OP - Happy Ney Year right back at ya

Thanks for your thoughts on water. I might try offering him some today after his lunch solids. I know you may not answer by then, but do you offer in a bottle or a sippy cup?

More questions from me....I feel a bit stupid asking this...but what exactly is a rusk and what do they do? (So no I haven't given B any yet )

Also is X sitting up on his own? (or anyone else's for that matter) and if he's not how do you go in the high chair. I haven't but B in his yet, just the bumbo, because he doesn't sit on his own and I'm not sure if he'd just slump over or not. He's not really showing any signs of wanting to sit on his own either. He's always too busy scooting around everywhere and getting into micheif. DH and I had him in the kitfchen with us yetserday, and DH opened one of the drawers...well be was watching wasn't he and straight after that he scooted over to the same drawers and opened the bottom on so out to bunnings we went....again!

One last question. hehe When you say you were getting packed does that mean as in you found yourself a new house and are moving? or you were just getting packed to go out? Just asking as I remember you saying you were on the search for a bigger house.

AFU - B is still getting into mischeif. He's not even properly crawling yet and he's already trying to stand up I found him trying to pull himself up on the bird cage yesterday (he loves watching the birds) It's amasing how much he can get into/how far he can go while I am in the bathroom peeing! I think I might have to get him a playpen for when I go to the toilet, either that or start taking him with me Also found him wedged behing a fish tank again....thought we'd fixed that problem but apparently not. Still not entirely sure how he got back there...so DH has to try to think up a new way to keep him out as it would be too hard to move it, even just the couple of cm, even with most of the water drained out it would be too heavy and I don't even want to think of the logistics of emptying the whole thing.

My last news. I start work tomorrow....and now that the time is here I really don't want to go. I miss my work collegues, but I really don't like my job, and I am not looking forward to leaving B in daycare. I guess I was kinda hoping that DH's benchtop repair busness would have taken off by now and I wouldn't have to go back, that I could just stay home and look after accounts and whatnot. It's doing well, but not good enough to replace my wage for even 3 days a week. So I have to go back. I know he'll be fine at daycare. He probably won't even notice me leave, but I'm not going to be fine leaving him. I don't want some stranger looking after my baby