5 months

To my sweet baby girl,

What a delightful age you have reached. Your little personality is really beginning to shine through. If someone you are not really familiar with holds you for a cuddle, you quickly dissolve into tears, which dissapear the instant you are back in Mummys arms - cheeky monkey. You have become really ticklish lately too. You get up quite a cackle as I dry under your arms after bathtime, or nuzzle your neck with my nose, or even if I try to wipe a little dribble from under your chin. You especially love it when we blow rasberries on your tummy, you giggle in anticipation as I get closer to do it all over again.
We got the Jolly Jumper out for the first time this moth. You loved it. You havnt really worked out how to jump just yet, but you loved being able to turn yourself around, and the whole new perspective on the world it gave you!
We are trialling using cloth nappies at night. We use a fitted nappy with cute little knitted woollies over the top. Im still getting used to the great big bottom it gives you! It still amazes me how the wool cover manages to keep your clothes dry...but it does! Sometimes we even use a fitted nappy and knitted longies in the day time. Mostly we use all in one nappies though. I couldnt imagie going bck to full time disposables now!You and Isaac love sitting side by side in the new double stoller. You love going out walking, but its been so cold and wet we dont get much of a chance.
You are not really that keen on spending time on your tummy, but we persevere anyway. You look so cute when you manage to push yourself up and have a look around.

You have really discovered your hands this month. you are fascinated with your fingers, and love holding onto your toys now.Isaac loves to give you cuddles, and you giggle away at him.....too cute.

We spent a week down at Pt Elliot this month. You were really good. You are still really happy being carried in the sling, and its suprisingly comfortable with you in there. It makes my life easier having two hands free as well.Im not sure if your teeth are starting to think about coming through, but you have become a bit of a dribble pot. You are nearly always in a bib now or your clothes end up soaked. Your eyes are definately going to stay blue...they seem to be getting brighter each day. Looks like Nath will be my only brown eyed child.I love you my sweet little cinta bug!

OOPS I didnt realise this hadnt been posted yet! Im a very slack blogger lately! Better late than never!

My baby turns 11 !

Its hard to believe it, where does the time go? Its Calebs 11th birthday today! I thought it was a good time for a little photographic trip down memory lane. A photo a year 1997 - 2008. (excuse the quality of a couple of the photos, I dont have a scanner , so they are photos of photos -he came along way back before the days of digital cameras....you know, back in the olden days LOL)

I love how you can see him growing up, and see his gorgeous, sometimes toothless smile. He looks as though butter wouldnt melt in his mouth. Yeah right!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE

Here are a few more of my gorgeous (well most of the time) four kidlets after Calebs birthday dinner of Lasagne tonight..... I finally worked out how to get them all to smile at once too (well the boys anyway!) Caleb let one rip just before I took the first photo. Any of you with boys know how terribly funny they find farting etc, so that was enough to keep them all giggling and laughing while I took some photos!

And one final photo just because it wouldnt be a blog post with out a splash of pink these days.

My little girl in her very first flannies - could you imagine anything cuter LOL

A few more pics....

Just wanted to upload some favourite pics from the past few weeks (since Ive been such a slack blogger lately, and especially as I promised some updates for Nanna & Pappa!!!) Some of Jazz from her 5 month photo shoot that we did today, and lots of others from our week away.

Four months

Dear baby girl,

Four months seems to be that point where the weeks and months no longer match up! You were 16 weeks about a week and a half ago, but going by the dates, you have just reached the four month mark.

You are at such a precious age right now - you are recognising people and responding with huge beaming smiles, and then burying your head into me like you have suddenly become shy - its so cute. The other day Caleb spoke to you while you were looking over my shoulder and you started laughing - it was an absolute crack up - he laughed back, and that started you of again - so it went on - a little game between you and your biggest brother.

The day you turned 13 weeks you started sleeping through the night. Each night Id go to bed expecting to get up to feed you, but you kept on sleeping all night! You have your last feed somewhere between 5pm & 6.30pm and then down for the night between 6pm & 7.3opm. We dont hear a peep from you until at least 6am - usually closer to 7am! I quickly worked out what it was that started you sleeping through - you found your thumbs! You would wriggle your little arms out of the wrap and start sucking your thumb to re settle yourself. It only took a couple of weeks before I stopped wrapping you at all.

You are still a real cat napper during the day though. You very rarely sleep in your cradle during the day. If I manage to get you off to sleep in my arms you wake as soon as I put you in there. If I pop you on the u pillow on the lounge, or in your rocker you sleep much better. I guess sleeping anywhere is better than no sleep at all during the day. A good sleep for you during the day is 45 min.

Im still fully breast feeding you and it is all going well. You had become really squirmy during feeds, and I tried some gripe water, which seemed to help. Im planning on keeping you on just breast milk until at least 6 months and then hopefully once we start solids, still keep feeding you myself until around 12 months. You have taken a couple of bottles of expressed breastmilk, but it was a bit of a saga to get you to take it. Nanna tried one night when she looked after you and you wouldnt take it, I eventually managed to get you to drink it after abut 10 min of trying and some rather loud protesting on your behalf! Quite often when Im feeding you Isaac will get his dummy and teddy and come and snuggle up on the lounge with us - it is so sweet to have him laying there as well, sharing our special time!

Our cloth nappy journey is still going strong. Ive decided which sort suit you the best - itti bitti d'lish and patooties, we are slowly building a nice little stash of these. We are about to try going to cloth as night nappies as well. Here are some pics of you in a couple of our favourite nappies.

We had another little trip away this month. We spent the June long weekend down at Goolwa with the Kays. You were really good, although a bit unsettled during the night times. Luckily you were sleeping right next to me on a little shelf, and I could just reach over to comfort you.

You are reaching out to touch toys, and sometimes managing to grasp things for a short time. You love sucking on your fingers and hands, and anything else that you manage to get close enough to your mouth. You are a happy baby - most of the time, you like to be able to see one of us though!!!! You also still love being carries in the sling - occasionally we even manage to get Daddy to have you in there for a while too! I love you my sweet little girl, our lives are definately much busier with four precious children, but I wouldnt change it for the world.

xxxxx Mummy xxxxx