Hi All,

How is everyone doing?
I'm enjoying a quiet evening watching Ladder 49 on TV (not sure I'm emotionally up for it but watching it anyway) and loving that DH is home. He is working nights nights at the moment so the boys and I are on our own Sunday night through Thursday night. We are doing well but it is exhausting since I am ON 24/7 because hubby is either at work, doing paperwork, or sleeping! Thank goodness this is a short contract and will only last for about 8 weeks.

Jeremy was 6 months old on Monday and he is doing so well. He now weighs 9.7kgs and is still 71 cms long. He is mobile as he has figured out a commando style crawling/scooting that works well for him and allows him to go pretty much wherever he wants. He is rolling from tummy to back now but often seems to forget he can do that when he gets tired of being of his tummy and then he just lays there and cries!

We've started solid foods! So far we've done rice cereal (which he loves as long as he isn't too tired when I give it to him) and pumpkin but he HATES that so far. Today was the first try of pumpkin so we'll try again tomorrow (maybe in the morning when he is happiest) and see how it goes.

How is everyone else doing with solids?

As for sleep... Jeremy thinks sleeping during the day is a joke and when he DOES take a nap it will only be for 15-30 minutes. He also takes quite awhile to get to sleep at night which means he isn't settled sometimes until 10pm or a tad later but then he sleeps until sometime between 3am and 4am.

I have put a couple of soft toys in his bed and he will often play with them for awhile when he wakes in the middle of the night and I get woken up to the sounds of him laughing!!

Quick question about solids again... when is everyone planning on introducing wheat or oats as grain instead of just rice?