Little Leaps 7/4
Welcome to the next instalment in the Little Leaps Linky – recording my children’s milestones, accomplishments and developmental leaps. This fortnight is all about New Rooms & Big Girl Beds!
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Neve
Tomorrow my little baby girl turns 7 months old. SEVEN MONTHS!! – I am going to use the cliché again, but I honestly don’t know where the time has gone. Here’s the changes we’ve been witnessing this week!
Sitting up – Neve is now much more confident sitting up and loses her balance far less often than before. Her big sister loves sitting next to her, and will always have an arm out ready to scoop her back up if she falls – it is very sweet. There is something pretty special about seeing your two daughters sitting together and playing or having a ‘chat’. It’s a pretty priceless feeling.
Every day she is becoming more and more vocal, with a pretty constant babble and Dadda as a fairly regular phrase. I have been madly trying to teach her to say Mum, and whilst she watches my mouth intently she hasn’t managed to get the mmmm sound out yet, although she is trying to move her mouth in the right way bless her!
Weaning is still proving to be quite challenging, in that just like her sister she refuses to open her mouth very much at all! I have been giving her a combination of baby led foods (such as small pieces of toast, carrot, broccoli and healthy snacks) as well as pureed veg and fruit. Fruit is definitely her favourite (no surprise there), and whilst she knows what she needs to do with handheld foods, she still isn’t keen on having anything lumpy in her mouth (Cue lots of gagging and heaving!) This is NOT fun to watch as an emetophobic!
The nursery renovation project is well underway, and soon Neve will be moving into her own room. Whilst I will miss having her lying next to me, I am hoping she will sleep better away from the smell of Mummy’s breast milk and Daddy’s snoring!!
Erin
This week, Erin had a very exciting week in that her new big girl bed arrived, the one she had earned with her reward chart over the last few months.
She was so super excited when it arrived that literally as soon as she saw it (at about 5.15pm) she exclaimed that she was “A little bit tired” and asked if she could go to bed. It was really endearing and seeing her all tucked up in a bed that suddenly looked HUGE was a lovely sight. The first night she was a little bit disorientated and woke a few times, asking for a cuddle, a wee, a drink, and then lastly “to tell me a secret”. LOL – you have to admire her approach! I’ll be sharing a tour of Erin’s new room too once it’s finished, as I know how much people like to have a nose! 🙂
Erin also has a new visitor in her bedroom in the form of a little fairy, who she writes to and draws pictures for. This is another great idea for encouraging good behaviour, and the threat of telling the Fairy if she doesn’t do what she’s told is usually enough to make her snap out of it! 🙂
Erin’s bedroom has now become my favourite room in our house, and I am actually blogging from her bed at the moment (Ssshhh don’t tell her!)
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What Little Leaps have your children taken this week?
Oh, that’s so nice. A newly decorated room feels so lovely. Thanks for hosting.
Ah, our children must be about the same age. Jessica is 7 months and I keep asking myself where the time has gone, she too has started sitting confidently. It happened over night! One day could barely do it, now sturdy! Reuben loves to look after her, although he tries to get her into a seated position and puts my heart in my mouth, at three he doesn’t really understand why he shouldn’t do it, he just wants to help. #LittleLeaps
Aww lovely. Haha laughing she had to tell you a secret. We too have had a new big boy bedroom this last month and went down a treat. So lovely to see them so excited and proud of their own space.
What a wonderful read! Kids grow up so fast. Oh, our Dino was just a newborn and now he’s almost two months old and he’s developing so flippin’ fast I can’t handle it haha. Emotionally. My little baby.
Awww my daughters bedroom is my favourite room in our house too! It’s a vision of pinkness and girliness and I feel really happy in there My sister in law once told me that whatever stage she was in was her favourite stage, it just kept getting better. Enjoy the journey. Kate x
I loved my daughter reaching milestones. She was always so pleased that she could do something.
Love the idea of this, will definitely be linking up soon!
I love 7month age they start exploring everywhere!! And wow a big girl bed! I remember my boys first night, my older 2 had just turned 1 when we moved them into their beds but my youngest was over 2! was up and down like a yoyo with him!
Ahh I love the sitting up stage, not so much the weaning lol my 11mo see-swas between wanting to chew on stuff and flatly refusing, so frustrating, also think when he has teeth coming its when he doesnt want any lumpy food. I love the fairy idea, might borrow that for my middle child. Loved reading your milestones x
How sweet that Erin helps Neve to sit back up! Isla is 11 months old now and I’m still trying to get her to say Mum, she just laughs at me when I try!!
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