Ange, there is no plan B LOL, so this has gotta work! he hasn't had a sleep today because he wanted to be on my lap and I said no, he layed down on his little couch or that was it, no nursing to sleep. But I bet he will crash about 6pm always the bloody way!

G, I hope J starts to improve soon, it's no good having a little baby sick like that It's not so much musical beds here cause I just wait till he goes to sleep on his couch and put him to bed, and lately it's not often he's been waking to come to bed with us, but it's just PITA issue of him not having a regular bedtime kwim? And we've had the walrus tusks happening here too LOL. So gross.

PP, he was soooo tiny! I wouldn't know what to do with a baby that small hehe. If he is anything like his big brother he will get big soon enough And it is amazing the first time you see your firstborn after having another baby and it's like they have grown twice their size overnight. I remember when DH brought Lindsay in to visit Erin and I for the first time and it was like take this big child away and bring me back my baby boy! and OMG he felt so heavy when I picked him up ROFL! As for your Mum, well DH's mum is a bit like that, I can trust her 100% to do the normal day to day stuff when we need to, but my mum is purely for fun and junk food. I cannot trust her with them for longer than a few hours, so they have come to see her as the one who always brings a treat over for them etc or will buy them toys just for the sake of it. BUT I think as much as they love that, and love her for it, they have a better quality relationship with the IL's and it's a stronger kind of love kwim? It's hard to explain it fully, but it doesn't matter that they don't do the fun stuff. I don't mind it though as they are the ones who will take the kids if anything was to happen to us.

Clare, so sorry about the house hun maybe we should pray for the rates to rise and the govt to can the homeowners grant to try to make it easier for you So what is your plan of attack now?