Hi Ladies!

Cherished - yes, baby-led weaning is baby-led solids. I found this great website - I don't think I can post the link, but if you google "babyled weaning" and "wholesome baby food" you'll find it. It has some great recipes and also info on when to introduce solids.

Cass, I too am feeling sad at DD growing up all ready! Just when she lost that fragile newborn look, I shed a tear! LOL!

We feed to sleep too. In fact, its the ONLY way she goes to sleep. And yep, wakes up when I put her down too, but no groggily going back to sleep for us, no, we wake up fully, often with tears, and then start again. She just wants to sleep in my arms, not even on the bed beside me (tried that - doesn't work!) and not even laying on my chest -we had to stop that becasue of the harness, and now she doesn't like it anymore *sigh*

Do you ever have those days where you just feel like that you are doing it ALL wrong? That you have NO IDEA what you are doing? And feel like you just keep making one mistake after another? Well, I'm having one of those days ladies. I just feel incredibly hopeless at this. I am exhausted after DD being awake several times during the night - each time for 1&1/2 - 2 hours, and then when I tried to get her to sleep today she did her usual of only having 1/2 hour (I really thought she might have more today - she should have been tired, I know I am!). But she was tired, just tired and cranky and crying and too tired to sleep I think. Sorry ladies, I am just feeling really crap at this at the moment.
Ok I'll stop now, I have had my whinge.