First Rusk

Over the past couple of months Lily has promptly put anything handed to her into her mouth. This has increased over the past few weeks, as has the intensity of which she bites down on such objects.

For this reason and a few other tell tale signs

~ Rosy cheeks

~ Grizzliness (occasionally)

~ Using me as a dummy when feeding. (Boy those gums are sharp!)

~ Lots of dribbling

I suspect that Lily's first toothy peg is not to far away, this could also be the reason she is waking every 2 hours at night. For some reason when I was pregnant I was sure all babies slept through from 3 months of age, apparently not?! I would LOVE a full nights sleep.

Anyhow yesterday Lily had her first rusk, she LOVED it! Occasionally she would accidentally drop it, as soon as I retrieved it and it came into her sight her little mouth would open up so wide and her arms and legs would flap around with such excitement.

I think we are going to have to go and buy a highchair. Currently Lily sits in our lap or in her bouncer. This is not a routine I want to get into the habit of. Family meal times at the table with the TV off is very important to me. This is a value that I want to instill in Lily from an early age.

I am not going to be very good with the whole Lily feed Lily stage. She made quite a mess with a rusk alone, I am not a fan of mess! I am thinking I better get used to it.

At first Lily was a little un-sure of putting the rusk in her mouth, but once she did there was hesitation.

Mum came down yesterday to use my sewing machine to finish off some curtains she is making for my nephews bedroom. His arrival is imminent, he will be here any day now, how exciting! Lily kept a watchful eye on her and enjoyed the bright colours of the fabric.

Lily had all sorts of fun rolling around on the curtains, looking at the tractors, cars and aeroplanes.

In the past couple of weeks Lily has started to find her feet, she loves to stand up, with us supporting her of course. Once Lily has stopped feeding, I stand her up and we have a lovely little chat, she is quite vocal.

Lily also now loves being on her tummy, as soon as you put her down she promptly rolls over and continues to roll all over the room.
Much to my surprise Lily now gets up on her knees and scoots herself forward, once she gets those arms and legs co-ordinated together she will be off, eek!