It has been a while since I have posted... nothing too exciting happening, Eli has just been high maintenance lately so I haven't been on here for a while.
We had 6 mth needles yesterday and have had lots of tears and grumpiness since then... I am hoping this passes soon because it is wearing me out! I am so glad there is now a break for 6 months before the next set of needles. But he is now 8.75kg and about 75cm.... growing very quickly but given his length he is looking quite lean now.
Eli seems to be developing gradually... he sits up and plays for an hour or so at a time now (without falling) and yesterday he managed to get himself to his knees and rock back and forth a couple of times so hopefully we are getting there with the crawling (although the smarter part of me says we don't want crawling since that means chaos!). Eli loves his solids and we now have 3 solid feeds a day and only 2.5 bottles (2 x 240ml and 1 x 120ml). I am thinking of dropping the 120ml bottle as Eli happily drinks water also...... does anyone know if it's ok to have min bottle feeds or should they still be having lots?
I'm going to give some personals a go but please don't think I am ignoring you if i miss you... there is just a lot to catch up on and i feel like I am still working on it!
LJ - don't feel crap that William isn't crawling etc.... I second DM's comment that he has teeth! We have no teeth and I really wish we did. He will get there when he's ready and in the meantime enjoy the fact that you still have a little bubby who is cuddly and not wanting to be down doing his own thing all the time... i think I'll miss Eli when he just wants to crawl and explore by himself... in some small way it will be like he doesn't need me.
Rach - I am so glad you had a great holiday. I saw you had posted some pics on FB so will have to check them out later...... hope the kidlets get better now though
DM - so glad the christening was fantastic. I love Rach's work and am very jealous that i don't have a little girl to put all the beautiful bows on (DH would not be impressed with me if i put them on Eli) so i can't wait to see some photos of the christening and the headpiece.
Fi - we miss you in here. So glad you are back but sorry to hear you have been quite sick too. You were mentioning about the separation anxiety... we have the same issue here and it only seems to have developed in the past 2 weeks... what did the HCN suggest to you to try? I have been trying to do some reading but can't find anything too useful as most articles seem to deal with older children who have it... and unfortunately Eli can't understand my explanation at this point! I'm not sure what to do so any suggestions you have are great! I am having trouble getting him to play by himself or go to sleep without being in the room with him.
Stevie - you sound very busy there! You are doing such an awesome job of balancing everything. And congrats to A on her 5th tooth! Could she donate one to Eli please?
Amber - I am so excited I am going to meet you! Yay.
Again, really sorry if i missed things but I am still in catch up mode.
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