Pandora, glad to see you! I hope things work out the way you want. Hard when you don't both want the same thing. I hope the formula works out for your ds too! Most of my kids really slowed down their weight gain in the second half of the first year... and in the second year hardly put on any weight at all! (I don't think this will be the case with Tom who is a right boofer.)

It's been such a long time since I posted an update on us! Tom is doing really well - he looks like he'll take off walking any day now but we've been saying that for a month. He'll stand there on his own without holding on for a few seconds until he realises what he's doing and then he plops on his bottom and that's it. He's a very active little boy - I can't believe how fast he can crawl. I'll have to get it on video because he looks like a little lizard scurrying along.

His sleep was so bad that I've had to get really mean the last week and let him cry a bit in his cot. Not much - just a few minutes at a time, but enough to make him realise he isn't going to get a bosom in his mouth every time he squawks. He's still having about eight breastfeeds a day and I am so tired (see the bit about him being a boofer) ... now he's just waking up at about 3am, and then coming into bed with me at 6am again for a snoozy early morning feed. He isn't big on solid food, or at least being *fed* - he likes to feed himself and pretty much just eats table food now, more or less whatever we are having.

He's only got four teeth but I think he's got a couple more coming in.

I'm back at work two days a week, and at the end of March I'll be back four days a week. I'm enjoying it though - there've been some changes in my role and the office that make it a much better place to be!

Hope everyone is well. I love keeping up on Facebook but this is nice too How are all the babies coping with summer?