Hey everyone

Dr T: congrats on being officially an Aussie!!! Great news. Sounds like B has been busy learning things the last few weeks! X is starting to love swimming too but we're not quite up to the jumping off the edge stage! He's still a bit nervous for that!

Delph - I get the angel child/horror child combo! X is the same!! He will be gorgeous and smiling and sweet and then turn on a dime! Argh! Sounds like she might be ready for a potty - but don't push it! Let her take her time, generally they don't start until 2 years as they don't have the bladder control, the actual muscles don't develop to support the bladder until 2 apparently. Let her lead you, at this age anyway!

With the walking - again, don't fret! She'll get there in her own time! Has she got a walker toy? Something that she can push and walk behind?

EJ - how's T's eating been? DS eats mostly whatever we eat now - breakfast will be toast, cereal or pancakes, lunch is usually a sandwich or some leftovers, dinner is whatever we have - pasta, casserole, meat and veg... he's pretty good, he'll generally eat most things. He does go through phases where he decides he doesn't like something that he did previously, weird! We moved him to the dining table now, out of the high chair, in a booster chair, like his big sis. He loves it! He's also determined to feed himself - it is a messy process but he's getting better. I just invested in two new table cloths - dark brown and burgundy My pale green and cream ones were taking a beating!

Haven't tried X on shapes much - DH did some the other night and he wasn't too bad. I feel bad for him, being number 2 baby I don't spend as much one-one time with him as I did with DD. I should do

AFU: As I said above, X is still being a bit of a handful! He is getting better as his words get better... he can actually say "drink please", or a good approximation anyway, which is great. So he points now and says "Dink pease" and doesn't get frustrated that it takes me 5 mins to work out what he wants. He understands most things I say, which is awesome. And he is so happy, most of the time! He laughs and smiles and is just gorgeous. We had a rough week or so where I think they were responding to all the things that were going on at home and they were both a bit feral but things are much improved since then.

He's becoming more interactive which is lovely. He's getting good at asking questions and telling you big long sentences... completely inteligible of course But he is trying and it is very cute. He knows lots of animal words and LOVES sharks and fish. Really starting to enjoy interacting with him.