Okay, my update:

Luke is now 4 (how did that happen so fast?) and is making progress with his talking. He's been having speech therapy since February and we have an informal diagnosis of developmental verbal dyspraxia. It has taken me a little while to accept that he isn't just a late talker, but we celebrate the small steps these days. He also signs a lot which helps him to communicate at nursery. In every other way he's a typical 4 year old and he just adores Connor.

Connor is almost 9 months now and he's huge! He weighs over 10kg (around 23-24lb) which is over the 90% line on the charts. Luke has never made it above 50%, so this is new to me. He is desperate to crawl, but can only do the commando crawl at the moment, where he drags himself across the floor by sheer force of will. I think his legs just aren't strong enough to hold his huge body up!

My sister had a baby girl (Holly) the day after Luke's birthday, so I'm finally an Auntie.

I'm also surprised by Emma's news. I hope you manage to make the changes you need as quickly and easily as possible. I cannot imagine how hard that has been to deal with, but wish you the best for the future. I hope Jack had a good birthday and is over the dreaded pox.

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Mummy to Luke & Connor