New stuff!

Yup, she's crawling properly now! How exciting! She loves being able to get around now, and can't be left for a second.

Like most babies, she has no fear and regularly launches herself into dangerous places - like out the back door which has a massive step. Next skill to learn then? Going down stairs backwards! This is the one disadvantage of living in a ground floor flat - no stairs to practice on.

We had a photo party over the weekend. We invited friends and their baby round, and got a professional photographer friend in to take photos of the littleys. It was great and we got some lovely shots of her! We'll put some of them up for you as soon as we get them back.

No news on the video, I'm afraid. I'm coming round to thinking that we should just put it onto DVD even if that means we can't edit it at home. The footage we have is already so out of date....

Her top teeth are also on the move, so sleep is once again a problem, and she more often than not has her fingers in her mouth to chew on (along with anything else she can get in there!). She doesn't seem to be gobbing as much, not that I'm complaining about that though.

On the eating front, she's moving onto proper solids now that she has teeth. The last few days I've been giving her chunks of fruit to chew on at supper time, and she's been getting through quite a bit of them. Most of it winds up down her front, but a significant amount is actually being chewed and swallowed (or probably just being swallowed, if truth be told - I don't think there's much chewing going on). Having said that, she still refuses to eat any puree that has lumps or is slightly coarser.... Hopefully that won't last long!

And she's drinking from a cup if it's held for her (and is relatively full)! We've started brushing her teeth at night, followed by drinking water to rinse her mouth, and she loves this new game! She's fascinated by the toothbrush!

Having learnt how to make kissing noises, she's beginning to realise that adults usually make that noise when they bring their faces close to her - and she's started doing the open mouth kiss thing as a result. I don't think she's quite understood the concept, but she's certainly making a connection between cause and effect. Now if only she could apply that to learning to sign!