Noni, that is fantastic news that your little boy is happy and healthy. I am sure it is a huge weight off your mind re the slap cheek.

Trill, do you have a seperate adults biscuit tin? I am considering it, today W was picking them up, inspecting, then saying 'no thank you' and moving on to the next one lol

MM, I have cut out my IL's, I can't be bothered with them if they think so little of me that they were willing to blame everything on me. I used to get along with them really well, I miss the relationship we used to have. I still can't believe how stupid it got all because I wouldn't let their snappy dog around W!

Clare, best of luck for saturday, I don't think I would have the nerve for an auction! What a disaster about L's new nappy idea, I hope it doesn't occur to W. He has quite a poo obsession, he points out every one he finds outside (dog and goat, not people lol)

MD, was it a girl you saw for me? I have been studying the ultrasound dvd and there is a definite absence of dangly bits. I can't see the three lines for a girl either though so I guess I am not really any wiser.

Since he has been sick, W wants me to rock him to sleep standing in the lounge. He wakes at night and if he can't get to sleep straight away he starts crying and saying 'mum come, mum pleeeease' repeatedly and grabbing at my arms. He can keep it up for over an hour. I stay in bed and tell him we stay in bed at night time and that I am not going to rock him but he could lay down and have a big cuddle. Am I doing the right thing? Is that controlled crying? I can't just give in and take him to the lounge to rock him back to sleep or I know that I will spend the next 6 months doing it several times a night.