6 months

Our beautiful Ruby is days away from the 6 month mark and I have to say this is my favourite age. 

Don't get me wrong I have enjoyed every minute so far in the world of Ruby but right now she acknowledges your presence, she eats and talks and rolls over and plays but you can still pop her down somewhere and know she will be there in a few minutes when you return.

 I can still go to the movies without any dramas. Im savouring all these little things because I know in a month or two's time she will be wanting to crawl and getting cranky that she can't! 

She is just starting to sit up all on her own and when she is propped up she really enjoys it. Our bright eyed girl is so clever and only has to be shown once or twice how to do something and she is onto it. We have also started the process of unswaddling her. It's just so hot here now and I dread how hot it is going to be in summer. Her room is 30 degrees at 10 in the morning so I started off cold turkey with both arms out in a light sleeping bag and instead of the usual 5 mins it takes for her to fall asleep, we were going on 45 mins. She did eventually fall asleep but only for an hour max. 

So I did buy a swaddle suit a while ago that you could zip the arms off to transition them. I put her back in that and unzipped one arm. Hallelujah! We are back to 5 mins to fall asleep and she even slept straight through the night with it out. Another week or so and I will unzip the other arm and we should hopefully be in the clear. My little girl is growing up. Tear ;'(