PAP, I was thinking the same thing as Rainy - it must be a GIRL for you!!! Sorry to hear about your poor pelvis, seems to be very common (although that doesn't help you any). Bummer that FDC still isn't sorted out.

Rainy, when W was very little I found he got windy/spewy/unsettled if I ate too much sugar (a very helpful suggestion from JaZaH for which I will always be grateful!). I experimented a bit and could eat plain biscuits but not cake or chocolate. DH could even tell when he got home if I had been naughty or not because W would be grizzley. I couldn't eat yum stuff until he started on solids at 6 months. So just a thought, have you looked at what you eat vs when he is more unsettled? Hope it gets better soon for both of you. BTW, if you are going out to Ange's tomorrow say hi from me.

Noni, hang in there. Wish I was closer so I could give you a hand, take Asha to the park or something so you could have a bit of a break. Does your mum still take her for an arvo every week or two?

MD, I burst into laughter reading your advice lol. I shouldn't really complain, he helps heaps with W, I just think he expects me to keep the house MIL clean. Good luck with your vege garden, I am going to buy some Feijoa bushes next time I am in civilisation, pretty excited about that as they are my favourite fruit. Can you buy Haighs chocolate at normal shops or do you have to specially go to the Haighs store? DH is in Melbourne next week and I might get him to pick me up some. But I have a feeling I am a chocolate redneck, I seem to prefer the cheap and nasty ie cadbury, the bunny I stole from W was Lindt and I didn't think much of it . I like my chocolate jam packed with sugar.

Clare, that is great that your cat is on the mend. What was wrong with him? Didn't one of your cats get hit by a car recently? Yay for the toilet training! No luck here (unless the bath counts??)

MM, I soo know what you mean about never getting to eat in peace. We went out for dinner the other night for the first time in ages, we had to tag team to keep W occupied wandering around the restaurant while waiting for our meals, but by some miracle he sat in the highchair and ate slow enough that we both had time to finish before he wanted out. Didn't push our luck for dessert though.

Trill, how is Erin's ear now?

Elsie/Elsa just makes my mind jump into a terrible rendition of Born Free, so I probably won't be able to use them lol. Luckily I have a crap surname which doesn't go with anything, so at least I am not limited by that!

I think today W had his first proper tantrum (I think)! He wanted to go outside but it was raining so he kept putting his shoes on and hanging off me crying for about half an hour. He wouldn't even use his words and I couldn't distract him to do anything else. I honestly don't know how anyone puts up with that kind of behaviour on a regular basis, I was very close to losing it. Very frustrating.