Andie - That is so sad! How a parent chooses to not be involved in their child's lives is totally beyond me! He is really missing out, the pics of your boys on fb are gorgeous. Very special children and he is wrecking it for himself. And the boys! Just as well they have an awesome mum. Hopefully your new partner can step into the father figure place. I hope he can come to terms with A and his ADHD. I can imagine its a huge adjustment for him too. I have read that Sue Denegate book out of interest, very smart lady, so glad you found something that works for him. My fingers are so crossed for a little girl!

Trill - I totally know where you are coming from with the whole baptism thing. I have been in that situation myself. It took almost 3 years for DH to convince me to baptise M in the catholic church. DH is catholic and raised in a VERY catholic family. We are sending our girls to the catholic school that DH attended as a child, as we are still in the area. On the day it was so awkwardly bad that my dad flat out refused to attend, my mum put on a smily face but I knew her true thoughts, and my two sisters actually got into a war of words with my BIL and spent the whole time rolling their eyes. Awkward awkward awkward to say the least. We now have E's baptism approaching in May, wish me luck. I am doing this for DH, and now that M is attending the 3 yr old kindy at school I am warming to the whole catholic education a bit more now. Its still hard. I hope you can come to terms with it a bit more soon too. Also I can relate to the embarrassment of telling people, I felt like a huge hypocrite, so dont apologise.

MP - The tinea sounds nasty, I hope you can get rid of it quick smart.

Arte - You poor thing having to deal with all that sickness while trying to manage MS. Ohh I can just imagine.... And I REALLY hope you have found the answer for getting A to sleep!

Cass - Man you poor thing, gastro is the pits, did M get it too, I missed if you mentioned that?

Re pelvic floor. I have no pelvic floor left lol! Mine is so bad that I have a prolapse and I am seeing a physio in an attempt to strengthen everything down there! I really would love a third child, but I have come to the decision that I just cant, as I just dont carry well and quite frankly I dont want my whole freaking vag hanging down to my knees! Its actually very upsetting for me My body is in poor, poor shape after only two. Imagine if I had more! I am on the waiting list for a repair for my umbilical hernia and possibly a tummy tuck at the same time, fingers crossed. If not I am paying for one through a private surgeon. I feel blah.