Hi all. BBB I am always rushing on here too and never feel I can give back as much support as you lovely ladies provide.
SB hope you are soon better - do rest while you can. BG hope your test went well. I'm he same with a really high metabolism - I eat as much as DH (who is 180cm) and burn it off. Also makes me good at burning off alcohol 
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IC glad you are feeling okay - have been thinking about you. Totally agree that a baby a this precise moment would have been really hard. I know how hard your DH is working. Next year will be almost as hard, as an NQT, I'm afraid.
FC congrats and welcome back. Your description of pregnancy sounds pretty much identical to my second one and is another reason no to have a third. On that note, we raised £200 altogether through ebaying some equipment and selling the rest a the nearly new sale today. In fairness, we still have about 4/5ths of it left and may end up freecycling lots so that the ceiling doesn't fall on our heads.
Mous te he about your DD2 deciding it's time for potty training - that's what DS1 did when DS2 was only 3 weeks old. He suddenly refused to wear a nappy and was sorted in a couple of weeks at 2.2years. DS2 continues to use the potty often and asks for it but is not consistent yet. I have to say that DS1 is still not dry at night, although we're on the way there. It does seem later for my friends with boys than girls, although I hate to generalise. DS1 wasn't dry in the daytime nap until January this year, but was potty trained 10 months before so don't always assume that has to be the case for successful potty training. He's only just mastered grown up walking up and down stairs too, but obviously has spent much of the last 18 months weak due to diet stuff. DS2 already tries to walk up and down in the grown up way and pretty much throws himself down them anyway!!
Had the carpets cleaned on Friday which was fab and then a couple of hours off to buy a dress. It's my birthday this coming week so we went out for dinner with some friends and for once I found more than one dress that I liked. See facebook for DS1's take on heels!!
Anyway, glad to hear life with new babies is going okay (despite the inlaws PA - we've always had similar problems so I totally get it!) Off to bed now after a week of midnight bedtimes, due to prepping the NCT sale stuff, and earlier than 6am mornings (the boys just seem to know when we need our sleep!!)
Saw the consultant on Tuesday with paediatrician and now a possible date for endoscopy for DS1 on 22nd December though hoping to bring it further forward by crying/shouting as required.
Sorry for any missing letters etc.. no time to reread as DH wants 'a cuddle'!!! Night all, and may it be a long and smooth one. (P.s. we have a bed guard for DS1 still as he regularly turns upside down. We have a mothercare bed which is veyr low to the floor, but 2'6" and a normal length).
p.p.s DS2 is regularly missing tea at the moment and I barely even register it asfter all the dietary stuff we've dealt with. FC would recommend not worrying too much - we just give food, replace with toast and marg if we think they'll be hungry in the night and don't withold pudding (it's not a prize, but part of a meal). Boys are expeced to try a mouthful of stuff. They also stay at table in highchair/ on seat even if refusing to eat. Despite everything, ours happen to generally be pretty good eaters, which personally I count as a major achievement in the circumstances. Probably just luck though!!