10 Months Old!

Wow once again I'm amazed at how this year has flown! Our little babe is 10 months old, far too close to 1 year for my liking! She's really come along in leaps & bounds recently, acting more & more like a little kid rather than a baby :-D

She's almost walking now, she loves charging round the room with a little trolley-walker-thingy, and can take a few steps unsupported before (purposely *sigh*) diving into our arms.. She loves reading books, she'll lift one out & turn through the pages & 'read' it out to us... She has also really developed her 'dancing', she now bobs up & down, claps & twists from side to side, its very cute! She likes to talk to us a lot, often telling jokes it would seem (well she thinks they are funny anyway), and so far in context uses "dada" and "Ba" (banana! lol) she's started making "mumum" sounds, so I am hopeful!

On the play front, she likes to strum the guitar, and drum on some little tins we gave her.. She's just started posting pegs into those tins too, and trying to put blocks on top of each other.. She's also just learnt to throw a ball (sort of...) by purposely letting it roll out of her hand & bounce on the floor.. She loves going swimming, and yesterday had her first ride down a big waterslide! (i don't think she was all that impressed!)

On a different note.. we've just recently found out that she is allergic to dairy, egg, peanuts & fish (i have no idea where the peanuts & fish came from as i eat neither!), luckily she hasn't actually eaten any of these yet, because when we found out she had ezcema we made sure we didn't give her any common allergenic foods, because of the link... But that effectively makes her vegan! And since I am still feeding her, and allergens are passed from the mum (in much reduced quantities) makes me a vegan too! So we are doing a major over haul of our diet & trialling new recipes, it hasn't been too bad so far, found some really good meals, some not so good, but nothing horrendous yet! Oh yeah, and she's also learnt to feed herself with a spoon.. Its very cute & not messy at all!

A 1/2 year old!

How time flys! Our little baby is now six months old! No longer a sleepy blob, she has developed definite likes & dislikes, for example, her favourite songs are Incy Wincy Spider & You Are My Sunshine, with a growing appreciation for Old McDonald Had A Farm.. she likes being rocked back & forth on your knee, but NOT tossed up in the air.. and she likes being read Fox in Socks :-D

On the movement front, her crawling has developed so that she now gets onto her knees, then stands up so that she is on her hands & feet, takes a few (wobbly) steps, then lauches forward onto her belly! And repeats until she gets to where she wants. However, she still can't roll from her right side onto her belly, so still sometimes finds herself trapped against some furniture! She isn't quite sitting independantly yet, far too wriggly, but she does get herself into a leaning sitting position (like in the picture), and sometimes sits like that for a minute, having a look around, before crawling off again.

Unfortunately, she has just recently broken out with eczema :-( which has given her very itchy, dry, and sometimes red & flaky, skin. So that means we have to moisturise her lots, and be very careful about what we put on her skin, like shampoo & clothing. It has also meant we have to get her checked for allergies before she starts with 'proper' food, as dairy, egg, gluten & soy are all very common triggers for ezcema... There's a good chance that she will grow out of it, and so far it hasn't been too severe, so fingers crossed!

All in all, it has been a great six months. I am still constantly in awe of this tiny person, who is learning new things every day, and is growing up so fast! And although I sometimes miss the tiny little bundle that she once was, I am really looking forward to the next six months to come!