Astrid - That is sooooo cute about Maggie saying dada! Don't worry, I think most babies say dada before they say mum-mum, even in countries where they don't speak english. Makenzie doesn't even make any word-like noises yet. She just screeches and squeals and says "ooooh".
Joh - what a pain with your work. A lot of companies don't seem to like part-timers so try and avoid it where possible. I dunno, I've never worked for a large company so wouldn't know what it's like really, but that's the impression I get from other people.
Well, not much news here really. Miss Makenzie was meant to go have her 6 month needles yesterday but I cancelled as we took the boys and our niece to the zoo instead. So she's going on Tuesday. She is already way late with them so a couple more days won't matter too much. Although she had her 2 month ones later so I'm sort of following on from when she had those. I'm anxious to get her weighed as she hasn't been weighed for over 2 months. Last time she was weighed she was 7kgs so will be interested to see what she is now, especially as she's on solids. I think I might start her on two meals a day as she eats so much during her one meal.
Her two bottom teeth are quite noticeable now. Still can't believe she got them without any real symptoms, except for the day the second one broke through, she was a bit grizzly in the morning.
She's sitting really well now, hardly topples over anymore, except if she gets really excited and she starts jigging herself around and then falls backwards. The last couple of days she's started "dancing" if she hears music, she'll be sitting and she sort of bounces up and down to the music, it's so funny. She managed to get herself on all fours properly today and rock back and forth a couple of times before she face-planted herself, then she got frustrated as she couldn't do it again for a while. I don't want her to crawl yet because we will have to do a major sort-out of all the boys toys so that all the small things are away and the boys can't just get them down themselves. They also tend to leave half full packets of chips on the floor, and their drinks, and their lunch crusts on their plates on the floor if they've had lunch in their rumpus room, which they won't be able to do once she's mobile. I think we'll have to put safety gates across the doorways to their rumpus room or I'll be too stressed all the time.
Anyway, better go and put all these clothes away that I've dumped on the bed. I always do that so I can sort them and fold them etc but I then get sidetracked and then drag myself to bed only to find all this washing still sitting on there that I forgot about!
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