Dear Chloe,
What a fantastic first 6 months we have had with you! You are such a little smiler, just like your sister. You've had struggles, just like Izzy, as we spent a week in hospital when you were about 3 months old and we discovered that you are also Dairy Protein Intolerant. You adore your big sister, and always have the biggest smiles for her. You first rolled when you were 16 weeks and 4 days old, in front of mummy and Nanna. We were so proud of you. You're getting stronger by the day, you love to be upright, and have recently started to enjoy spending time in your activity centre. One of your favourite things to do, is to sit on the settee next to Isabelle, with some musical instruments, and to sing songs with mummy sitting on the floor doing all the silly actions. Your favorite is currently "5 little men in a flying saucer" which was also Isabelle's favourite at this age!
You had your first try of baby rice on mummy's birthday (Boxing day) and loved it! You have since tried a bit of sweet potato, banana and apple. Apple is by far your favourite at the moment, but we're going to try parsnips and pears this week too.
You're a chunky little monkey and will now be weighing around 18lb! However, you have only recently gone into your cot, as mummy couldn't bare for you to move into your own room! You're loving having all that extra space though, and are often stretched out as far as you can reach!
I'm pretty sure we might have some teeth making an appearance soon, as you've had very rosy cheeks lately, you're biting anything you get your hands on, and dribbling everywhere! I really hope you don't suffer with them!
You had a fantastic first Christmas, and were utterly spoilt! You loved all the pretty lights, and Isabelle was very proud to introduce you to Santa!
To sum things up, i am absolutely loving watching you grow and discover your world. You truly have made our little family complete and we all love you to the moon and back! (Isabelle tells you this approximately 431286782376491 times a day!).
Here are a few photo's of how you have grown during your first 6 months!
Dear Isabelle,
You have been such a superstar over the past 6 months and i cant even begin to explain how proud we are of you. You absolutely adored your baby sister, from the moment you set eyes on her, and have looked after her ever since. You're always holding her hands, and cuddling her, and are super proud introducing her to all of your friends!
Your speech has come on amazingly over the past few weeks, and you're coming out with funny new phrases every day at the moment. You say hello to absolutely anything, and "Nice to see you" .. You said this to a banana skin today! You never fail to make me laugh!
You're doing really well with your diet now, too. We started reintroducing fruit in April last year, and then very gradually added dairy when you turned two, and you seem to be fine with most things now.
You absolutely loved Christmas this year. You put a mince pie, and a glass of milk out for Santa, and a carrot for Rudolph, then excitedly put your stocking at the end of your bed, and really seemed to understand what was going on.
You still love to read. You used to always ask mummy to read stories to you, but now you like to look at the pictures, and tell the stories to mummy and Chloe.
You can count up to ten, backwards and forwards, you know when your Birthday is, what number your house is, the colour of our door, and Grandma's, You can say "Hello" in French, and "Good Morning" in German. You know almost all the colours, and lots of shapes, including Rhombus!
You know all of your body parts including things like Sternum and Clavicle! You are currently learning your phone number.
You can sing many songs, word for word. Your favourites are Twinkle Twinkle, Lullaby and Jingle Bells. You love to sing to Chloe, and insist that she claps whenever you've finished.
We've been introducing you to your potty over the past week, and you have done three wee's on it so far, which is fantastic. Daddy's got a three day holiday next week, plus the weekend, so we're planning to really work hard at getting you toilet trained.
We've started going to a playgroup on a Tuesday, so that you get some time playing with other Children. We're trying to teach you to share at the moment. Sometimes you're brilliant at it, sometimes it still needs a lot of work ;) You don't seem to be as good at sharing with children who are slightly younger than you. You are brilliant with babies, but not so much little children, but we're working on that.
We've got a little holiday booked, in April, just a few weeks after mummy goes back to work. It's five days in Butlins, and i cant wait! There'll be swimming, rides, and some of your favourite Characters, and i just know you're going to love it.
So, carry on being the beautiful, happy, funny little character you are. You make me smile every single day of your life and i am so, so proud of you.
x x x x Mummy x x x x
I have to admit, there have been times over the past 6 months that its been a struggle, when both girls are crying at once, and I've had very little sleep etc, or when they've been poorly at the same time. These, however, are massively outweighed by the most amazing times! I spent the whole 9 months of pregnancy constantly hearing comments like "You're going to have your hands full", but to be honest, i wouldn't have it any other way.
The best gift we could ever have given Isabelle, was her sister. The love on both of their faces each time they see each other just melts my heart completely. To see them in a morning, after being apart through the night, would be to think they've been apart for weeks.
I thought Izzy would enjoy Chloe's nap times, as it gives her and i some one to one time, but i just get "Mummy, fetch Chloe please, i miss her".
There has barely been a moment that they aren't holding hands, and once one of them starts giggling, they are both normally at it for ages!
Watching their relationship develop and blossom has been one of the greatest journeys of my life. And this is only the beginning.
