girls thank you all so much for your responses, it's actually made me feel a lot better! like he's not that bad i guess lol

ali- you definitely need to stop your mil doing the drop in. i hate people just dropping in here! luckily my mil lives in sydney so we don't get that. my friend's mum always drops in here unannounced though and i can't stand it. usually i'm sitting on the couch in my undies or something! lol
can i ask what type/brand of bouncer you have?

megie- how did you teach your dd to self-settle? i'm so jealous!
do the lions really eat yoghurt?

tarkine- your ds sounds a lot like my ds1-boob obsessed! lol
do you co-sleep?
we've got a swing but he won't fall asleep in it. very annoying as ds1 used to.

ajp- i wish he would take a dummy but he refuses. have you taken millie to kingswim yet?

well i had to go shopping today to buy new jeans as i can't do any of my old pairs up. scarey!!!

eta-oh no nai. how are you going to entertain yourselves for 7 days?