Seven months

Alex is seven months old now. I took her to the baby clinic to get her weighed this afternoon. She now weighs nearly 18 pounds and 9 ounces which is pretty much as expected. Hurrah!

They did say that she should be able to sleep through the night by now and advised me to make sure she was awake when we put her down in her cot for the night. That way she will learn how to put herself to sleep so that when she wakes in the middle of the night she can nod off again without needing help. So this evening I found myself bizarrely trying to get her to wake up after her feed. Brushing her teeth (all two of them) did the job. Then there was a few minutes crying, a lot of twisting round in the cot and finally she slept. She is now sleeping, with her head to one side (thankfully, I hate the face down sleeping position!) facing outwards. She usually faces the other way so this is a rare chance to see her face as she sleeps. Very, very cute. Of course :-)

The health visitor gave us a Bookstart bag. Free books!

She has started to try to cruise round the furniture. Not entirely successfully so far which has lead to a few bumps but nothing too dramatic thankfully.