Cathncait you are not crap! I have succombed to the dummy today, once when he woke up when the phone rang and I really needed to speak to someone (business not pleasure!) and another so that I could spend some more time on dd instead of comforting ds. They are still young enough I'm sure for us to withdraw the dummy without it being too stressful for too long and if not, well it's only a bit of silicone or whatever and all babies need a prop or comforter. I think most people also rock their baby to sleep or use a dummy or take them out in a buggy or whatever, especially at this age. My dd1 is a fantastic sleeper but she didn't become one until around 8 months. And she needed constant walking around the park or streets in the middle of the night (made my dh do it always ).
Oh and forgot to mention Secur I am always poking ds if I can't hear him. It is scary isn't it? My worst incident so far is when I woke up with my arm over his face and I panicked like mad. That's why I didn't want to co-sleep this time round but I still find myself doing it for about half the night, although it is getting less.
XenaWP, in my experience dd1 had incredibly waxy ears (once a huge lump fell out!)and Alex has just started getting them too. And yes one ear is often worse than the other. Just wait for the stuff that starts coming out of their nose as well!
Gomez - it is amazing what you can survive on. My dh is not badly paid but we never thought we could survive on it. However we do fine although the disposable income and 'mummy treats' go out the window but I'm sure you'll find plenty of places you'd never thought of to save a few pennies (hey aren't you a 'money-woman'??).
Thanks Karen, I will have another go (sorry for putting them in the wrong place).
Secur - ds is 14 weeks on thursday (OMG). Somewhere down the page I did a summing up of dob etc (although I haven't got XenaWP's details). And btw, what did your dd weigh in at in the end at birth?
Phew, think that's all...for now...