hobnob oh don't apologise you deserve it after the horrible nights you have had! well done Isla!
Fruit so sentimental and so very true. It has not been said recently so well done for reminding us what stares us in the face, we should not be complacent, we are very lucky.
laugs I think I gave DD eggs around that time too, possibly 8 months! I did it on the back of my SIL who has 3 children (she is chinese, has 2 fully chinese children and a half chinese half american boy with my BIL). She weaned her first two on eggs from the start (she also trained them to poo by holding them over the toilet/a bin ) and they are both very very strong girls immune system wise, no allergies, not susceptible to colds easily etc (also very clever, not sure we can give the eggs credit there though!) and it was such as fab first solid food, as DD could hold it herself, she would not choke on it and it was more 'solid' than other foods which just melted. But DS seems a bit more vulnerable (has a little bit of excma, this wheezing thing, which incidently has almost disappeared atm!).
R is growing. He obviously wanted milk last night to get ready for it. He did as DD did, he fed, fed, fed, fed, then he slept for 3 hours straight after his nice hearty lunch of one whole ice cube of carrot mixed with milk, the whole time twitching his little hands and feet . Maybe, just maybe he will sleep and let DH and I go to Restuarant Isabella as I wont be in bed by 8pm tonight.