How awesome is this....

Just found this and i love it!!

We Have Teeth....

Within 2 weeks Mali  has got 2 top teeth, her second bottom tooth, another coming through on the bottom AND 4 more coming on the top! This is a little scary, although i have to say she is handling it very well :)

And they make it very easy to eat...Broccoli! I can't believe how much she likes it, and especially how much she loves smearing it everywhere.

Ahhh, my baby is becoming a toddler :(

It's Been Awhile!

So i know there is absolutely no excuse for my lack of Blogging or Vlogging so i'm not going to even attempt to give one. I will however say that boy does time fly!

The last time i updated Mali was just over 6 months and i was about to start back at work. She is now almost 9 months and i have been back at work (3 days a week) for 2 months and 1 week! 

She started Daycare on the 5th of July as my mum was able to look after her for the months of May and June. She only went for the first 3 days and caught a chest infection and a respiratory tract infection! So needless to say this week Nick and i are taking shifts of working from home while she is sick.

Today is Tuesday and it's my turn :)

Surprisingly, i have actually been doing quite a bit of work. Even though Mali is sick she is still a great sleeper, just gone 1.5hrs and still asleep!

The photos i've added range from 6 months to almost 9 months, i don't really think she has changed much, but others do.

So back to work.... it's hard! Not my work in general and i must admit i do like my job, but what is hard is the constant division in my brain. I can switch 20 times a day from mummy mode to career mode, it's hard to balance the two and especially when i feel a constant tugging for me to go and 'rescue' Mali from daycare and be at home with her.

I just keep telling myself that this what we have to do for now and she will benefit from it eventually. This will enable me to have at least 12 months off with our next baby, so i see it as totally worth it.

Mali is not crawling yet and i'm not actually sure that she will. She shows no interest in moving around at all and is quite happy to sit and play. My mum said that my older sister never crawled, she just went from sitting to walking, so we'll see. Apparently i crawled, but only for a short amount of time and was quite late in doing so.

She loves eating toast and cereal for breakfast and has really mastered the finger food thing now. She eats a variety of fruits, veggies, pasta, meat and yoghurt on a daily basis so i feel happy with her 'eating'.

Still has 4 bottles of formula a day and drinks water with every meal as well as between meals (especially while she's sick). Really happy with that too.

So that's a general update, maybe i'll try and be super productive today and do a Vlog too! No promises though ;)