Noni, DH and I have been married for 18 years and have only lived in our own house for 5 of those years (4 of which we were totally broke LOL) so I well and truly hear you on being jealous of the decorating stuff. You can achieve a lot with your soft furnishings, rugs, lamps (to create mood) and Jeepers I wish someone had told me about the removable picture hooks 20 years ago!!! I'm also loving the new generation of wall stickers (that actually peel off - because they never used to) so needless to say Missy E will have a much nicer bedroom than DD1 did at that age. Not that DD1 remembers!

Glad that you're making progress with the solids, if he enjoyed the corn perhaps concentrate a bit more on giving him fingerfoods ala BLS when he first gets up and full of energy, kwim?

MP perhaps the boys will prefer to share a room when they're a bit older, I reckon they will be best buddies, it's fun to have bunk beds or whatever with your sibling - just so long as they each have their own designated space within the room it can work quite well. I'm totally in love with the idea of having a nanny-housekeeper, if you're able to I think you should give it a try. You will know it's working when you're less stressed and enjoying your time at home more than when you're dashing about to get stuff done, kwim?

Cass - I'm LOLing at your astroturf faux pas. Terribly funny that people are so precious about it.