Belated Ellie Update

It's been a little while but we've all been so busy!

Here are Ellie's main achievements lately:

• Two top molars have come through
• Lots of hooting and general shouting
• Lots of supported standing (looking very smug with herself)
• Loads of sleeping through the night without a single interruption (she went 6.30pm to 8.30am the other day, with a "dream feed" to see her through)
• Last lots of vaccinations until she's 1 (hurrah!)
• Turning through 90 degrees in her cot most mornings (and doing some sleeping on her side)
  

I took Ellie back to the doctors last week as she still had a chesty cough. Previous docs had said it was just a cold but this doctor confirmed that it wasn't - it was bronchiolitis which is viral but they are able to treat it with antibiotics. Ellie is now sounding a lot better without her chest rattle but she did have a bad week of it with her poor tummy. The antibiotics didn't do her tummy much good at all - gave her the runs, which then resulted in terrible nappy rash. She stayed quite chipper throughout though.

All better now and she's a very happy little baby indeed. It's so lovely going in to her room in the morning and knowing you'll be greeted by a huge gummy grin, it really makes your heart swell with love!

We've borrowed Nicola's baby gym as Ellie was getting a bit bored with her old one and she lies on this one quite happily, having a jolly good shout and giggle at the toys on there.

Now for some photos...






Here's one of me, Ellie and the Gro on Jono's birthday last weekend. Considering how scared he used to be of children and babies before, Figaro has taken Ellie in his (3-legged) stride.











Here's Daddy and Ellie having a cuddle









Here's Ellie with Mamgu just before we left her in charge babysitting - look at that hair (that's Ellie's hair, not my mum's crazy barnet!)








And finally...the contender for "cutest baby photo in the world"...

What a beautiful little girl we created!