Hi everyone

Diana had her first solids today! She is two weeks short of 6 months, but for weeks she has been eyeing up my food and trying to grab it (yesterday she grabbed a biscuit out of my hand and put it in her mouth), so we decided to start today. She had a bit of mashed avocado (maybe one tablespoon all up, although she probably only swallowed about half of it) for dinner and absolutely loved it. It was so cute. Tomorrow we will give her something else to try.

Diana got her first Christmas present today. I'm Polish, and when I was little children got gifts on St Nicholas day (6th of December), as well as on Christmas Eve (lucky us). So this morning there was gift in Diana's stocking. She got a wrist rattle and played with it for a large part of the day.

Jen - I so know how you feel about being overwhelmed by housework. Mine seems neverending too. It seems that as soon as I finish I have to start again. How cute about Kenzie licking your ice block. In the weekend we went to a bbq at a friend's house and Diana tried to grab my bottle of beer (low alcohol ) and drink from it.

Naomi - Thanks for your comment on Diana's website. Yes, she is standing in the photo. I tried to sit her down on the couch, but she wouldn't bend her legs, so I stood her against the back of the couch and let go of her, and she stood there for about 5 seconds (long enough for me to take the photo), then fell over.

Charly - what a great story. You should send it to a magazine or something as I'm sure it's print worthy.

Mel - hope your Christmas shopping went well. I think that I have done most of mine too. BTW - I haven't heard anything from the other Sydney mums who were meeting on the 10th, so if you're still up for it maybe we could set another June baby Sydney mum date somewhere?? I think that Tina was keen for a Wednesday or a Friday somewhere, although Wednesday afternoons are not good for me.

Eliza - congratulations on your engagement. Well done to Rylan being toilet trained too. When is Ashlyn's birthday? Diana is only a little bigger at 6.5kg. I have just recently put away her 0000 clothes and put her in 000, but am finding that she is getting too long for some of them.

Feathertop - yes, it does sound like Angus may be teething. Diana started biting down on nearly everything before she got her first tooth. She is also a very refluxy baby, but I find that as long as she has a bib on and I carry a towel with me wherever I go it's not too much of a problem, lol.

Debbie - wow on being so prepared for teething. Diana's first tooth came so early, that I was completely unprepared. One thing that I found that gave her relief was dipping a cloth in camomile tea, putting it in the freezer and then giving it to her to suck on.

Hope you all have a good night and a great weekend.