I finally saw Cooper clap hands! Mark said he did it the other day but I missed it. It was so cute.

He's pulling himself up onto stuff now. Not the couch but things down lower (us when we're sitting on the floor, his old rocker, the Huggies box). And he can't stand up straight. He only stands up halfway – so he's on his feet but his back is bent!

He crawls everywhere now. Loves the drain holes in the bathroom and laundry. Have to keep him away from the bathroom one as I'm scared his fingers will get stuck. He also loves watching the washing machine go around but at the same time he gets scared and cries!!!

Question... Does anyone else's baby pull their own hair? When I'm feeding Cooper he often grabs at his hair and yanks it soooooo hard. I think he's about to pull it out of his head!!!

Fraser – Cooper has done the same thing recently. Waking up at weird hours and the only thing that will settle him is a feed. But he's not doing it every night.

Does Charlie not normally sleep on his tummy? He should be fine. Cooper's been sleeping on his tum since about 4 months.

kmh – Sorry to hear Charlotte is not sleeping well. Gosh these babies keep us on our toes. Always mixing it up! I can never figure out why Cooper changes his sleeping patterns so much (although it's mostly day sleeps for him).

Mads – It was okay to have a night out. Not anything I'm keen to repeat though. I'm happy to stay home with Cooper or otherwise continue with nights out for the 3 of us. Usually we go to BBQs at friend's houses and Cooper just sleeps in the portacot. I didn't really enjoy leaving him even though it went smoothly! But we have two more weddings coming up so I'll have to do it again.

I've also stopped pureeing. I just use a fork or the potato masher.

Bubseykel – What a cute story about Danielle waving. Cooper seems to have forgotten how to wave.

So did Danielle crawl before she could sit? Wow it's usually the other way around isn't it? She's been crawling for a while now hasn't she?

I tried boiling and then pureeing mince and it was feral. Looked like dog food. I didn't give it to Cooper on it's own … but it was cooked on it's own IYKWIM. I've since tried some baby recipes and have cooked up some fancy beef & vegies and chicken, vegies and lentils. They are yum! I'll post recipes for everyone.