Hi everyone, well I've had two enormous decent-sized helpings of ice cream while catching up on the thread, thank you all for your company 
God I am such a flipping stereotype, sitting here on the sofa feeding my massive belly ice cream 
Sorry to hear of all the sleep problems 
I will whisper it but we've had about a week of better nights since the really bad times, including a few sleep-throughs Far too early to get my hopes up, and in fact my own sleep is so rubbish right now it hasn't made too much difference to how I feel, but it is still so exciting every time we wake up in the morning and realise this is the first time we've heard her.
And LBH 
for you - congratulations on the sleep training!
BG for DD2, she is under the wars.
PA I would be horrified at the fruitshoot! But yes you have to laugh. Hope that the jetlag goes soon and sleep settles down. Must be really tough.
IC I was wondering how your SWI was going... Re BF. I had a fairly uncomfortable conversation with a friend in which she repeatedly said she thought BF over 6m was wierd. When I related this to my mum and sister, they both said that they thought I was wierd to feed DD to 15m, and that it was very wierd that I'd wanted to feed until 2. I said tough luck I'll feed the next one for as long as I like and if that's 2 or even older then I just won't tell you about it [cross]
Mous hope you're not too upset about your Ps' comments re DD2. It is definitely partly a generational thing and also I'm sure they've just forgotten what having young children ls like day to day. Of course you have to partly modify your day to fit around mealtimes, naps etc. Or they'd end up in a total state.
BBB relieved to hear you have your water back. I can't imagine being without it.
My mum has been staying this week and she and I have been decorating DD's new bedroom, while DH looks after DD. It was fun but exhausting and we nearly got it finished. There is always a bit more to do!
Have a good weekend all.