38 weeks

At 38 weeks Eve:

- Has turned a corner with the allergies. As well as adding peas to the safe list last week, we can also add cooked banana, cooked pear purée, simple sponge cake made without eggs or dairy, onion and I've had mints. This week I'm trying out oat milk as almond and coconut milk have both been ruled out.

- Has put on more weight and is making her way back up to the 50th percentile. Also the hospital measured her wrong, as when the health visitor did it she is still in the 75th percentile for height.

- Has had her 8 month check and pronounced fine (which we knew). She can pincer grip a small pea sized object, transfer toys from one hand to the other, follows with her eyes, babbles, sits, crawls and stands when supported.

- Day 12 of controlled crying proved to be the winner, she slept through from 7pm until 4.30am, I fed her and she slept for another hour. We've since had 3 days like this and this morning she went through until 5.30am!

- Can put herself back to sleep so naps for longer. Her morning nap tends to be for an hour and a half rather than 30 minutes.

- Has gone up a level on toys, she loves push-along cars, balls, soft blocks and stacking cups.

I cannot quite believe she'll be 9 months on Tuesday or that Charlie will be 5 tomorrow!!