Really interesting about women's ability to pick up on non verbal cues pidj, I think I'd read that too. It should go to show why we can be so good at diplomacy (and hence the project management aspects of architecture, much as contractors like to think I'm there for the soft furnishings.. 
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O was better today, although seems to be easier to distract and harder to get to sleep in the day. I've taken to hanging out in the internal bathroom as I can make it as dark as I need, which I think tricks him into thinking it's sleep time. My mother is here again for my day of work, which is lovely for all of us. Dh back on form and O larking about trying to make everyone laugh by laughing at them, which is good for morale.
Sorry about the sick wl, I think we all feel your pain!
We've had two wake ups already, which is unusual these days, but we're in another ww leap, which might explain it.
Not sure who asked about weaning but O is only 5 months now, so we're not there yet. We are experiencing new flavours though; tomato (cooked and raw,) pepper (ditto), pear, cucumber, carrot, mushroom, the inside of a kiwi skin and strawberry have all had a thorough sucking. He was reaching for my apple today so I let him have that, and he quite happily licked it the whole way home. Might get some proper blw sized/half body bibs and let him loose on softer food - he was covered in tomato pips by time he finished this afternoon.