What a difference a week makes.

Haven't blogged for a week and things have really changed and developed. Emma has totally got the hang of chewing stuff and moving it to the sides of her mouth so it is between the bumpiest & hardest bits of her gums.

She is also drinking water well from her doidy cup. The first of my 3 children to take to water straight away. Strange but welcome, I really shouldn't complain!

She has had lots of new tastes as well. She is nearly 6 months so we decided, as we aren't a family with allergies, to start giving her the things you are supposed to wait on. So she's had bread and cheese and roast chicken. Bread is absolutely adored and I crumbled half a slice into some tomato and basil soup which made that go down a real treat as well. Like the other 2 she is really liking jacket potatoes and you can mix anything into those woohoo.

So we are now on 2 meals a day and she is down to the one night waking!!!!!!!! She also has fewer short breastfeeds, preferring to have a good long one halfway between her mealtimes. Makes the struggles of the last few weeks feel really worth it as she is really really really enjoying her food.

She even had a good go at some apricot halves. They are slippery because they are out of a tin but she can extract all the goodness and even deal with the stringy bits that get left. An apple wedge didn't go down half as well.....