I don't know about first words - I think it varies so much from child to child. My Mum swears we all talked by 9 months but I think she might have become a little hazey over the years!!! Maybe we were saying dadada or something but I strongly doubt we were "talking" properly! I know kids who are 2 or 3 and still don't really get the whole sentence thing and then there are others (like my niece) who have been able to have adult conversations since they were really little! I'm hoping Zekie will talk early because it is so cute and I'd love for him to be able to communicate more with me. Knowing my luck though he'll just say dad and no!!!!
I've been looking for a wooden highchair and had no luck, sounds like Bendigo is the place to go for one!!! I've only found one shop that had them and they only had one style it was $300 and would take 8 weeks to arrive!!!! I said no thanks...
We were told 8kg for turning the carseat but I'm sure the instructions booklet will let you know. I think Zeke is about 9kg now looks like he'll be a big boy like his Dad (6ft 3inches and very solid!!!) I'm guessing once he's more mobile and active he'll slow down or even lose weight which will be a nice change. He's already in size 1 of the Bonds wondersuits (they're a bit smaller than other brands so he's still a 0 in the rest)...
Zekie does this hillarious caterpillar crawl that I caught on video a week or so ago. He lifts his bottom high up in the air and then shuffles his feet forwards and pushes his upper body along the floor! So cute.