Clare, I am sorry that your memories of new baby days are so tainted. I so hope that next time round you get all the warm fuzzies and healing that you deserve. All the disappointment I felt about W's birth has faded away now that I have had a birth the way I wanted and knew that I could do.

Cally, I shouldn't have laughed at K's regimented sleep routine - now W goes to be with a bottle, a hot water bottle that must be in the right place and the picture side up, and now he has claimed A's glowbug toy which needs to be tucked in next to him lol

MD, I am glad that H is handling it well. I would have been a mess at that age if my mum was in your situation. As it was I lost a lot of sleep worrying about what would happen if something happened to her, as I didn't know my father and my only other family is an aunt who was a single mother of three already. Lucky your DH can keep everything going so there is a sense of continuity.

MM, glad M's op went well. Must have been horrible for you though. Is it seriously nearly your 1st wedding anniversary??

Ginger, yay for your seachange where ever you end up. I love being able to decide at the drop of a hat to go boating/bushwalking/picnic at the lake.

W seems to have taken another leap in logic and his sentences are really well constructed now. He still mixes up me/my with you/his but good apart from that. He is sitting on the couch making Cobra's, Toby's and Veltics (fishing lures) out of duplo then casting it out and catching Snapper and Gropers lol.

Amelia is fantastic. She has slept through the past 3 nights - last night she did 9-6! I am thrilled! I put her in the Bumbo yesterday and she can already sit bolt upright in it. I had W in it at this age but he leaned to the side quite a bit. I also tried her in the Jumperoo and she seemed to enjoy that.