Jack on the swings

Its great watching your little ones laugh out loud as its so spontaneous and natural. In this pic Jack is getting really excited about being on the swings for the first time. Everyday there's something new that makes him laugh out loud.

One of our favourite baby Jack pics

As Jack gets older - he's now six-and-a-half months old - he's definitely developing more of a character. He now goes ever so slightly crazy when he doesn't get what he wants and his vocal range has certainly developed to include a wide range of noises from frustrated grunts to high-pitched squeals of excitement. For these pics he was happy to pose in his new favourite position - sitting up!

Jack's six month anniversary

Yesterday Jack was exactly six months old - where does the time go? It's weird because on one level it does seem a long time ago that he arrived with us, such a long while that I can hardly remember exactly how he looked, and yet on another level the time seems to have flown by.

All I can say is that so far (and I'm touching every bit of wood I can find) he has been a dream. We have hardly had a sleepless night and he seems a contented little baby. We haven't really followed the Gina Ford approach as such (we have never bought her book) but we have followed a pretty strict routine and it seems, in his case , to have worked.

Now he's feeding on solids really well, we're about to cut out his lunchtime bottle. So you see you just go from one stage to another, and perhaps this is why the time flies by and yet it's hard to remember the details and I guess that's why I write this blog!