182 Days // 26 Weeks // 6 Months

Florence at a few seconds old.

These past six months have been stretched out into infinite moments, yet flown by so quickly. I fear that if I close my eyes just for one moment you be in your school uniform, or clutching the keys to your first car, or with a rucksack on your back ready to leave your Father and I to explore the World.

Motherhood is tiresome. I have had moments where I have felt so fragile, weak, and insecure. I have never been so exhausted, but my heart has never been so full. Motherhood has changed me; it has made me grow, it has made me realise how unimportant everything before it was in comparison to how beautiful life is now. 

One day we’ll sleep again, but for the time present I’ll take the time to study your entire being. I’ll sit for hours in your bedroom to watch your chest rise and fall while you sleep peacefully. I’ll kiss you a thousand times a day. I’ll take the cries so that I can soothe them. I’ll take the aching shoulders so that I can hold you. All because I know that although the days may seem long now, they’ll soon be distant memories.

You still wear mostly 0-3 month clothing.

You are very nosey.

You came Riding with me and met a horse for the first time.

You can roll both ways.

You can swim underwater.

You love splashing the water at bath time.

You eat two meals a day.

You've turned into a real Daddy's Girl.

You love riding on Henry's back. 

You love people's noses.

You love it when we blow raspberries on your tummy. 

You don’t like having your face cleaned after meal time.

You love playing in your Jumperoo.

You love pulling my hair.

You blow lots of bubbles.

You love putting everything into your mouth.

You've been on a swing in the park.

You love talking, especially at 5am.

You get really excited when we squeak Sophie Giraffe or your bunny toy.

You've got a secret ticklish spot on the back of your neck that only I can find.

You love falling asleep in our bed.

You suck your thumb to fall asleep.

You smile in your sleep.

You love sitting in your highchair, playing with your toys.

You always wiggle your toes.

You giggle when your big cousin Lily is being silly.

You don’t like when people wear glasses or sun glasses.

You have been to the Aquarium.

Florence at six months old.

"To be a Mother is the greatest gift of all."

Weaning Diaries // Week 4

 

Florence really enjoyed her “first taste” purées, so we decided to introduce some new, stronger flavours into her diet. We wasn’t sure how she would respond to them because they were quite rich however, she tried them all and enjoyed the majority of them. Her favourite breakfast this week was Orange, see the video below to watch her first taste! Her favourite lunch this week was the Tomato Purée, I had to warm up another cube because there was no stopping her!

Here is Florence's food diary for week 4 - 

Week 4	Breakfast – 9.00am	Lunch – 1.00pm	Dinner – 4.00pm	Bedtime – 7.00pm
Monday	Bottle Raspberry Purée	Bottle Courgette Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Tuesday	Bottle Blueberry Purée	Bottle Tomato Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Wednesday	Bottle Blackberry Purée	Bottle Asparagus Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Thursday	Bottle Apricot Purée	Bottle Spinach  Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Friday	Bottle Melon Purée	Bottle Sweetcorn  Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Saturday	Bottle Weetabix with Orange in Mesh Feeder	Bottle Sweet Potato, Spinach and Pea  Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Sunday	Bottle Yoghurt* with Banana in Mesh Feeder	Bottle Sweet Potato and Tomato  Purée	Bottle	Bottle

*We used Yeo Valley Organic Natural Yoghurt. We found that the sugar content on yoghurts advertised for Children were much, much higher than the Natural Yoghurt. Yeo Valley has no added ingredients, and only contains naturally occurring sugars. 

Our mesh feeder is by Munchkin!

Weaning Diaries // Week 3

Florence has been weaning for three weeks now, and she has finally started to gain on her weight centile again after dropping for the past few weeks. We are so happy with this news and it has made Chris and I feel even more confident with our decision to move Florence onto solids.

After two successful weeks of single vegetable purées we decided to start combining flavours and introducing a fruit purée after Florence’s breakfast bottle. 

Here is Florence’s food diary for week 3 -

Week 3	Breakfast – 9.00am	Lunch – 1.00pm	Dinner – 4.00pm	Bedtime – 7.00pm
Monday	Bottle Creamy Porridge	Bottle Sweet Potato and Broccoli Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Tuesday	Bottle Apple Purée	Bottle Pea and Carrot Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Wednesday	Bottle Pear Purée	Bottle Butternut Squash and Parsnip Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Thursday	Bottle Peach Purée	Bottle Carrot and Swede  Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Friday	Bottle Mango Purée	Bottle Potato and Broccoli Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Saturday	Bottle Strawberry Purée	Bottle Pea and Cauliflower Purée	Bottle	Bottle
Sunday	Bottle Banana Purée	Bottle Sweet Potato and Parsnip  Purée	Bottle	Bottle

Now that Florence has tried a few vegetable combinations we are going to introduce stronger flavours such as Asparagus, Spinach, Pepper, Tomato and Green Beans. We will continue to introduce new fruits at breakfast too. 

Thank you for reading!