Kyson cries whenever I walk away from him. He was even sitting on Daddy's lap tonight playing happily, then I walked past the two of them to put something in the laundry and Kyson just started wailing! Even when I go to get his food ready I have to pop him somewhere and wait until he's not looking at me, then try to sneak away. I'm still in eyesight, but he prefers me to be within grabbing distance.

We've been having some more difficult nights here than usual. Usually Kyson doesn't take to long to fall asleep (with me holding him and bouncing on the fitball), but the last few nights (except tonight) it has taken ages and ages. And then I get him down and he wakes after one cycle and I need to resettle him. Then after that he's been generally unsettled for the next few hours. He's also been a bit unsettled during the wee morning hours, but I'm been so sleepy that it's like I'm resettling him on auto-pilot (which is almost a blessing, lol). I still don't think he's the worst sleeper in the world, but with us thinking about baby number 2 I've been thinking about his sleeping a bit more. At first it didn't worry me because I figured that even if I got pregnant tomorrow (don't worry, it's not going to be that soon!) then I would have 9 months for him to become a better sleeper naturally. Nine months is more than double how long he's been earthside so far, so I know a lot can change. But then DH was saying that things might be very taxing on my body during pregnancy as well. Soooo, I just booked us both in to Pinky McKay's sleep seminar on Feb 10th. She was one of the speakers at our birth class and we thought she was pretty good, and I like her thoughts and approach to baby sleep, so I'm really looking forward to it. Plus, babies are welcome so I don't have to leave Kyson (which I still haven't gotten up the nerve to do yet!).

Oh, you've probably noticed that my user name has changed Hope you all like the new one. I'll give it a couple of weeks, then remove the "aka" and then I can spill the beans about what's coming up soon. Don't worry, it's nothing bad, just something I don't want some people to know about.

I can't wait for Seaworld!!! Cathy are you bringing Cara as well as Laura? I can't wait to meet you and to see Bella and Jemima again. I definitely want to get a photo like Bailey. Nay, did you take your pram with you? I figure a pram would be good for Seaworld. I'm also going to take Kyson to WhiteWater World, and was not sure about taking the pram and then leaving it alone while we are in the water, but then I guess that even if I was just carrying his bag I would still have to leave the bag somewhere unattended. I think the pram is just much easier to take all our stuff in, plus it gives Kyson somewhere to nap. Ok, I think I've convinced myself that the pram is essential at both Seaworld and WhiteWater World. Ooooh, I hope the polar bears are being active! I went once with DH and we watched then play for almost 2 hours they were so mesmerising! The next time when we had the DSS's there we hardly even glimpsed them, lol.

Nicky, LOVE the new username! I hope your FIL gets better soon. My best friend got shingles near her middle ear and it caused Bells Palsy. It never completely went away and you can see that one side of her face doesn't respond as well as the other (eg. when she smiles one eye is slightly wider than the other). Hopefully no one catches it at your house, but at least if they do you will no that there is almost no possibility that they will ever get it again. It's meant to be much milder as a child. Oh, and Allira probably is still protected by your antibodies if you've had it before

Nay - Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. You can only get shingles if you have had chickenpox before, because the virus that gave you chickenpox lies dormant in nerve cells and can reactivate and become shingles. If you haven't had chickenpox and come into contact with someone with shingles, you can catch chickenpox, but not shingles.