One Thing After Another.

My poorly baby Olivia has an ear infection in both ears i suspect,so were off to the doctors at 11.50am,hopefully they will give her some drops to clear it up,must be awful.Madison has never had an ear infection! I think Olivia will be the "sicky" baby of the two lol.
Sleep update-Madison sleeps really well she's thankfully not on her 5/5.30am wakeups anymore,last night she slept 6.30pm till 7am! Olivia on the other hand is a nightmare,last night was reasonably okay she slept 8pm-11pm then 11-12pm then i lost count of the wakeups so she ended up sleeping on me eek!
I don't think i would get any "quality" sleep otherwise.
I can't believe she is six months old this week! How fast has that gone?!? She now can sit unaided for a few seconds,which is becoming more each day,she is so different to Madison who started sitting up unaided around 7/8 months.
Ahh i love my girls!
Madisons cheeky saying of this week is to call everyone "bobby geldof" haha as Paul was watching a video,I asked who it was and Madison thought it was hilarious so thats what we are getting called this week,either that or she will point at you and go "you pudding!" haha.
I just LOVE what kids come out with,I definately prefer the "toddler" age to the "baby" age as they can tell you what they want lol makes things so much easier,Olivia is still very much a mummys girl,and its hit or miss at whether she will take a bottle **sigh**.I just have to keep telling myself it's not forever and its obviously better to have milk "on tap" lol.

We went to the park yesterday,Madison loves just walking around and exploring.There were alot of dogs there too,one came upto her and she went "smelly doggy" lol
Here are some photos-

And a recent picture of Olivia,she i so cheeky,she was leaning out of her bouncer yesterday! She is so strong,it scared the life out of me lol.

Frump Lump

I am in dire need of a makeover.I feel like such a frump.I think i may treat myself to some new clothes from the catalogue seeing as i owe less than £100 now :) and its my birthday in a few week.I need cheering up! lol Also thinking of dying my hair bright red but i have to go blond first which will not be pleasant haha but worth it,it's just finding the time to actually do it!
Update on the kiddies,they have been poorly with a virus,which has left Olivia with a bad cough bless,she wasn't feeding very well so we took her to the walk in centre just to make sure she was okay,I'm such a worrier but id rather be safe than sorry!! She seems alot better today,still coughing but all in all better! Madison though is getting cheekier by the day,i just cannot believe how clever she is!! She can count up to 10 now,when she has she says "Ready or not here i come" then comes over and tickles us,and she knows some French hehe she says "bonjour!" Ahh i love them so much!!!
Olivia will be six month old in 10 days which is when we will commence baby led weaning,she has had a few "tastes" as you know but seeing as shes been ill we've decided to leave trying her with anything else for a few weeks.I shall update and let you know how she gets on.
Plan for today,think i will get some eggs and do some baking with Madison,I've promised to do cakes with her for a week now lol she loves it!

What a grump.

Olivia was a class A grump yesterday,I think there must of only been about ten minutes of no crying during this time she blew raspberries which she is loving again,very cute.I don't know what was wrong with her yesterday,i tried everything,she wasn't ill either,no temp etc,l.I felt inadequate as a mother,i should of known what was wrong with my baby.We tried her with some mashed carrot last night and she actually ate it! Madison was very fussy with vegetable s lol.I think i'm going to mash some food for Olivia for a few weeks until she can sit unaided a bit better,were only taking it very slow anyway,she's had banana and carrot upto now.Today we are trying butternut squash!
Interesting thought is was she hungry? As she actually slept better last night! Only one wake up!
Lets see how tonight goes!

First tastes

Olivia is 21 weeks old now and had a mushed up banana today! We just put some on a spoon,gave it her and she put it straight to her mouth and wolfed it down! This was after a full milk feed too,she was still crying as if she was hungry and she was!

I don't know whether to do a few homemade purees for a few weeks or to jump straight into BLW?.She can sit up well when supported and has extremely good head control.I think ill try her with a piece of brocholli and take it from there,see how she gets on.

Sleep is still not going well,we had 6+ wakeups for milk last night and also a 4.30am poop! Yuck i wasn't expecting that lol.Bath,milky,bed seems to be working on settling Olivia shes asleep now in my arms.Wish me luck on attempt #1 on putting her in her cot lol.

Our House

Our house is haunted! There is no doubt about it.I know there are alot of non believers but if you spent a night here trust me you would be a believer by the morning!
I just love this quote,it sums up our house a treat-
"When all logical theories have been exhausted...all that is left is the illogical or the paranormal."

We have decided to get a paranormal investigation team in,now i don't know if this is a good thing or not,I am intrigued but at the same time terrified that this might make things worse.
Something needs to be done about it though,the bedroom is so eerie you just get the feeling that your not alone in there!

I mean how do you explain a doorbell going off that has NO batteries in! TWICE! Pauls an electrician and couldn't explain that one,then the other day i heard a light tapping,as did Paul a few nights before,but you just can't figure out where it is coming from.It's so very strange.

The scariest thing of all is that Paul seen a ghost,now he thinks it was his Nanna but can't be 100% sure,I hope it is his Nanna or my Grandad!
ARRGH! I think i freak myself out sometimes lol,I will update on this once the investigation has taken place.

On another happy note my Olivia Magoo is 5 months old today!! This time 5 months ago she wasn't even born and i wasn't even in labour haha.I can actually feel the bumps of her teeth now,she hasn't been half as grumpy although her sleep is doing my head in.I think a growth spurt combined with clingyness has sent her sleeping patterns off the rails,we are still doing bath,milky,bed which seems to settle her off to sleep but she just doesn't stay asleep!
Were talking a maximum of one hour,she will only sleep longer if she is with me and to be honest the last few nights she has slept on my chest so i can at least get a few hours and be less zombiefied in the morning.I know it's not going to be forever,Madison was exactly the same and when she went on forumla she was alot less clingier but i'm determined to breastfeed Olivia till she's at least one year old.

Right i best be off seeing as someone is doing me a little present haha oh the joys!

Awake but sleeping

I am so tired it is unreal.Olivia will just NOT sleep unless i am holding or nursing her.I remember Madison being like this-clingy but she wasn't half as bad as Olivia is,she won't even let Paul hold her.Olivia is asleep in my arms now,doing little sleepy smiles,she is unbelievably cute but oh how i wish she would sleep.I am going to attempt to put her in her cot again soon,this will be attempt 4/5,I've even put my top in there so she can smell my scent but nothings working,she just wants ME! which flattering it may be is wearing me out,I feel as if i'm running on empty.
Here goes to another attempt and a sleepless night.I forgot how hard they were even more harder with a toddler.I take my hat off to anyone with more than two kids.
When your a mum the nights are short,days are long,tiring,and hardwork but i wouldn't change it for the world as when i get my "big smacker" (kiss) off Madison or a gummy smile off Olivia i know its all worth it.