Tea for two

Erin had a play date with a friend from church. They had tea, played in the garden and had a good time. After a couple of hours Erin, fetched her shoes, my shoes and my handbag to make sure that I knew that she was ready to go home.

The naked one!

For the past couple of weeks Erin's thing has been to take off her clothes and then her nappy. Anywhere any time! Luckily there have not been any presents left for me when I don't get to her in time.

A new phase

Since returning from the UK at the end of August Erin decided she was no longer interested in a night feed and started sleeping through the night. What a joy for Brendon and I to be able to get some decent shut eye. Owen only slept through the night at 2.5 years, just before Erin arrived! So we haven't had proper sleep for almost 4 years.

Erin has a morning sleep around 10am for a couple of hours and then goes to sleep for night at 6pm. She then wakes around 5.30am if there are no dramas in the night. It does mean that we are in bed by 9pm.

More teeth

Erin now has 12 teeth. 6 on the bottom and 6 on the top. The top first molars were a difficult stage but luckily that has passed. Now the two canine teeth at the bottom are trying to make their way out. Roll on the last 8!

Erins time in the UK

Erin is a girlie girl and loves to play with the collection of dolls that Lynese has here. She enjoys lying around in my bed and trying on the laundry clothes. Erin also enjoys taking a peek outside to see whats going on.

We have had a series of disturbed nights and note that her fingers are always in her mouth so are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the next tooth. Her vocabulary is coming along well and she can say bear, hippo, aeroplane, bye bye, amen, hello, outside, baby, Owen, mommy, daddy, up and boobies. She loves being on the slide and running around with the toy lawnmower. Outside is her favourite time, especially if she has Owen there to run after.

One sleep a day

Erin is down to one sleep a day. Occassionally when she has had a disturbed night she will fit in two but this is not the norm. She still has 3 bottles a day but now and again when she does not sleep through the night (which is not regular either) she will sneak in a night feed. Even though the books say just give them sips of water or their dummy I don't bother as it gives the household a better nights sleep if she has a milk bottle. Life for Erin is a whole lot more relaxed than Owen had it! First children always have to suffer the learning curve of the parents.

Grocery shopping has become a bit of a hit and miss event. Erin and I don't go as often as we used to and definately have to cut down on the time spent there and amount of items we get. Erin prefers to sit in the shopping cart part and tries to eat things around her whether they are covered in plastic or not.

Two more teeth!

Erin has 2 new molars appearing at the same time on her bottom jaw. She appears to be mostly undisturbed by the event and has only had a few unsettled nights. She now has 10 teeth in total. Only 10 more to go. It has been 7 months since her last one. Brushing teeth is still such an issue and she twists and wriggles even though I tell her that they have to be brushed twice a day for the rest of her life.