Sat beside me is a beaming Bea
Holding on to cuddly Upsy Daisy
And giving her kisses
Mwah!
Bea’s love of In The Night Garden has begun
It is a very emotional connection
For me
For Bea
With her little big sister in the sky
At 10 months Bea is a super fast crawler
She can stand without support for seconds at a time
She confidently cruises the furniture
And can walk with a walker
And holding on to hands
When I remarked to David recently
About our giant baby
He said that she will very soon be a toddler
And I am certain he is right
Her first all on her own steps
Cannot be far away
Bea chats and giggles a lot
She has a few words now
Things that we recognise as words
Dada for Mummy and Daddy
Mama for Mummy
Edda for Esther
Yum Yum for William
Hiya for hello
She says ‘hiya’ to everyone she meets
In a perfect Northern accent
If you do not respond
She lurches at your face
And grins at you
Until you notice her and respond
She is a very funny little lady
She also loves waving
Every time someone says hello or goodbye
Bea is still breastfeeding on demand
We are at the stage of feeding now
Where she often climbs onto me
Lifts up my top
And starts helping herself
She also does a lot of coming on and off the breast
I am never really sure what that means?
I don’t think weaning is going very well
She likes bread and cheese
Organix crisps and biscuits
But apart from that
And yoghurt
Most foods offered end up on the floor
I am not really sure what to do about that
Or if I need to do anything at all just at the moment?
Food for fun until you’re one
Right?
This week Bea has discovered stairs
She can easily climb them
And has already managed to fall down them
Esther and William never really did stairs
So this is all new to us
Bea has also discovered water play
And just like Esther and William
She LOVES it!
I am so glad
We are going to start doing lots of messy and sensory play now
Bea loves music and musical instruments
She loves clapping her hands
And has a surprisingly loud clap for a little one
I cannot wait for us to start some classes together
In the new school year
Bea loves to be outside
She loves crawling on the grass
She loves feeling flowers and plants
She loves watching her siblings play
Bea loves to cuddle
She gives great cuddles
But it is physically exhausting carrying her around all day
And some days she does like to be held ALL day
She is very clingy at the moment and does not like to be held by anyone but me
She loves her Daddy and they have special time together early each morning
Before the rest of us get up
Bea is also happy with Granny and Aunty Carolyn
Both people that she sees a lot
Bea loves her Smart Trike
And will happily be pushed round and round the garden in it
We have not had chance to take it out further yet
Bea still sleeps with me
In my arms til I go to sleep
Then beside me in our bed
She is a good sleeper really
We have a very gentle, flexible routine
I think when you are on baby number four
You have no choice but to go with the flow
I cannot believe that Bea has reached 10 months
I pinch myself each day that she has
She is 10 months old
And she is here
She is such a blessing
Though she can be very hard work
I try to be grateful for every minute with her
But sometimes it really is so hard
Even with a Rainbow Baby
You have all the pressure and guilt of any baby
Except perhaps the guilt is even more
I miss Tilda so much
I wonder every day
Is this what she would have been like
Had she lived?
Because Tilda died at 9 months
I blocked this stage with Esther and William from my mind
Now I am allowing myself to enjoy those memories all over again
And that brings on more piercing pangs of guilt
Poor poor Matilda Mae
She should be here
She should be with us
She will always be one of us
Peekaboo Matilda Mae
We miss you x
She’s a perfect little princess x purple suits her
Bea is just gorgeous! I smiled reading this…..She sounds and absolute delight!
Adorable, and she sounds like such a character, she will certainly be keeping you on your toes over the next few months-especially if she does walk soon! x
Aww she is gorgeous!
She is just so adorable beautiful baby Bea. I can not believe she is 10 months already it does not seem so long ago since we were both still pregnant and now they are getting so big. Jacob is a giant baby too he is so big and has huge hands and chubby little legs and is so heavy to carry. He is not as clever as Bea though he has not taken any steps yet and has just learnt to pull him self up on the furniture he is a very lazy boy who wont even crawl he just bum shuffles xx