seasons greetings

seasons greetings! its boxing day and lots of things to report!

firstly we hit the 5month mark 1 week ago. the major downside is that he still refuses to do a decent length of time asleep hopefully another 3 weeks or so and it will sort itself out as he is the textbook baby!

we've introduced baby porridge and purees into the mix as well as boiled and cooled water, which he loves.  he can near enough use a spoon for splattering food over his clothes n face before whats left of it finds his mouth and he can grip n drink for his tommee tippee cup which ends in him being a little wet after but he thinks its super funny.

and then it was Christmas


with his super strong grip and plenty of help he pretty much managed to open all his presents himself obviously hes not dexterous enough to do it all I helped by twisting them so the wrapper came off.  he was also in a really pleasant mood all day until  7pm when he turns into the devil.

he got a jumper-roo to sit n bounce in which he loves and we got a machine for steaming and prepping his food once he moves on from baby rice n purees so we can make them ourselves which will be a huge money saver and fun!

overall Christmas was a great success  lots of pictures and smiles we also kept up the tradition of buying a crap Christmas decoration for our tree which is a 1 eyed reindeer with sticks for horns. he has started using more interactive toys with lots of lights and noises and things that he can touch which is great so much has changed so quickly!

enjoy the holidays everyone!
 

weaning

so bubba is 18 weeks old and is showing all the signs for being ready to be weaned.  if your not sure what they are here is a brief list of things to look out for:

holding their head up
sitting up independently
interested in your food
still hungry after a milk feed


some of these could be signs of a growth spurt though as these happen a lot during the first 6months so if ur not sure you can try them with baby rice which isn't actual rice. its a powder that you mix with milk (not proper milk) and then spoon feed them.  this is really cute when they try n put a spoon into their mouth
 its a funny pic that's used a lot

so we are trying as part of his routine a baby rice meal at tea time and we've also tried mixing in purees although he doesn't like them on their own he doesn't mind them when they are mixed in.

so whilst ur reading this and paying no attention to your child have a quick look at what's happening and see how many you can tick off the list.

also you can buy really good weaning books we have some that are great for hints tips and tricks for weaning