Happy New Year girls. Thought I'd better post a quickie to subscribe since we have a new thread.

Lani - Still thinking of you. Don't apologise for dumping here....we're all here for you. Would it be worth contacting the police? Not to report or anything (although I'm thinking the brother that works at Vodafone has broken all kinds of privacy laws), but to get some advice as to how you can feel safe. Sounds like the girl's fiance is as hurt and angry as you are...unfortunately his anger is misplaced as it should be directed as his fiancee. And as for Paul, you ****wit! How dare you do that to your beautiful wife and son, but to not take responsibility and deal with the people you've hurt! Man up for pity's sake. Sorry Lani, but people hiding from their mistakes makes me angry. I'm glad your parents will be home soon.

Rose - Thinking of you and your family

BS - Glad the stitches went in successfully. Does this mean you'll be able to remain as active as normal during this pregnancy? I remember how frustrated you were not being able to exercise (or DTD :wink with Eva.

Tilda - Sounds promising if Matilda asked to have her nappy changed. I guess you'll just have to wait and see if she does it again.

Alison - Have a great time at the farm!

kanda - Great to hear from you. Been wondering how you've been getting on. All the best with TTC

willow - DS2 may have been the dream baby, but isn't he the one giving you grief as a teenager? Hopefully Harry will be a polite, happy, multi-syllabic teenager. I honestly think you're a champ for taking his lead, never questioning whether you're doing it right, and just going with the flow.

suz - Good luck for number 3!

Carmey and sesame. Have I forgotten anyone?

AFUS - Still no walking here yet either. Amelia can stand on her own, but when she realises she is, she immediately sits down or grabs hold of something. I tricked her into standing on her own last night though. Her latest word is "up" so while she was holding onto the couch I would say "arms up" and lift my arms above my head. Amelia copies me when she's sitting, but last night did it while standing. She keep her arms up for a good few seconds before holding onto the couch again. Her sleep is still lousy. I've started being more consistent with keeping her in bed with me when she wakes around 10pm. It's so hard though as she crawls & climbs all over us, tries to grab at anything on our bedside tables, pulls herself up to stand using the bed head, drops anything she can get her hands on on the floor. If I know she's tired, I have to hold her down. She cries and will stop if I let her go, but if she only struggles for a few seconds then I know she's ready for sleep and the crying is just her stress relief. There are plenty of times when I've fallen asleep first, but she manages to put herself to sleep eventually. I really want to have a room with nothing but a mattress on the floor and a few quiet toys. That way I can sleep while she does what she does until she falls asleep. But alas, we have way too much cr@p in our house.

Amelia is also down to 2 feeds a day, upon waking and before bed at night, but will have 1 or 2 (or 3) feeds overnight. Sometimes I have to feed her for afternoon sleep (although she'll sleep at care and for DH no probs), but then she doesn't have a proper night one and won't go to bed without it. I think she's also in the process of dropping down to 1 daytime nap. Some days she has 2 1.5 hour naps, others she'll have 1 2-3 hour nap. I think it can take a few months before they really settle down into having 1 nap.

Well, that was a longer post than I thought it would be. I'd better get some work done.

Oh, and as for TTC, we won't be before July. By then the fixed term on our mortgage is up and Mum's estate will be settled, so we'll know what we're doing re moving/building. Well that's provided I get AF back by then. Apart from 3 days of light bleeding 3 months ago, there's been nothing. I had started charting again, just to keep track, but gave up when it got to day 53 and I'd been having fertile symptoms on and off for over a month.

Take care girls