Eluned - Caroline had some hard poos for a bit and they were quite painful (poor little bubby) but that was only for a few days I think and she's been fine since. I did put some stewed pears in her rice cereal too and also used the liquid from the juice after stewing it when making up the rice cereal instead of water and i think that did the trick!!

I've just caught up on a few pages of posts as we've been away the last few weeks so sorry for no personals!

we survived our road trip - we drove from Melbourne to Brisbane and back (with stops along the way!!) and Caroline did fantastic!! she catnapped during the driving and dictated where the pitt stops were lol one stop was in some nothing town that didn't have any shops or petrol stations, the train station was only a platform so we had to feed her on the side of the road (and cross our legs coz we all had to pee!). She also did great sleeping in SO many different places in her portacot. I am hugely impressed. I was paranoid that she would sleep in the car all day and be awake all night or just wouldn't sleep properly in the portacot. Go Carloline

the downside to the trip is that she had started to wean from me the week before we went. She wouldn't complain that she was still hungry though but when she'd only feed for 10 minutes (after usually feeding for up to an hour and me knowing she wasn't slowing down because she was getting more efficient) I offered her a top up bottle and she literally lunged at it and gulped it down!! also being on the road I decided that one bottle during the day would help otherwise we wouldn't actually get anywhere. she ended up drinking less and less from me each time and now is only having a morning and evening 'snack' (less than 10 minutes in total). I was upset at first but realised that it is also a good thing and she is getting more and is equally as happy. BF'ing was a long battle for me and one that I happily did for six months so am just stoked that I got six months in to her!! she's doing great on the solids - she had her first banana at the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour (how many people can say that lol) she SCOFFED IT... we didn't even get a chance to mash it... she just had it in her mouth and sucked it constantly. I tried to only give her half to see how she would go with it, being a new food and all but she got SOOOO ****ed that i gave her the rest and when that was gone she hollered like she'd been stabbed lol we had to leave!! so yeah, banana's are a BIG hit!!

she CAN roll but often just won't. she doesn't seem to have any interest in sitting up on her own though. My son was sitting up by himself by around 5 months but not this one. She wants to lie down or stand up lol no in between!! she can scoot around on her back and even on her tummy she is moving about, it's weird - i can be watching her and i can't see HOW she's doing it... she just moves.

anyways, so sorry for the selfish post. great to see all the babies doing so well!! happy half birthday!!!

oh and Daytona ... 'oh and I'm pregnant again' lol just threw that at the end of your post. CONGRATULATIONS and all the very best. You'll surely have your hands full but from what I hear after the first bit it gets easier coz they have each other to play with!!