Bunty, My parents used to live in the central belt and I lived there from 10-18 until I came back north for uni and stayed!
Bailey says "mummum", "dadada", "yeah" and "no". Get lots of babbling and conversations with himself as well as pointing at stuff going "ooh". He's def been focussing on that and using his hands to analyse and explore stuff rather than moving.
Apparently he was very frustrated at nursery today with not being able to crawl forwards and wanted to be sitting where he could see everything.
Glorious, that sounds like mental teething. B was like that at one point and I hadn't realised that was what was going on. I used to dose him up on everything (and still do if it's bad). He got ibuprofen (because it lasted longer), teething granules and anbesol rubbed on his gums. Usually within 10-15 mins he was asleep again. If he woke after two hours, he got more granules. After three hours, it was more anbesol and granules.
Creepy, sorry you've had a tough time. Def get out as soon as you can! You'll be able to actually talk to each other. My mil begs us to babysit as she thinks it's so important to get out as new parents together when you can. Hasn't happened as much since I've been back at work but we know she'll babysit at a moments notice if she's free. 