Hey guys

Dr T - yes, definitely go the Freddo. X was literally like needle 1, little whinge, changed him round, needle 2, little whinge, "ooh Freddo!" and all fine

He had the Prevnar-13 booster too - the new pneumococcal one. DD had to have the same needle, she's almost 3, and OMG what a drama queen. She cried the clinic down! Even the Giant Freddo couldn't cheer her up! Lollipop, however, did the trick.

If you get the Prevnar-13, be warned, my kids both had a pretty bad reaction to it - their arms were red, hot, a little swollen and quite sore. Nurse seemed to think it was common so just be prepared. It went down after 2-3 days.

that your energy returns. It is so hard when you have an active toddler running around as well when you are pg! Hang in there. How wonderful about the nausea! It must be a girl this time if it is so different to the first time

Delph - X isn't in a bed yet. DD was in a bed by 12 months as we needed the cot for X... but X, well we have no reason to move him out so I haven't been in a hurry to get a bed. But I think he might be ready for one too - like your DD, he moves around a lot and collides with the bars.

With DD, we bought her a standard size bed and put it against the wall on one side and put a rail on the other side. We will do the same for DS and I think we will be doing it soon.

TBH, Delph, if they are going to fall out, they are going to fall out. Sounds horrible, but they will only do it once or twice and then they will adjust. It is all about learning their new sleeping space. We bought an el cheapo mattress and put it beside the bed on the floor for the first few weeks as DD got used to the bed and she has never fallen out. And she was in there from 12 months! She sort of fell down a few times as she learned to climb in and out, but she never fell out in the middle of the night. We would go in before we went to bed (and still do) and tuck her in, straighten her out, turn her round, whatever required. Then generally she wouldn't move that much unless she woke up.

We moved her in there in her sleeping bag, without a pillow, and then gradually moved her onto the pillow and weaned her out of her sleeping bag.

We might need to do it the other way around with DS - he is getting too big for the sleeping bag and I don't want to buy him a bigger sleeping bag, so we might start putting him down without it and then go into the bed. Probably should do that while the weather is warm... Hmm!

Good luck! It's a big step!

X is also showing improvement on the tantrum front. I really think is is a communication thing - as they learn to communicate, the frustration eases and tantrums ease. For us anyway!

And X is also sleeping quite well atm... touch wood.

Hope everyone else is going well!