The Bell Family

Hi Everyone!

Time for another update! Laura’s just had her 5 month checkup at the clinic and all is going well.

Her new stats are:
Weight – 6.9kg
Length – 66cm
Change – She’s already grown over 3kg in weight and 11cm in length, since birth!
Milestones – Teeth, solid food and a wriggly backwards crawl!

Since my last update, Laura’s two bottom teeth have decided to make their presence known, so she now has two cute little pearly whites to show off as part of her gummy grin! She’s still chewing everything in sight and her gums still seem to be pretty irritated, so we figure it won’t be long before another couple of teeth cut through.

Laura’s also developed an interest in ‘big people’s food’ and simply wouldn’t take her eyes off my dinner the other day, so we’ve started her on some baby rice cereal – she loves the stuff! She opens her mouth wide, licks her lips and is even attempting to hold the spoon as I’m obviously not shovelling it in fast enough for her liking! The advice on solid foods seems to change almost as quickly as the month, however the current medical thinking suggests that babies shouldn’t be given solid food until 6 months now (to reduce the chance of developing allergies and to ensure their digestive system is sufficiently developed). So we’ll probably just stick with the cereal for a few weeks before getting into the exciting stuff like fruits and vegetables – if she’s anything like her Dad, I can’t wait for Laura’s new facial expressions when she tries the stuff – should make for some great piccies!

The other point of note is that not only can she turn 360 degrees when on her tummy, she has also worked out how to wriggle backwards now and can make ground fairly quickly!!! Time for me to start developing those eyes in the back of my head I think!

Most of all though, her little personality is developing so quickly now and she’s such great fun to be around… always babbling away to herself and handing out lots of smiles and giggles – she’s a real cutie!!! Here’s a new piccie…

Cheers and have a great week,
Chrissy

Laura’s 4 ½ months old now and has just learned to roll! It’s amazing how they just wake up one morning and suddenly something clicks! Whilst having some early morning tummy time, Laura rolled from her tummy onto her back. I figured it was probably just a fluke and that it could be a few days or even weeks before she’d do it again, but incredibly she did it another 10 or 20 times before the day was out!!! Jason and I were so proud!!! Given our reaction to a simple ‘roll’, I can only begin to imagine what we’ll be like when she says her first words and takes her first steps!!!

She’s still teething and the little critters seem to keep going up and down (along with the volume of dribble)!!! Anything and everything that will fit in her mouth makes it there somehow (even her feet – see photo)!!! She’s been a little irritable (I think), but unless they bring out a new version of babies with subtitles, I guess we’ll never really know!!! But I’m sure her new little teeth will appear soon enough….

She’s become a real Mummy’s girl lately – has to have me in her sights (and preferably be in my arms) – if anyone else picks her up, she generally cries (but we think that might be something to do with the teething) – she just wants her Mummy!!!

Daddy is still her favourite when it comes to playing games though. It must be a great relief for her after hanging out with Mummy all day – I guess that could get boring after a while, but I’ve been having a great time!

Laura reckons that Nanna, Ma and Pa are pretty good as well and even the Uncle’s get a look in occasionally! She has good eye contact and has a great time blowing raspberries to them all! She’s even giving her vocals a pretty good workout these days – maybe I’m imagining it, but I’m sure there’s a ‘Mum’ and funny sounding ‘hello’ in there somewhere. Who needs entertainment when you’ve got Laura!!!

Anyway, all the best to you all and until the next instalment, take care and be well!!!

Cheers,
Chrissy