niadla... OMG.... 8 hours?? i can't imagine that. our 6 year old doesn't even sleep that long!! LOL, ok, maybe he does now, but that has only just started! he used to wake up at 3am and want to watch cartoons thinking he was going to school soon. I am lucky to get 3 hours in a row with ralie now.
and as for the bed.... what bed? you can't see our bed there are so many of us in it!! LOL. DH is on the verge of setting up on the floor and leaving me with the kids! your lucky.

[COLOR="rgb(255, 0, 255)"]krystie...[/COLOR] Q never used to burp either. and he had the most eratic feeding behaviour. i NEVER had a timetable or pattern with him until he was 18 months old. on the other hand Ralie burps well, and she farts and poos like a trooper!! it does sometimes cause her pain though and she gets a bit miserable. doesn't like the water either, where as Q Loved the water. still does. i have a little blow up bath for ralie, Q had one in london. now he is refusing to bath in the shower and insists on sitting in the blow up bath for AGES. LOL

[COLOR="rgb(255, 0, 255)"]naomi..[/COLOR]. i am lucky i get to stay home but we are poor. LOL 4 kids cost lots of money. TBH the money i would earn would all go in child care so it defeats the purpose we think. and its not for long. in a couple of years they won't all be so young and will be able to cope with part child care and school. we just sit tight financially for a bit. i spent all my time in london (when i was teaching) just cooking, cleaning, getting things ready for school, going to work, then shopping for the week, washing for the week... I NEVER got time to do anything with the kids! It was awful. at least if you are at work part-time you can take bub to playgroup or whatever and still have a balance. you don't have to go back till he is a year old too, and its hard to imagine cause he is so little. i left Q at 6 months and he couldn't sit up. but 2 weeks later he was able to sit up and i felt so much better about leaving him. the thought of him lying round helpless, crying and not able to move about used to make me cry and almost not able to go to work. if i had have been able to take the year it would have been much better. he wasn't even eating when i left him. at least by 1 they are eating as well as BF.

i am off now. its hot up here today. you all sound like you are down in victoria, (except i know cathy is just down the road). i am back in my summer clothes. love it love it love it!!! hate winter.