heva - what a clever little man! and so you should be proud, isaac sounds like he's going great guns!

ss_storm - how are you going? i get the groundhog day thing sometimes too. i think the walking does help - i've noticed that corey is just that bit more inclined to do his own thing now. even if it does mean that he's emptying a cupboard in the kitchen & wandering around the house with a wooden spoon

kezzabird - it's great to hear from you! i'm sure you've posted once or twice before but not for ages so it's awesome to hear how your girls are going

afm, something finally clicked in my brain (bit of a slow learner ) - we took DS to the footy yesterday & we were in a bar/food area and he was desperate to walk over to a mum who had her crawling baby on the floor. she said she was happy for him to come over so he walks over & goes straight to give the mum a hug. he is just so affectionate. it takes me longer than it should to do the grocery shopping because he's playing hide & seek with other shoppers or they're talking to him etc. i was thinking how much i love his affectionate nature & how social he is. then i realised that it's probably the same character traits that make him wake up so often overnight & can make him a very cuddly (i.e. clingy!) baby...so you take the bad (well, not bad but less desirable!!) with the good. argh, i hope that makes sense!

annnyways...he's on the go all the time now & other than the mum & dad words/sounds, his first word is "more" he still likes his food!