Ellie's Milestones

Ellie has had a bit of a funny couple of weeks. We've been trying to get as much done at the house as possible so we've dropped her off at my mum's quite a few week nights and weekend days. This has meant we can get quite a bit done up there and pick her up on the way home. Hopefully she doesn't miss us too much - it's not for too much longer!
Last Saturday Ellie tried solids for the first time - some nice organic baby rice. She quite enjoyed it and she must have been ready for it for some time. The last month she had been waking up at around 5am, having slept through previously. Since she's been started weaning, she hasn't woken during the night at all!
During the past week she has tried lots of nice new flavours including;

• blueberry and banana (yummy but makes for interesting nappies!!)
• pear and pineapple (a definite hit!)
• parsnip, apple and pea
• butternut squash (another great hit - it's nice and easy to cook and freeze but it's a bugger to get out of clothes afterwards!)
• baby rice with banana (makes a nice breakfast)

Today Ellie had breakfast, lunch and tea, and still had quite a bit of milk too! She's turning into a right fat pie!

We also had some nice news early this morning - Ellie now has a new cousin, Charlie, who was born after an incredibly fast labour on my sister's part. He is so small and lovely! It's hard to believe that Ellie was ever that small...actually she never was, Charlie was 3oz lighter than Ellie!

Now for some photos!





"What do you mean I have something around my mouth?"










"More, Mummy, more!!"











Ellie finding her first ever meal highly amusing!








Ellie in her favourite new toy - her jumperoo!
She has spent the last couple of days continuously blowing raspberries - after having forgotten she could do them for ages! Trouble is, she's soaking by the end of the day!