Yeah, time. And yeah, once a year sounds about right. What does his mom think about this? Would she come to visit her grandbaby? Does he have relatives who would pay for him to go to Australia more often? How long is BIL staying-- is he thinking about moving to Australia?

If that's true about WH's motive for seeing the baby. . . I just hope that seeing his first and only child would do SOMEthing to him.

It's really really hard that he wants to and can easily move so far away. Really hard.

He might want to Skype to see the baby. I hope he does.

The bottom line is that if he wants to "come back," nothing will stop him. And if he doesn't, same thing. I really hope that he gives three months to the baby to really bond. Maybe with his brother being there, it will help.