Hey Mamas Very quiet in here! I thought I might have missed loads - I've been away from BB, fighting various battles and feeling like a complete and total failure

Bloom, I haven't used bottles but I've been meaning to get a pump so DH can feed DD if he needs to when I'm out getting my hair done or something (although I've only done that once since she was born lol). Have you found that he prefers some bottles over others? I have no idea what I should get, I'm considering just going straight to a sippy cup seeing as she's 5 months now and can sit pretty well.

Lol Bskilner, I can't justify a gym membership fee either. The prices here are ridiculous, it's like because you're in the country and don't have many options they up their prices because you either pay it or don't go. I choose don't go lol.

How cute is the spinning around thing? Annabelle tries to roll to a toy she wants, but when it's still too far in front of her she gets frustrated and tries to scoot forward, which leads to her spinning lol. Her legs stay up in the air at the back, so even though she's got the arms right she's gotta co-ordinate the legs still.

That's great that he's doing well on the solids I still haven't started yet. I think I'll just wait til we move next Wednesday, just too much going on til then. Annabelle's the same as William though, really interested in bottles and cups and things, it's very cute lol. I got my copy of Baby Led Weaning the other day, it's pretty interesting. So I reckon I might just wait til we've moved, and when she's 6 months I'll start putting a few things on her Bumbo tray to have a munch on.

MoT, sorry to hear you guys were all sick! Hope you're all feeling better now. And, good luck getting the Territory! Since Belley's come along I just don't know how anyone with kids ever got by with just a regular sedan or even a hatch lol. Our pram takes up half the space in the back of our Patrol (I don't put it all the way down, too lazy) and then when we go to Christmas we've got all our clothes, bedding, piles of stuff for Belley, and gotta keep a space free for the dog!

Tara, how's the sleeping going? Hopefully things have settled down for you lately. One of the reasons I was feeling so awful was sleep - Annabelle was barely doing two hour stretches overnight for a couple of nights. I realised she was doing her good long feeds overnight, then during the day she wouldn't take any at all - she once went 6 hours without feeding, she rejected me every time and just didn't seem to need it because she'd filled up so much overnight. And then she would nap either. So I slowly started trying to limit how much she had when she woke overnight, and now when she wakes she has a quick feed and goes back to sleep really quickly. If she needs more I don't stop her, but she's getting longer stretches overnight and feeding a bit better during the day at least.

AFM, not much to report I guess. Won't bore you with anymore details of our crappiness the last week or so. We are getting very excited though, moving day is next Wednesday! So we're busy with that, plus DH's birthday is this Wednesday, mine is the 26th, and our 2nd wedding anniversary is on the 28th. Dunno why we decided it'd be a good idea to put that with all the other 'dates' lol. Belley will be 5 months on Wednesday, so I'm going to get her measured and weighed on the way to mothers' group tomorrow. I'm guessing she'll at least be 68cm & 8kgs, she's reached the limit on her 00 clothes that have those measurements on them!

Hope everyone is doing well