6 Month Update

My baby was 6 months old on Saturday.  As I always say...where has the time gone?? This month we've seen a massive stride in milestones and developments - it's truely amazing to watch.

We're getting through one last pack of the size 2 nappies before moving onto size 3. Rather guiltily I haven't had her weighted for over a month and a half so have no idea of her weight/what size nappies seem appropriate. It amazes me how relaxed I've been this time round regarding this. With Eoin, who had weight issues from birth, I was getting him weighed every other week. But with Luna...not so much. I just really don't have the time with 2 little people to look after!

Luna's still in a lot 3-6 months clothes (with a few 0-3 from Next still floating about!), but I've had a big sort out the last week or so and moved some 6-9 clothes into her wardrobe. I haven't tried any of them on her yet, but I'm determined she'll get a decent wear out of them.

The biggest development we've seen this month is that Luna has finally mastered the art of sitting up by herself! For a few days last week she was sitting up briefly on the sofa then falling to the side, but since then she's easily grasped how to sit up for a good while. It's great because she can now sit with Eoin on the floor and watch him play (and eye up the Lego!).

It's so lovely to see the relationship develop between E and L. Genuine love. It was Eoin's parent evening at school this week, and the teacher even mentioned how much he loves Luna. Whenever she sees him on a morning her face lights up. He's the only one who can make her laugh and giggle for more than 2 seconds (she has a habit of laughing once and then stopping). She follows him with her eyes around the room. And all Eoin wants to do is give her hugs. It's just...lovely.

Other developments include introducing new flavours. Now she's 6 months, I'm hoping Luna can start enjoying food a bit more. Banana is still a firm favourite, but she also likes (of what we've tried) apples, plums and (as a special treat yesterday) Heinz chocolate pudding. She wolfed that down, haha. She's also had a good suck on various biscuits! She doesn't like carrots or butternut squash.

Big steps this month! And there's only one way to go now...crawling!!

5 Months Update

So Luna turned 5 months on the 26th September. Where has the time gone?! Luna's still in size 2 nappies, but most of the 0-3 clothes don't fit anymore (plus they're all summery!) so we're firmly in the 3-6 month camp now. Next are the acception, because their sizing is huge.

Since last month we've got out the jumperoo. Eoin, my eldest, loved this and we kept it just on the off chance we'd have another. At first Luna wasn't very good at bouncing, but now she's quite the little rocker and will happily bounce around for about 15 minutes before getting bored. Haha.

I suppose one of the major changes this month has been that we've started giving Luna the occasional bit of food. Rusks and bananas are firm favourites (banana custard this morning went down a treat). Strawberries and raspberries she wasn't so keen on. I'll probably start trying her on more vegetables this month, to try and get ready for the big weaning experience! I'm a firm believer in baby led weaning, but I also think purees are great for introducing new flavours.

I really don't know where this year has gone too. It's flown by!

4 months today!

I can't believe Luna is already 4 months old - really, where has the time gone? One of the reasons I set this blog up (well, the only reason really) was to document her progress over the next year or so. I know from having Eoin that children change so much in the first few years, and I really don't want to miss anything.

This month I have started to see some big changes to Luna's character - she's started to reach out for things, and she loves grasping her muslin cloths and putting them in her mouth! She's also started to really enjoy her jungle mat, before I would put her on it and she would cry and cry. Now, she's actually watching the lights and loves kicking her legs. Quite often you put her in one position on the mat, and 5 minutes later she's done a 180. Haha.

She's still in size 2 nappies and her 0-3 months clothes. Just! However, the 3-6 month sleepsuits absolutely swamp her. People always comment on how small she is still (she gets called 'Dolly' quite a lot), but her legs are huge. Proper chubby baby legs. Eoin was a skinny tiny baby and never had baby fat (he still doesn't, he has sparrow legs), so having a proper chubby baby is great.

Her hair has also started to grow! She's got quite a lot at the back, but none at the front at all. We still haven't worked out what colouring she's going to have. I think she'll be darker than her blue eyed, blonde brother though. Her eyes are also getting paler, and slightly greyer.

I hate how quickly this first year goes!