[QUOTE=lovelycate;2075615]Also, apparently freezing will kill any germies - shove them in a plastic bag and in the freezer overnight or for 24 hours.

Hey lovelycate - I hope you were talking about the toys there and not Isaac or Zac! No, sorry, I just thought it looked funny how you wrote it straight after talking about Zac!!! Sorry, maybe my sense of humour is a bit warped...it really isn't funny... Good advice though, I didn't know that. Would love to see the pics in the SAnta suit!! So cute!

Miss E- totally the same. Sam will be in the shopping centre with me and stay awake for 4 hours but at home, he is only lasting 1 1/2 hours at most. After the 4 hours he was totally over it and I needed to get him sleep asap but yeah, I think the excitement of the hussle and bussle of the shops kept him going. Then the other day in the shops he had a complete nana...and I had to try to feed him to sleep.
Also, no way Sam would survive on two naps. On Sunday, he wouldn't go down for his third nap at all. An hour and a bit later got him up and about 20 minutes after that went abo****ely beserk. We had to give him a bath because feed, dummy, nothing worked. He had a bath and was happy and then I fed him and he started falling asleep on me so I put him to bed. I just know that staying awake for that long makes him really upset so I think it is ridiculous to think they could just have two sleeps. Well, for Sam anyway.

Heva5 - hope things get better with sleeping. Sam is really all over the place too, not the same but I think their sleep really gets effected around this age. He was self settling all week, then back to really fighting it, then self settles again. I am totally with you on the toys though. I would not do that someone else! I just can't imagine walking up to someones mat with toys on it and just start allowing Sam to suck all over someone elses toys. No offence to Isaac but she didn't know if your child had a cold or anything either! But other than that, it is quite rude and I would be just as annoyed as you. I didn't know about the freezer thing, so good tip or the soaking.

Naomi54 - good that you are able to have a whinge. hopefully it helps! I hope things get better and you feel better soon. If you have more than one child, I admire you! It must be full on and you should be really proud of yourself for doing such an amazing job!

SS Storm - Sam is really interested in food now, but I am thinking the same, around Christmas I think or maybe a bit before. We will see. I had a friend who around 5 months said he stopped sleeping through the night and she thought it was hunger so thats when she started. I will see how he goes. Kind of exciting!! They are growing up so fast!!

AFM - work is busy but looking forward to 2 weeks break at the end of the year. My husband has been running the business on his own, so he is really well and truely wanting a break. That will be nice to have him around, as he hates only seeing Sam at the end of the day. He loves the weekend when he sees Sam happy and playing. Trying not to buy too many christmas presents and looking at buying the high chair soon. Just had new dining table arrive which is nice so finally the house is complete now. Sam is rolling more and just being generally lovely!! He has had a few beserk moments lately where he has just gone ballistic. I think it has mainly been when he is over tired and nothing will settle him but I guess that is him just growing and stuff... I just always freak at that something is wrong as he is normally so calm and placid. I am sure it isnt anything serious though.
Anyway, catch up again soon!