Catching up!

Hmmm...let me see....

Not much to report really! No teeth, no new tricks (can pull herself onto her knees but not up onto her feet yet...although will stand for ages holding on if put there!). She can go from crawling to sitting and sitting to crawling.

She's settled herself into her own little routine now though. I think she's had to with me working twice a week. Three solid meals a day and three feeds (first thing, mid afternoon and bedtime). She loves her bottles almost as much as she loves her boob now and we've even given her a bottle at bedtime on occasion as boob this week where she's been grouchy with cold and unsettled. Yes, I'm still breastfeeding. After a couple of weeks working my supply adapted (struggled for a few days) and I'm pleased as I do still really enjoy it, as does she. Who would've thought we'd get this far?!

She's so easy to feed. Has taken to lumps really well and have not yet found ANYTHING she won't eat. We've just started her on finger foods but only things like soft, cooked veg, rice cakes and toast. Oh, and anything she finds on the floor (a favourite being tinsel strands at the moment which certainly brighten up her nappies).

She sleeps though the night from around 7pm to 6am...goes down awake and settles herself. Sings when she wakes up for as long as half an hour before she decides she's starving!

She really has been as easy baby so far in that sense. She's quite laid back to. That doesn't mean she's a puchover though. She knows exactly what she wants and how to get it and she has a fab set of lungs and temper on her when she's feeling hard done by! She's a feisty one! I think she teases Noah as much as he teases her....either getting her own back or following his example!

She's in her sitty-uppy bath seat in the bath now and (bad mother alert!) has just moved permanently into her high chair from the bouncy chair!! It was just so much easier to do it that way while I could get away with it!!

She's just starting to suffer a bit with seperation anxiety. She'd only just gotten used to being left with her Grandma too. Still, she's a tough cookie, she shows no weakness if she can help it! Bless her. she even gets left in a creche while I take Noah swimming. Noah hasn't even been left with anyone other than family before!! Totally different the 2nd time round isn't it?!

I'd love to be able to take her swimming and do things with her like Jo Jingles etc. but that's going to have to wait until Noah goes to Pre-School. I've found giving each of them my 100% attention and devoted time on a one-to-one basis the hardest thing to adapt to but it's falling into place now.

I'm looking forward to her first Christmas and her first visit to Santa. It's so lovely to have a girly as well as a boy. A totally different bond. I keep saying to Simon that I was so worried I wouldn't love her as much as I love Noah but it was NEVER an issue and I love her so much.