Hello MrsA, you remind me of me when I was waiting to give birth to DD against the clock before my parents had to fly back to Spain. For what it's worth, I just wanted to say that I had a sweep (or swipe, as we called it) and went into labour that same evening. I went on to have an easy, short labour in the birthing pool a mere 3 hours before my parents flew back. Sending you oxytocin vibes and pineapple juice.
It is lovely to hear from you all and from the smalls. Unlike your little strippers, D if very keen on wearing clothes, and arranging his own outfits with interesting and unconventional results: e.g. bright t-shirts over checked shirts and such like. He is so keen on dressing himself that I dare not argue.
We are still having poo issues, that I am accepting with a zen countenance that stems from six months of trying EVERYTHING. He takes himself to the loo to pee and has done so from the start, he wakes up with dry nappies and goes to the loo first thing in the morning. But there is no amount of bribes, threats and mentions of big boys who do poopoo in the loo that will persuade him to sit and do it. He will demand to be put in a nappy, or he will do it in his pants. I think he has developed some sort of trauma, or he's scared or he is ashamed. I don't know. What I am doing is just not making a fuss any more, throwing away lots of cheap pants who are beyond rescuing, and allowing him to wait for his night time nappy to do it. He is perfectly aware that he needs to go, and in fact, he even says. "Mummy, got nappy, going to do poo, ok?"
Great to hear about your boring pregnancy, digi, and may it lead to a boring birth.
DD is 10 months old and has 3 teeth. She engages in the odd bit of nipple biting and finds it hilarious when I wail in pain. She is also beginning to sleep a bit better after a hellish period of two hourly wakings from 8 months. I was back at work then, and at the end of my tether!