Synchronization of Us

I have a tiny confession to make, since yesterday i have been feeling like the worst mum in the world.
Rebecca tripped yesterday, it was a small meanless thing and she barely cried after it but she somehow managed to chip her front tooth.

I was getting Eilidh dressed at the time and feel terrible for not being there, i try to tell myself that it doest matter as she would of tripped if i was there or not. Its not really helping though as all i can think about is her poor front tooth and her being stuck with it for years. She doest seem to be in any pain thankfully and we have an appointment at the dentist for her next week, I’m not sure what they can do but hoping they may be able to file it down for her a little. It sure hurts when she feeds (from me).
Its really the first accident she has had and i still feel sick thinking about it,
on a better note i actually put her hair in pigtails the other day and its just so dam cute.

Dear Eilidh

Today you turned 6 months old, the time has just gone so quickly and i cannot believe its now only half a year till your first birthday. You have changed from a small helpless baby into a moving, funny and just amazing child. I love
how just looking at you can bring out your amazing smile, i love the way you giggle at the silliest of things, i love the way you try and steal your sisters dummy each and every time she comes near you with it.
Rolling, Crawling, Sitting, Eating Real Food, Sleeping All Night, “Talking” - just
some of your major accomplishments from the last few months. I wonder what the next few months will have in store for us.

I will never forget the first few hours after your birth, i was just so scared of you being ill and apart from an initial scare you were perfect. If just a little less than impressed to be here.

The first night was wonderful , unlike all the other babies in the ward who were content to sleep you wanted to stay attached to your mummy. We snuggled and you fed like crazy, i got in some sleep whenever i could.
We were home before you were even 24 hours old, what a wonderful experience it was to introduce you to your family in our own home where they could cuddle and kiss you as much as they wanted.

The past 6 months have been a wonderful journey and i loved getting to know you. So for you my EJ a look back at how you have changed since that wonderful day you were born.

While snapping away this morning i happened to take this wonderful picture of Eilidh.

First thought - gosh she is cute, second thought WHAT THE HELL IS THAT.
Went and checked her out and could find no sick on her, there is no food in her mouth or lying about. I came to conclusion that my daughters an alien , still love her though

Baby Led Weaning is a new concept for me really, i have heard about it slightly over the last few years but its only been in the last few weeks that i have became interested in it. For those who don’t know it basically involves letting you child feed them selves with different finger foods rather than starting with purees, This site is a good place to look around if anyone is interested in learning more about it.
A lady in my breastfeeding group was using a combination of blw (as its commonly known) and pureed food and i was planning to do the same, with Rebecca we waited
till around 9 months to introduce any sort of finger foods but i honestly don’t think she was ready before them. Eilidh on the other hand LOVES finger foods and will gobble down anything you giver her to eat, i have had to put away all the lovely recipe books i have acquired over the last few years with the purees recipes and just accept that we will be doing blw full time.
Following this way of weaning is much easier for us to be honest, Eilidh just
joins in out meal times . This morning she had porridge (that i fed to her - but its hard work, going to just start giving her dry cheerios from tomorrow) followed by banana , for lunch she and Rebecca shared a sandwich. For dinner Rebecca and i were having Spicy Bean Burgers and “Chips” (Basically potato’s and other veg’s roasted in the over) , Eilidh
joined in with a little bit of burger and bun and a nice handful of veg - i think she eat more than Rebecca.
I need to make sure the food are gum - able as she is still toothless and she needs to be able to get hold of it , although she is perfecting the pincer grip already and can pick up the smallest crumb.

Im still in shock about how the transition to solids have gone, i have some major guilt issues with starting before 6 months (she is 6 months on Tuesday and started solids 2 weeks ago today). I had a horrible nightmare where she got every illness possible when she was older and the doctor found the cause was starting solids before 6 months - but i know in my heart she was ready, i don’t think if would of been this easy if she wast.

Solids this time around is going to be a wonderful journey, i can tell

Laura

Do you ever have a day - a day when nothing out of the ordinary happens but
at the end of it your almost sad its over because its been a wonderful day?
Its how I’m feeling just now , nothing has really happened all day - Becca went through a slightly fussy stage after nap but for some reason I’m so happy just now.

My girls are just getting so big , in just a few days Eilidh will be 6 months and its now less than a month till Rebecca is 2 .Eilidh is now 100% completely sitting on her own, to be honest she has been doing it for a while but its took me some time to feel comfortable enough to just put her down and walk away, she army crawls everywhere and manages to find the tiniest crumbs to eat.
I put away the swing and her play mat today, we have not used the swing in ages and she just crawls straight off the play mat . We do need the room but in a way its really made me sad, she really needs to slow down a little and not rush the growing up so much - did i tell you guys that she has started saying “mum” - i know its just
more than likely babbling but she only does it when she is upset and wants me.
Then there is my almost 2 year old, so big and beautiful and completely amazing. She gets cheekier and smarter every day and she is such a joy to be around, she is so easy going and not at all your typical toddler.
She is so helpful at the moment and loves to put stuff in the bin for me and help clean up, she is wonderful with Eilidh and always helps with everything. Today i was putting dinner on the table and she was trying to lift Eilidhs bumbo on the table for her sister . Then there is “baba” her dolly that always around normally wearing a nappy, “baba” HAS to go into a bath with the girls just now - and of course she needs to get her hair washed (not that there is any) and washed and dried just like Becca and Eilidh. I have “three” girls to get ready afterwards - i even had to iron “babas” clothes the other day. They are starting to “fight” over everything , Eilidh is always wanting what Rebecca has - cute for the moment at least.
We have proberly had the best week sleep wise we have had in a while - Eilidh is back to sleeping all night and Rebecca has been only waking up once maybe twice a night, sure she seems to be back to getting up at 5-ish but I’m okay with that if she actually lets me get some sleep during the night.

I also managed to give my house the spring clean it so desperately needed, i just about stay on top of the housework daily but it just needs that little extra now and then.

I am so glad to have my camera back on me again and have been snapping away like crazy, im loving taking wee videos of the girls just now i hope noone minds me sharing. Here is one taken yesterday of Rebecca eating a slice of kiwi and Eilidh trying to steal it.

Some Pictures of Eilidh this morning, she had managed to get her shawl wrapped around
her head while sleeping - im just glad its so light . You can also see how happy she is to be having breakfast.

And lastly a couple of pics from my MILs yesterday

Amazed - The girls amaze me daily, both have just accomplished so much in there short life’s. Eilidh is almost 6 months and Rebecca will be 2 In less than a month.
Where has the time gone.
Annoyed - At blogger for making me spend ages trying to log in and for my breastfeeding class being canceled but nobody being told of it so we still went anyways
Proud - Rebecca is so good with her sister, it makes me to proud of her the way she has handled the transiction. Today was a perfect example as Eilidh was sicka little and Rebecca just went and got a tissue and cleaned it up. She loves her sister so much.
Jealous - My parents have taken my niece to Disneyland in Paris and my sister is away to London, i want a holiday.
Unattractive - Eaten way to much chocolate today and my skin has broken out.
Regretful - I left my camera in the changing bag in the car which was in getting fixed - there seemed to be so many photo ops today and i missed them all. Rebecca and i made crispy cakes and she looked so cute covered in Chocolate.
Sorry - For my poor hubby who is suffering with the same cold that got me and the girls last week in the same week as an important exam.
Worried - For my online friend Christina at Momology,who has a defibrillator that was playing up at the weekend. She had been MIA for a few days since but thankfully
she is ok, looking forward to chatting with again soon.

And most of all Happy - how did i get so lucky in life

Laura

Eilidh loves to play peek-a-boo just now, just had to share a few videos - not the best but of course the minute i get the camera out she stops

Today before heading to my mums , my niece insisted on doing Eilidhs nappy. Eilidh
of course gave her a hard time - i guess at least she did stay on the mat.

The girls are thankfully doing better although Eilidh is being fussy in the afternoons but sleeping better at nights again. We have also kinda stopped with the purees and started with finger foods and lumps - she seems to like these much more and our health visitor basically says why not if its what she wants.

Today we stopped at a local restaurant/bar which has a play area in the back, of course had to take some shots. I really like how some of them turned out , before joining an online photography group a while back i would of dismissed them as they don’t show Rebecca’s face . Before i really though that was the point of the pictures but now i realise just how much a back or side can say.

I am also in the process of updating the photo album for April is anyone wants to take a look http://mcintyregirls.myphotoalbum.com/

After such a lovely day yesterday we had such a horrendous night with the girls, it was one of the worst nights I have had since having Eilidh – at least the first few nights after she was born I was expecting it.

7.00pm – Wonderful start to the night, both girls sound asleep and sleeping in there own beds. I go for a bath.

8.00pm – Eilidh wakes up thus waking Rebecca up, I get out bath to deal with Eilidh and DH takes Rebecca. Eilidh is really upset and finally settles after taking some teething tablets and a feed and goes back down. Becca goes back down ok

8.30pm – Becca wakes up but goes back down again

9.00pm – Eilidh wakes again, feeds and goes back down. Give her some calpol.

10.00pm – Rebecca wakes and is so fussy and restless and will not settle without us there.

11.00pm – Rebecca finally goes back to sleep but is so restless and moving constantly. Me and DH try to go to sleep.

12.00pm – Becca wakes for a feed

1.00am – DH takes a turn with Rebecca as I had barely slept as she wouldn’t stay still. He moans about It so much (in his sleep) that im unable to get back to sleep.

2.00am – Becca wakes again, she is burning up and seems wide awake, I take her through the living room and give her calpol, we curl up on the couch.

2.30am – Rebecca is just starting to go back to sleep when Eilidh wakes up again. I wait to see if she will settle but after about 5 minutes starts crying so go and get her and give a feed while Rebecca plays. She goes back down with some fussing.

3.00am – Yet again Becca is about to drop off when Eilidh starts crying. Take Becca to DH, even though she is crying for me tell him he just has to deal with it as I need to deal with Eilidh.

3-5.00am – Eilidh is not happy, she has more calpol and teething tables (which help for 10 minutes or so. We change her nappy, feed, walk the floor, sing, rock………, everything but she is miserable and will not go back to sleep. Eventually around 5 we both fall asleep on the couch.

5.15am – She wakes up again and feeds, I put her down and she settles for a few moments before waking and fussing. I sit through the living room but after about 10 minutes she has stopped fussing (she never cried though, just babbled unhappily). I FINALLY GO TO SLEEP.

7.00am – DH comes through with Rebecca, im so tired but thankfully he sends me back to bed and deals with the kids.

Im up at 9 with a screaming hungry Eilidh, thankfully I managed to grab almost 2 hours during naptime. Both girls have such runny noses today and Becca is running a fever. Im pretty sure both girls are teething – Becca got like this when she was getting her eye teeth and it looks like Eilidhs top teeth are about to break through. Of course after taken a 3 hour nap during the day Eilidh refused to take an afternoon nap and went to be a 6pm.

Its now 7.40pm and both girls are sound and im about to head for a bath, I just hope tonight is better. Cannot cope with a night like that again.