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Well how things have progressed!! Almost a week ago she suddenly started crawling properly, and is now zooming around the place.. and if that wasn't enough in the last week she has finally learnt to sit by herself, she was never interested in staying still before, but now is quite happy to crawl somewhere, grab a toy & sit there playing with it :-D She has just grasped the concept of holding a toy in each hand too, so not having to lean on one hand is a real bonus..
And if THAT wasn't enough, she's started pulling herself up to standing!! She's only done it about four times now, but EEEK! Where has our little baby gone?!
She's now eating kumara, broccoli & carrot :-) She LOVES the broccoli!
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!
She's now taking a few 'steps' then plopping back down onto her belly :-D she is also often getting right up onto her toes too, like she's about to start a sprint!
Well, ok so it's more of a bellyflop at this point :-D but just this morning Alexis learnt to lift herself up onto her hands & knees, then push forward with her toes, thus propelling herself forwards! Unfortunately from that point onwards it gets a bit messy.. her hands are so firmly planted, that when she pushes forwards she just tips over onto her face... but I think thats pretty good for the ripe old age of 5 months & 1 week :-)
We are now taking bets as to when she will actually manage to crawl properly! Any guesses?? Leave a comment below :-)
Well i've been very slack updating this over the last month, maybe its because I have been chasing a rolly-polly baby
all over the place! She has really mastered the art of the roll, going from one end of the room to the other in no time, the only problem being that she can only roll in one direction.. so she gets to the edge of the room, then yells at me to turn her round again! She's really not too far off crawling now, because she can do a push-up so that she's on her hands & knees, but so far can only jiggle herself backwards... She's chewing on everything she can get her hands on, so we think teeth aren't far off as well. Her hair is quite blond now, but is slowly growing to cover up the bald patch that she rubbed on the back of her head. She's following after her dad at the moment, last night she ended up auditioning for an advert for Huggies nappies (sorry dad!), which was quite funny, but I think she's a bit little yet!
