MM: have you heard of 'sporks'? they are the plastic version of splayds. basically they are forks but have a slight concave so that it kinda looks like a mesh between a spoon and a fork ITMS....
i think the baby chances are out...had an eensy amount of spotting today, so am resigned to the fact that we are out. ah well, we haven't been trying, but DH has found the excitement of possible new baby really fun! so that is nice to know that he is really keen to go down that gauntlet again LOL! we are thinking of TTC next september onwards for real...i think i can deal with the age gap a bit better if i want to be honest. Leila is a bit of a terror (lovely cute as a button one, but one nonetheless!!!).