oh phew, so it is not only my child that is still wearing the Os! we have had 2 summers worth of clothing for DD now...

H: we had MEGA issues in italy with the ILs. i cannot offer any real advice (my attempts to stop them resulted in apples being thrown in village streets...). Leila was given chocolates, fanta, coffee ( )..you name it, she got it. chupa chups are now really hard to avoid at shops...