Ha ha Gibs! I hate people for Mel too! That's utter crap Mel!
Gibs, what did you decide to do? I would probably try to nip it in the bud if at all possible, but if she put up a fight, I'd probably give in.
Round, that's maddening that you have to move your mom so quickly. Good luck with that. I can't believe Bryce is walking! That's crazy crazy! Ugh to having him sleep on you. I know that all too well. It's not wonderful at all. At some point he'll sleep. Hopefully sooner than later. Not sure if I have the mommy thing down, but I've definitely hit a groove that I'm liking.
Lucy, Benjamin is like Delilah. She's still in mostly 6 month clothes. I bought a dress for her at Old Navy for Easter and it was 0-3 months. It was on sale though and I think it's because they ran really large. How much does he weigh? She's only 17lbs. I can't believe he's only ever had 1 nap! Delilah would be a nightmare without more sleep. She can barely go a 3 hour stretch awake.
Here's my "I hate people" story. I brought Delilah to the playground today. She loves the swing, but there is only one. A woman was hogging it with her kid, but I played in the sand with Delilah until they were done. We started swinging and the woman's kid kept running right towards the swing, so I had to keep grabbing the swing so it wouldn't hit the kid. I told the mom that it was scaring me that her kid was getting so close. She said, and I quote, "oh don't worry, I'm keeping a very close eye on him." I thought to myself, why can't you just play elsewhere? Why does your kid need to play a game of running right at the swing when I'm trying to use it? Not a second later, the kid runs toward the swing, it hits him, I try to grab the swing as Delilah is swinging towards me, but instead my fingernail digs right into the corner of her eye super hard. She was hysterical. She has a bit of a black eye now and I'm traumatized for hurting my child. Stupid lady. Go play on something else with your kid! She left very soon thereafter. As she was leaving, her kid was throwing a fit. Screaming and crying. All of a sudden, Delilah laughed! Not sure why she laughed, but the timing was impeccable.