on though and he thought it was great. The kids are in stitches laughing at him. As much as my heart was in my throat though, it was hillarious to see.

he is getting really good with his walking - almost to the point where I could say that he is more of a walker than a crawler, but he does most of it when he is the only one here with me or if the others are in bed already. last night he was up for 1/2hr after the big kids went to bed and he spent most of the time walking from one piece of furniture to the other. So I think the kids must unnerve him or something and he is more confident on his own.