Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Bubs doesnt turn 6 months for another week but today we headed across Brisbane to the Wesley Hospital (grumble!) for her check-up. I was very pleasantly surprised that a lovely friend I made in my Mothers Group was the appointment ahead of us. Since they were running 45mins late, we had a lovely catch up and the bubs had a fun play!

Elka is now 7.7kg and 67.5cms long. The paeds kept saying over and over again that she is a very good baby and was very pleased with her. He had a quiet giggle at how orange her skin is from all her pumpkin, sweet potato and carrot that she eats. I have introduced non-orange foods but the orange ones are still the favourites.

She is so bubbly and happy at the moment - lots of smiles and squeals. She has started huffing and puffing instead of giggling. She screws up her nose and her top lip and huffs - its very funny. She loves to bury her head into my shoulder and be coy at people. She makes friends with everyone - staring and grinning at them until they acknowledge her. I cannot get into a lift without making a million friends thanks to her!

She had her first swim in a pool the other day - she wasnt too keen but she loves to splash in her bath so I am sure she will take to it. She sits really well now - can sit for a long time totally unassisted. She worms around quite effectively but doesn't seem to have any understanding of crawling yet (thankfully!). She rolls and worms all around her cot now and I never find her where I left her - quite frustrating when she is meant to be sleeping, sigh!

She is eating her solids really well and has a big appetite. She breastfeeds so quickly now - much more exciting things to be doing instead! She loves taking her water in her sippy cup now. She gets excited and all four limbs wiggle and trash around - she definitely smiles and laughs with her whole body. She is still fascinated by the cats - she loves to reach out to pat them and often screams at them in excitement.

She still sleeps well - although th days sleeps can get cut a little short (ie 40-50 mins rather than 100-120mins) when she does her wiggling rather than sleeping thing. She however sleeps like a log at night - 7pm (with dreamfeed at 10pm) all the way to 7am (I do hear her wake at 5.30am-ish but she just chats away and then goes back to sleep.

I am loving this age - she is a little angel and I just love spending all day with her!