Finally caught up on the thread! I've just not been over to this neck of the woods (on MN) for ages but it was lovely to see what your babies are all up to and I love seeing the pictures, they are all very cute. I am very jealous of the little girls with hair, M still has the same amount she had 6 months ago!
Our routine is a little bit 'routine' and a lot 'go with the flow' but 3 things we are sticking to is wake at 9am (yes, that's late but she refuses to sleep at night til 10pm), nap no later than 2pm and only for 90 mins max (try to have nap at midday but sometimes she just refuses) and then bath routine from 9pm. Meal times just fit in with naps/what we're doing etc. She really won't settle for bed any earlier and a few weeks back she was being a nightmare with not sleeping til midnight (sometimes later) then sleeping til 10:30 next day. We're night owls anyway but this is no good for a baby so had to start waking her. I'd rather she slept at 9pm and woke at 8 but this will do for now. She wakes in the night but I bring her into bed with me and she goes straight to sleep.
She has 11 teeth now, including 4 molars which didn't cause much of a fuss. She isn't a great eater and isn't fussed on bread products at all, maybe the odd bit of toast. She is quite big though and I sometimes wonder how she can be so big whilst not eating that much through the day. She picks at food and will try anything and everything but only eat a few bites of it. She is in 12-18 trousers but is quite boxy on top so needs 18-24 on top for comfort.
She is on the go all the time but would rather play with household things than toys. Her absolute favourite thing to play with is my box of nail polishes. She just loves rearranging them.
Good luck to the ladies TTC, I think the age gap would be lovely.
A 4 bed house round here with big garden and in a good area would only set you back £150-200K, I often want to start a thread asking what £200K would get in your area, I think I just might do this. I love a good nosey.
Loads of words coming from M recently, she likes to repeat the last word I say 'Will we make lunch?' 'Lunch!', so has quite a big vocab now. My older boys love teaching her words although they also love teasing her. DS1 knows that she gets upset if she hears her babydoll crying so he intentionally presses the foot that makes the doll cry just to see M's reaction. But he is also the one she runs to play with so she doesn't hold a grudge.
I am finding her very funny at the minute, she asks for Mick and I know she means she wants to watch Mickey Mouse, she adores that and Curious George so she will snuggle with me while we watch those.