Swim, swim, swim

Ready for the lesson

Swimming to the wall- keeping an eye out to see what the other children are up to?

Oh- where did she go? Under the water no problem at all!

Floating on her back

Swim, swim, swim

Morning Mover!

This is how I found Niamh yesterday morning...up the wrong way, diagonal with feet stuck out the cot bars! I have NO idea how she even managed it considering all was tickety boo when Anthony went to work one hour earlier. I love the grin :)

Mover and shaker

It's official! Niamh rolled for the first time all by herself today!! At 7.5 months. Should we be worried... probably :) She's been so close for ages but has always needed a helpful push to get her legs over as they always seemed to get tangled round each other, but today she has got it all working perfectly and can do it no problem now. Tummy time is going well too- no more vocal protesting... well, not immediately anyway...so something must be clicking in that brain of hers.

She's doing soooo well in the pool too. On her second lesson Niamh was going under (with me holding under her arms) and after lesson number 3 on Saturday she is starting to move her legs, stretch out her arms and feel more relaxed in the water. And we're not even half way there. As her motor skills develop more, it will really help what she can do in the pool. The swimming instructor has called Niamh a sponge, taking everything in ALL the time. We try to pop down to the pool during the week to practise the things from Saturday, plus, it tires her out for a lovely long afternoon sleep. Bliss.

Niamh is also sleeping through the night! Another huge accomplishment. I'm confident I can post this without things going backwards as she's been sleeping the whole night for 10 nights now. We dream feed her at 9:30 and she can last from 7pm to 7am. I am a very happy mummy. :)

Niamh loves the music class we go to on a Monday morning with other mums and babies/toddlers. She has been 'doing' the hokey tokey in style- arms and legs flying! A bit of a trick to hold onto at times once she gets going.

We have been out and about visiting most weekends. We went to see Lucy in Taumaranui and Aunty Jen in Tauranga recently. Niamh is a pretty good traveller. 3 hours (with stops) seems her limit at this stage...which is fair enough and she sleeps most of the way thankfully. We also went on her first over night excursion when Anthony was in Aussie for work. I think my parents are still getting over that visit :) (Just kidding!) A few things were apparent after that trip- portocots have a very low bottom to them- not ideal for short people like me; babies who are getting over temperatures can take 2 and 1/2 hours to settle at night and duty free is a wonderful thing.Yay!

Anthony is so busy at work and has been recently promoted. All his hard work is paying off which is great. I, on the other hand, popped into school today to officially hand in my resignation. :-( The right decision but difficult none the less. I have a plan to do some relieving next year but just need to get my CV up to date now. Don't they say a change is as good as a holiday?? :)