Hi all!

Today I am back with what I’ve learnt parenting a six month old baby. So much has happened since I posted my last update. Abigail experienced her first Christmas and we officially moved into our new house! She also started eating solids, sitting up and believe it or not, crawling!

First, let’s discuss Christmas. Abi being the only grandchild on both our sides of the family, was inevitably spoilt with gifts. She received so many lovely things, however, Francis and I decided not to buy her anything, as there was no point. On Christmas Eve, we dressed her in a reindeer onesie. I was Mrs. Claus and Francis was Prancer.

We set up our Christmas tree in the new house, hung her stocking and placed her personalised bauble right on the top branch. Her nursery is now fully decorated, with a beautiful view of the reserve beyond. I will do a nursery tour in the near future. Abi took a while to settle in to her new home, but now she’s used to it and very happy.

On New Years Day, we put her in a stunning dress (see above), that was a gift from my sister. It came from a market in Tasmania, completely handmade.

Whilst things have been much easier, Abi experienced a setback with day naps. She was going down quite easily during the day at my mum’s place, but since we moved, she fought sleep. Once she turned six months, we decided to sleep train her. I know a lot of people are against it, but we were at our wits end. We would spend every day driving around, just to get her to sleep. This meant we couldn’t get a single thing done around the house. Abi was miserable because she was so tired and we were miserable from all of it. One day, I popped her in her cot when she was drowsy, kissed her and walked out. To my surprise, she cried for a total of three minutes, before sleeping for over an hour! She woke up a much happier baby. Since that day, she has been going down much easier, never crying for longer than ten minutes. It’s made all of us much happier!

Abi doesn’t need to feed as often as before. She can now go between 3-5 hours without a feed. We finally got her started on solids, which was super exciting. For the last couple of months, she was showing interest in our food. She had been ready for quite some time. A couple of days before she turned six months, we sat her in her high chair and mixed iron fortified rice cereal with breast milk.

On her first try, she was very confused, but as we kept progressing, she began to eat more and welcome the spoon. So cute!

Abigail is such a remarkable little human (no bias). At 6 months, she is already crawling and blowing raspberries from morning till night. We have to watch her vigilantly, because she moves lightning fast on her hands and knees, trying to grab everything in sight! Two of her bottom teeth have also erupted! I love seeing her adorable pearly whites when she smiles.

I’m enjoying this stage so much more and I find, it just keeps getting better and easier. I cannot wait to see how much she will change by 7 months.

Thanks for reading!

Peace & Love xoxox