We've been a little busy for posting really - Mitch has been off work for the week so we've all been spending time together as a family and it's left very little blogging time. I'm also feeling a little stale with the blog, like there's not really much to talk about? Maybe it's time for a new photo series or blogging project or something.
Anyway, we had a really lovely holiday! Alice was an angel all week really, and was fantastic with the journey both ways - sleeping and playing and keeping herself occupied for 2.5hrs both there and back.
We went to the seaside for Mitch's birthday and she had a little paddle for the first time. No tears, but she wasn't quite sure what to make of it really!
We also spent a lot of time with the lovely baby Amelia. It's incredible how much more advanced she is, despite the difference of only a few months. It's really lovely that she'll have another little baby to see and grow up with :).
A lot seems to have changed in the past few weeks. She finally seems to be settling into her own routine - in the day she wants to be awake for 1.5/2 hours, then a 30 minute nap. In an ideal world she'd be awake for longer and sleep for longer but I'm just happy she now naps upstairs.
She is now going down at 7/8 in the evenings, meaning we get a little bit of evening to ourselves now. But, is unfortunately still waking 3-6 times a night, which does get a little wearing! But I'm quite happy to keep doing it as long as she wants to - we've been following some of the No Cry Sleep Solution and Dr. Sears techniques and they seem to be making a big difference.
We've also cracked bath time and it's a much happier time for everyone involved now. And when I say we, I mean Mitch - I could literally count on one hand the amount of times I've bathed her - not my job!
Every day we get more smiles. She responds to faces and voices, and wants to talk and join in with whatever's happening. She constantly wants to play and experiment with things (normally they reach her mouth) and gets incredibly frustrated when she can't figure out how to pick something up.
I can't believe she's 4 1/2 months now. If you could just stay tiny forever Alice that would be great.
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