hi, thanks for your votes!
the normal carriers just hurt my shoulders/back too much, with the wraps instead I can carry DD for hours without even feeling her! but like Penthe I'd like to start carrying her on my back, and think an MT would be quicker to wear... DP can wear them on the plain side and we still have a normal carrier and a chicco backpack hooded thingy in case.
yes, I feel so relieved - well when DP gets the letter. I still get a bit anxious about going back to work, you know, that "will I fit in again" feeling, but at least not as I would be if DD was at nursery/CM, especially as the only one I liked round here, which DS attended, had to close (they were very good and the cheapest so couldn't be competitive anymore). but I've still got a few months!
I alwasy tell DS how pretty he is, and clever etc (and he tells me too ), though he says only girls are pretty, boys are cool . I wasn't very confident, especially as a teenager, but nothing to do with my parents, they were always supportive/complimentary, I was just very shy, til I came to London really, I guess having to fend for myself "woke" me up.
b-day is on wed... might get the tiramisu' out of the freezer....