OP - OOO how exciting that X is close to crawling.

Moving....ick. I have always hated moving. It's fantastic once it's done, but I always hate the packing things up, trying to decide what to keep and what to toss, keeping way too much anyway, then toting it to where ever. On the bonus side you'll be in your new house soon!

Things are kinda getting back to normal. The water treatment plant is finally back to mostly fully working, so we don't have to boil our water anymore, and I can actually use it to clean out my bird cages (which were getting a bit stinky). Some places still don't have power, but most do. The tree clean up will take ages though. It's a bit depressing when you drive down some of the streets as so many trees were damaged there are tree bits and limbs piled up in massive stacks the whole length of the road

Emma - Sorry to hear you were having such a bad night with T. I hope you were finally able to get him to sleep and get some yourself. Did it end that he was teething? Have you thought about maybe getting him an amber teething necklace?

Owens - Glad to hear that your friends made out okay in the storm as well. What a way for them to be welcomed to Townsville!

AFU - I need some advice/suggestions. B is going for his surgery on Monday. As he's going under general anasthetic he needs to fast..which of course you can't explain to a 7 month old baby. He isn't allowed solids after 7:30. No breastmilk after 9:30 between 9:30 and 11:30 he can have clear fluids only (so basically water) and then nothing till he's operated on. But his operation isn't scheduled until 2:45 and he's not going under till a bit before that, and that's assuming they are running on time. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can keep him calm/take his mind off it when he starts to get hungry/thirsty and I can't give him anything? I know I have a hard enough time when it's me and I understand what's going on.