Hey Oz! I've been loving the photos on the kids on FB. Your Zoe is quite the cutie

Arte, the tantrums have settled for us - he still has at least one a day but they don't last for as long. I don't know how it sort of came about that he doesn't have as many. But we still get one really good one a week LOL.

H, you're going to have to say something, because while they might like the fact that she is reallu chubby and to them that probably equates as chubby = healthy and strong, like a lot of people from that generation do, there is a fine line between 'oh isn't she a cute chubby toddler' to 'OMG isn't she HUGE' when she's a bit older kwim? And I can guarantee that they will be the worst ones for commenting on it even though they created and contributed to the problem all along I think she is just gorgeous as she is and a normal toddler but they can' keep undermining you by buying her love and feeding her crap. I hope you can get through to them though because it's going to do your head in. And my mum was the same too, busting her ass to give them their first chocolate biscuit but I always said to her wasn't it lovely that the kids have their diabetic grandmother teaching them good eating habits at such a young age and she layed off a bit LOL. Probably a bit mean but they are my kids and I will be as vocal and as rude as I need to be to get the message though.

Noni, that's crap. If my DH dared say anything to me like that I would tear him a new one. He needs a reality check and needs to realise that this is his life now till the last child leaves home. He can't just swan around the place making you feel like **** and if he wants a sleep in then he can damn well help you because that means everyone is happy then.

LOL SupaB, talk about the new belly babe all you like hun, we'd love to hear how your pg progresses. And I have to live vicariously through all of you that are still having kids LOL so I need to hear all about it.

MD is there any way you can busy yourself, or set yourself a huge list of things to do before The Big Day so that it seems like it will drag on forever? I wish I could be there to hold your hand and be a cheeer squad for you.

Clare, again I would have tore him a new one if anyone had the audacity to suggest that they knew what was right for one of my children. You did well not to throw more than just the pb jar ROFL. I hope it was the wake up call he needed and you dont' have any issues from him again. I also assume he is childless?

Well I have a happy wanderer on my hands I think. He is just besotted with DH atm and follows him everywhere, regardless of whether we want him to or not LOL. Over the weekend I have had to go and fetch him twice because he's gone off to catch up to DH. First time was just before I had to take L to a birthday party and DH was at the neighbours place stipping their oats, and it was right across the road from our front gate. So I go to get Alister ready to go and can't find him. Ask L where he is and he said 'dunno' so I have a look around and thankgod for bright orange Tshirts because I can see him halfway down our driveway, only wearing a nappy and shirt mind you, but he'd put his gumboots on LOL. So I drive down to get him and ask him where he was going and he said "To Dad on the header" so we come home toss him in the tub and get ready and away we go. Then yesterday DH was carting a bit of straw back to the house with the loader tractor and I didn't realise he'd gone to do more. The boys were outside and I was just about to get him organised to go pick up the girls from BIL's and he comes in wanting his shoes on. So I changed his nappy, put shorts on then his shoes and he just goes outside again. Luckily I went out about 5 minutes afterwards only to see him just at the top of the hill to go over to the back paddock. So again I had to fetch him home and he told me he was going to cart hay with Dad. So we've had to reinforce all the gates LOL to try to keep him in the yard.