Right have told myself I am finally going to type a message tonight, been trying to keep up with the posts.
Talia is doing great zooming everywhere, her personality is coming out more and more, she's very active always bouncing and on the go, doesn't like cuddles very much but has v bad separation anxiety for me and likes me to be in the same room as her always. She's always laughing and smiling too. Solids are going well, been mostly doing BLW but I've started giving her some spoonfed meals and she loves it sits there like a little bird with her mouth open. She will eat everything I make her which to me is brilliant having a child that eats as Abbie never did. She gets really angry as she doesn't quite have her pincer grip yet funny watching her chase food round her tray. Abbie does try and feed her though, have to watch them both really closely.
Right I have been utterly depressed about the routines I was even sitting at 10pm with T on my knee reading them out to her saying "this is what babies are supposed to do" this used to be her erm "routine"
7.30am wake and BF
8am breakfast of cereal and toast
11am bf
in between we may get a nap of 30 mins if she is in the car/pram
12.30 lunch
2pm bf and 30 min nap
5pm dinner
6pm bath
7-7.30pm bf then 30 min nap
10-10.30pm bf
then bfs at 1am, 3am and sometimes 5am
as you can imagine I am utterly shattered she has stopped taking her dummy as well and only boob will do, however the last 2 nights she has gone to bed at 7.30pm, got up at 1am and that has been it, fingers and everything crossed. I've had some really rough nights recently and have been in tears on more than one occasion.
Good luck to the ttc-ers. Abbie was 9 months when T was conceived and I would recommend it. Although after angel baby Abbie, T has been a bit of a shock. I love the interaction between them and Abbie utterly adores T and is always looking after her although this is bound to change when T gets more mobile and is after her toys no doubt. We are going to ttc no 3 next year so that if we get lucky first time round A will be nearly 4, T 2.3y so a bigger gap but not too big. DP is hoping it takes a few months this time as T was the very first time of trying and he was gutted.
Potty training is going well mostly dry in the house now still use pull ups out and about although she will come and ask for the toilet most of the time.
Oh what kind of cups is everyone using, I started with Tomme Tippee really basic ones (I hate no spill ones) like I did with Abs but it takes a few months for them really to get the hang of it most of it goes down them to start with but Abs has a beaker thats got a straw and gave some juice to T who loved it (only diluted fresh orange) she is really good drinking with a straw so I've thought why not (it's supposed to be 12 months onwards) but it's supposed to be better for their teeth as the liquid doesn't touch them as much and she'll be going onto that one eventually anyway.
Nappies - good to hear from you, if you are giving away any of your extensive pram collection I'm after a good tandem
Sal - T also has a bit of hair that is really long and starting to curl too, I thought she was tall but your Imogen sounds really tall.
Lisa - hi to you too, sorry to hear about your papa as well
Poppiesmum - I don't know how much T drinks but I'm guessing it's an awful lot as she can down a 6oz bottle pretty quick when she has one. I'm sure your lo is taking what she needs. Well done poopy on crawling too, now the fun really does begin.
Iris - it's in a funny way nice to know I'm not the only one with a bad sleeper, when you read all the sleeps through from 7-7 posts it really gets you down, I'm just hoping she gets a bit better failing that it will be gentle sleep training at a year (only 4 months away!)
hi to anyone else I have missed out, better go have rabbited on enough x