Lily is a proper foody now, loving her home cooked dinners and puddings too which happen to be her favourite along with curry, spag bol and sunday roast!Yum.

We are still busy with all our baby groups, and are starting a new baby signing group on Monday just to add to our busy schedule. Which means Lily is well and truly worn out by the end of the day so she sleeps from about 8pm-7am!Yay sleep for Mummy which is strange after 6 months of broken nights.

As yet more milestones are ticked off we become increasingly more and more proud of our clever little girl.

I was in labour. Had been having pains since midnight on 6th July (my due date) and had eventually called the labour ward at about 2pm after having a show and contractions getting gradually more painful and closer together. Once we arrived I was examined and was about 2cm diliated so we went home again to wait it out. Got home and went to bed within an hour had got up to go to loo and waters had broke all over bedroom floor!! I screamed at Matt to get towels as was worried about the floor getting ruined! Went back into to hospital and at 2.32am on 7th Lily Elizabeth was born and things have never been the same since.

I can’t believe how quick the time has gone and that my baby will be half a year old tomorrow. She has been an angel today and has been saying muma since she woke up and really happy. She has grown so quick and changes ever day. Am so blessed to have her in my life and to be her Mummy it is such a pleasure.

Being a Dad is the most rewarding experience I’ve ever come across. Lily’s in her own routine now, which fits well with our lives. She’s a lot more lively and seems to be a very happy baby, exploring everything around her and taking it all in. Soon she’ll be fully crawling, as at the moment she attempts it, resulting in frustration from not much movement.

I’m looking forward to her 1st Christmas and to Santa visiting the house!

Matt caught her on camera the other night maybe he might be able to put some footage on here sometime soon!!

On a different note today is the 7th November making Lily four months old!!! Oh how time flies!

                               

Lily’s first Halloween!!! Trick or Treat?

So what have we done on Lily’s one hundredth day?

Well we spent the morning playing and reading- Lily wakes at around 6am, Daddy went off to work just before 8am and we had a bit more sleep. After getting up and having breakfast we went of to our Surestart Birth Days group which is for babies under 1 year and their Mummies. We meet with them every Wednesday. Whilst we were there Lily was weighed she is now 12lb8.5oz. We are now home and Lily has watched PINGU whilst Mummy tidies up, we are now playing and waiting for Daddy to come home in an hour or so.

She has out grown all of her newborn clothes and now slipping into all her 0-3months clothes nicely not surprising really when she is now over 10lb! Her long legs continue to grow too. She can hold her head up for about 30 seconds unaided and likes to push herself up further and further on whoever is holding her.

Lily and Mummy have been out and about too. Last week we went to Baby Massage and a Mummy and Baby group so we have met lots of new friends which is great for us both; Lily was the tiniest baby at both groups though I am sure she won’t be for long!

Sleep is now getting very good for us both with Lily sleeping for about 6 hours straight so the bags under Mummy’s eyes are slowly disappearing- hurray!

I’ll leave you with a few photos of our growing little girl!

Over the last week Lily has started to make different sounds from sort of “grunts” to “squeals” of delight, she is a very alert baby and loves to look at the things around her and focuses on people and studies them very carefully. She is allowing me to get more sleep than in the first weeks with her settled into a good sleep pattern at night, although I have also mastered the art of sleeping sitting up!

Last week Lily went to her first Guide camp- at just 3 weeks old I am sure thats a record; Girlguiding certainly likes to recruit them young! My Guides certainly loved our newest member and even made up a song all about Lily!

She is growing well too; last week she weigh 7lb 10oz and measured 53cm in length- she has such long legs!

The first week was a bit of a blur for me especially up until the Thursday as I was so ill having lost 700ml of blood in labour; it wasn’t until the Wednesday evening that it was made clear how poorly I was when the hospital asking me to come in for a blood transfusion the following morning! I thought I was just recovering from labour and it was normal to feel the way I was. After the 3 units of blood was given and a day spent on my own ward in hospital with Matt and Lily for company I was feeling much better- and have been going from strength to strength since!

Lily has been doing well - we have now been discharged from our midwife and are seeing our Health Visitor now who is coming to weigh and measure Lily again this Tuesday! The past few days we think Lily has been having abit of a growth spurt as she is very hungry but we have almost perfected the sleeping routine at night- Daddy is getting most but we will let him off as he is back to work tomorrow and he is always on hand to do his bit if Mummy gets really tired!

We are still managing to do our own things and Lily fits in around us. We have been out and about with Granny and Auntie Emily when they and Grandad Ian came to see us last Saturday and we have also been out with Nanny, Auntie Alice and Grandad Steve when they came to see us last Sunday- Lily was spoilt of both occassions…

Lots of people have been in touch and we have a mantle piece full of lovely cards and as you can imagine Lily is the luckiest little girl in the world with all the presents she has recieved!

Tomorrow as I mentioned is Matt’s first day back at work, both Lily and I will miss him lots during the day but there will be plenty of time in the evenings for our little family. Nanny and Auntie Alice are coming to keep us company too tomorrow so I am sure we will have lots of fun!