Hello!

Thought it had been a while since I'd posted, didn't realise it was more like 6 weeks! Talk about awol...

We're all very very good but just seem to get busier and busier all the time. We had a wonderful relaxing Christmas and both kids got spoilt rotten. New Years was very low key but lovely too.

Simply CANNOT believe that next week Lila will be 8 months old Still going great guns with solids - 3 meals a day of fruit/veg/meat (mushed) as well as at least one BLS-type meal a day - current faves are broccoli or mango. The combo seems to really suit her.... Having 2 or 3 BFs a day as well as 2 bottles of formula she should be the size of a house but isn't! Lucky thing will probably end up with her father's metabolism!

Have had to address some sleep issues this week - after she combined teething (2 bottom teeth now!) with a virus about 6 weeks ago we fell into the trap of BF to sleep and during the night.... Haggard Jen at the start of this week said enough! After two days she is able to self-settle once again, and has given us 2 x 7.30am sleep-ins - aaaaaaahhh! And she wakes up happy and babbling once again instead of being a cranky scream-head. And like Will she has sort of moved herself into having 2 big naps each day rather than a few littler ones.

She has been sitting up very confidently since just after christmas and has been working on getting mobile. Gets herself onto all fours very easily, rocks back and forwards, does some full body sit-up things holding herself up on her arms and tippy toes plank-style ...... and then goes backwards! She can get across the room that way and loves going (backwards) behind the couch and under the computer desk but badly badly wants to go forwards. Am in no rush for her to do this - it's just lovely watching her figure out how it all goes together!! We're getting lots of dadadadada gagagaga nanananana and when very cranky she'll let out a few mumumumumumum (much to DH's amusement)....

Lila starts daycare in 3 weeks, and I'm back at work in 4 weeks. I have negotiated with work to cut my days down from 4 to 3 which is wonderful. The kids will do 2 days in daycare and will have my mum one day a week so I think it will actually be a really lovely combination of care. Not overjoyed to be going back but will be very good to have a little bit of an income again!

Little miss is awake now so had better go - sorry for no persies but I've loved reading up on where everyone's bubs are at! Big hugs for all of you and your beautiful babies

xxxx