Hi, Sarina (now 6 months and 1 week old) and I have been travelling a lot in the last couple of months visiting family in Europe and New Zealand (she's already a frequent flyer!!) and it's been great to read all your updates!

Sarina started on rice cereal 5 days ago (aged 6 months and 1 day) and I'm amazed how much she loves it. The spoon just goes too slowly - she wants to eat it straight from the bowl!

Anyone else noticed how breastmilk breaks down the rice cereal so it goes watery the longer you leave it in? I'm so glad we waited until she's 6 months as she really seems ready to eat although she never really gave any indication that breastmilk wasn't enough.

She had her 6 month check yesterday - 7.6 kgs, 63cm long and 43.5 cm head circumference. MHCN said she's small (but so are we) and has a big head!! (she's already wearing 9 month old hats so we know that already!)

Not rolling at all yet - only done it about 6 times with coaxing. She loves tummy time though so need to do more exercises with her. And no teeth yet.

For those who are onto solids - have you dropped any breastfeeds? How quickly do you build up to 2 meals a day? I'm so confused about food.