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Mmmm, evenings!

Its 7.35pm and Megan is asleep! It's very nice to have time in the evenings for ourselves once again! Very civilized! Adult conversation and maybe a glass of wine! Megan has only recently been going to bed this early, but it is very welcome. Not that I dont enjoy her company or anything! She has been very cute and smiley today at Yoga and NCT group. She is definately the sweetest looking baby! But I'm biased!

6 Months!

Megan will be 6 months old next week! She can now sit unaided, which is very clever! And she passes things between her hands and turns her wrists to turn things. She can put a spoon in her mouth and is loving her pureed fruit and veg. She still refuses bottles but think we'll have to go straight onto cups! She knows what she wants and what she doesnt want already!
Her sleeping is improving. She goes to bed between 7 and 8pm now and last night she didnt wake up till 4am for a feed. Then went back to sleep until 7am! This is considered a very good night to those who dont know! She is also in her own cot in her nursery now, as we have finally managed to clear out all the stuff  we had in the study.
She is on the 75th percentile! A big girl at 17lb 7oz!  Her hair is getting blonder. She also finds 'pic-a-boo' very funny when mummy and daddy hide behind the sofa and pop up! If people could see us!! At least we dont have a video recorder!

Nearly 6 months!

We've been pretty busy this week, what with Megan and I visiting Lisa & Maggie, while Duncan had work meetings in Edinburgh and North Yorkshire! Maggie was very gentle and good with Megan which was lovely! They even held hands at one point! Ahhh! Lisa took some pics so maybe she'll post them on her site.
Also our weaning continues. Megan has now had pureed apple, pear, banana, carrot, broccoli and parsnip!

Sleep!

It must be the food she had yesterday, but she slept till 4am last night then again till 7am! Of course I couldn't go back to sleep after 4 but it was still lovely!

Food!

Megan is now loving her baby rice! And anything else she can get in to her mouth! She is still adamant that bottles are not for her but she will drink milk off a spoon! A cup may be the messy option!

The tired family!

Ok, at least I dont have to go to work today like Duncan, but Megan has not been sleeping well all week! Then saturday all day and night she fed every two hours! Hopefully its a growth spurt! So we havent done much this weekend! But I'm off to visit Caroline and Laura today which should be good.
Then tomorrow its the dentist, mother and baby group, then the doctors (just routine). Wednesday its mother and baby yoga. Thursday I have to stay in for the Gas man all day! Friday I am visiting the architects I used to work for to show them Megan! So in between that, I'm looking for work, cleaning the house (well will try!) and finding nice recipies to do! Busy Busy!!

5 months old today!

5 months old already! Doesnt time fly! Yesterday mum and I took Megan swimming from the first time at Riverbourne in Chertsey. She loved it! The pool was nice and warm but the changing area was a bit cold. And how are you supposed to change a riggly baby on a bench? There was a baby changing room but it was freezing! Perhaps I will suggest a radiator! But Megan seemed to enjoy herself. She wasnt fazed at all by splashing, but I couldnt bring myself to dunk her under on her first trip! Maybe next time! And she slept much better. Only woke once at 2am which is good for her, as she has had a cold for about a month now!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Duncan! 33 today! Which is not old at all!!

Night away

Well we had a lovely evening and the restaurant we went to, La Capanna, had some wonderful food. Megan was also quite good. She managed 2oz of formula in the evening then woke up at 1am and 5am which she often does anyway. Mum got her back to sleep fairly quickly. Then in the morning she gave her a few spoons of food which she took and then just played. When we arrived at 9am she was asleep! It was lovely to have an unbroken nights sleep but we were fairly late to bed and I did wake up about 5am out of habit, so we didnt get a great deal more than usual! But mum and dad survived so I think they wouldnt mind doing it again sometime!

Finally get to blog!

Sorry I haven't been updating much recently. But she is asleep now. She usually goes to sleep about 9pm and if you put her nursery rhymes CD on that sends her right off!
Tomorrow night we are leaving her with my parents for the whole night, as we are going out for dinner for Duncans' birthday and we could use the sleep as she has not been sleeping well because if her cold which I now have! So should be interesting to see how she does, as she is still not keen on bottles. But my mum has assured me she'll be fine. I'm sure it wont hurt for one night. Even if she doesnt drink, she has plenty of chubbiness on her to keep her going! I just hope I can sleep!