Cally- i havn't been teeth wiping as much as i should either, she bites me too! I give her a toothbrush in the bath that she chews on, better than nothing, but i guess i should persisit with the wiping.

Gracie- I don't have the guts either. i thought about a birth centre too, i would love to hang out in a birthing pool for a bit of my labour! but i too would have been booted out with my PE. I have full respect for my OB, he was so fantastic. There is a good chance if he wasn't so on the ball that things could have turned out much differently. Will def be seeing him again. I hear ya on the men being a bit useless sometimes, (although we did Rhea Dempseys pain workshop which was awsome for DH) but i would hate for DH to miss out on the birth, it's pretty amazing. I have never left Lu with anyone, (overprotective mum! ) so maybe i'll change my mind when the time comes!!!

That is a bit spooky about you two canberra gals eyeing each other off! Wish i was going to Canberra this weekend. Have a lovely catch up.

It was a lovely sunny day here, so bundled Lu into the pram and headed off on a walk through the bush. We were about 4 km's from home, when a storm blew in, i had no raincoat, just a little pram cover for Lu. The pram started leaking and dripping on her face, she was not impressed and started screaming! So i took her out and we huddled in a hollow tree fro half an hour until DH drove past on his way home!!! Lucky i had one of the dogs with me, she barked when he was coming so i ran out onto the road. He was very surprised to find a dripping wet wife and a baby wrapped in plastic!
I am exhausted now.