at all the interest in the Christmas thread. It was just one post really, but it summed up a vibe that's on here sometimes that REALLY annoys me. There's this kind of competitiveness buy-the-least one upmanship that goes on about Christmas presents. Along with a snotty view that people who buy lots of presents are the ones who can least afford it, on benefits, getting into debt etc. I know one or two people like this in RL, lots of 'ooh, haven't you bought DS a lot for Christmas' I only buy DD one or two things from a charity shop. Neglecting to mention the islabike, micro scooter, kidkraft kitchen etc etc that dear old granny buys, or the boxes of brio that uncle whatshisface had in the loft. Anyway the post is in this thread.
Onto other things... Thanks for all the comments on the house. It'll probably have been sold by the time we start looking, but if it isn't then we'll go and have a look at it. Not sure re: extension potential - the loft appears to be split into a small room used as a study and storage space. Not sure why they didn't convert it into a bedroom - could be cost or it might be that there's nowhere to put stairs in. The second bedroom looks an ok size - they have bunk beds in it at the moment. I don't have a problem with sharing but I guess it would depend on how much space there was generally. It's so hard to get something in our price bracket in the best catchments in Edinburgh - it's almost London like that way! Most of the properties are either big detached/semi-detatched at £400K plus or the traditional tenements which can be anything from £300K upwards (tenement flats in Edin are big but expensive on account of location).
Re: the possibility of a second DC, I certainly think we'll give it a bash, but we're giving ourselves a short window of opportunity. It's been a difficult decision for us. There's a lot of sacrifices for us (and more importantly DS) in having a second child but at the same time I do get a bit gooey at the sight of a newborn and I think it would be lovely for DS to have a sibling. In an ideal world we'd have had DS a bit sooner and aimed for a slightly shorter age gap. But who knows, we might not be lucky (something I'm quite conscious of) so we'll see how it goes.
LaG - I'm in the 'what matters is what works' when it comes to getting sleep . DS1 won't sleep on your floor forever. I'm sorry to hear about the anxiety though. Funnily enough, DS has been a bit clingy and cuddly lately - I wonder if it's a bit of a stage at this age but it's been compounded by the whole moving thing for you? If he's jealous of the time your spending with DS2 is there any opportunity to spend more one on one time with him at the weekend?
I was also a bit 
at your DD having a reading book Gig. I'm quite relieved to hear there's no words in it . I can imagine that lots of nannies do that kind of thing with their charges but I would have thought that would be pre-agreed with the parents.
I watched The Killing Gig. I found it a wee bit long and unfortunately the end was inadvertently leaked to me. The next series only looks like 10 episodes though which is better I think.
Ok, this is a truly mammoth post so I should sign off. Stitching great news about having a job to apply for though it made me chuckle a bit that it was a church school 