Morning all,

Lilima - I can sort of understand what you mean. I hate my job (hence being on here so much when I am at work hehe) and sometimes feel like I'm in the wrong career. But I am so not in the right place in my life to change it - too many committments, too much reliance on my nice income... and for what I do, it is a good income. So it is difficult for me to change anything right now. So big hugs I can sort of get where you are coming from.

Pinny - your van spot sounds lovely!! Glad you had a good time with the extended family. I love Easter eggs too but resent spending more for the same chocolate just because it is shaped like an egg or a rabbit! So I went to Coles yesterday and bought a whole lot when they were 50% off Wooo!

Olive, you poor love, you are having a rough trot at the moment with sleep and sicknesses! Get your DH into gear - why can't he look after the girls while you catch up on some sleep??? How is M going, are the ABs helping?

BB - love the new avvy hun! Very nice! Sounds like you are doing it tought with sleep and illness as well. Hope Ash settles back down into your little darling again soon. Must be hard when she is so out of sorts. I know what you mean about the interactiveness too!

Kaz - how have your nights been recently? How did CC go? Let us know!

Shell - yay on kid/partner free time in Castlemaine! My great aunt and uncle used to live up there, lovely part of the world. Bummer about your sewing class - what are you going to do??

I'm sure there was more but I can't see any further back right now...

AFU: DD has a bit of a cold so sleep has been an issue for us too. Taking ages to go down at night again and we have resorted to letting her CIO a bit I hate it, its not how I want to parent, but we are at wits end - she won't feed to sleep (never has), won't self-settle and if we try and cuddle/rock/pat, she seems to end up more awake than asleep. So we put her down, she cries for a few mins and most times goes to sleep. But I still hate it.

Mind you some nights she doesn't go to sleep and we do then have to go in and try and settle... but it takes forever and she just screams! Even when we hold her! Sigh. And then she wakes around midnight and sometimes needs a resettle and then she's awake most mornings from about 4am, she'll yell out or grizzle but I'm awake of course, most times she goes back to sleep off and on til about 6am and then its game over, she's awake and wants up.

Feel like I've got a newborn again...

Apart from the sleep issues she is a delight, most of the time. Like Ali she seems to know how to be cute and funny and she loves joining in on whatever we are doing. She's now got her own tooth brush and hairbrush so that when mummy is doing those things she can do it too. She also loves laughing with us - if we have a joke she joins in with a big "HA HA!" like she knows she should be laughing. So gorgeous.