Mia's 11 month update!

It seriously feels like only 5 minutes ago I was writing Mia's 10 month update! Where does the time go? 

So Mia was 11 months on the 23rd, nearly one that's crazy!! She is cruising everywhere this last month and crawling really quickly now! She is still wearing 3-6 month clothing although we have put her in a few 6-9 month clothes too just to get some wear out of the lovely summery clothes she has before it gets too cold! 

This month she tried a fish finger for the first time and loved it! I felt pretty weird about it as I've been such a health freak when it comes to Mia's diet. But I just felt it was an ok time now to try a few different things like fish fingers. 

She has been loving any toys that have sounds and lights. She has a walker with a detachable activity toy which she adores. I will write a separate 'Mia's current favourites' as I haven't written one in a long while now!

She's been a nightmare this month with sleeping! Mia seems to of decided she doesn't want to have a bedtime or her own room and only wants to be sleeping with mummy and daddy. We are at a loss as to what to do. With us both working we are so tired by the time it's evening that we just don't have the energy to battle. We tried the battle. Lasted 4 hours still not sleeping baby and a mummy and daddy who just want to cry they're so tired and frustrated. Then a clingy baby for days afterwards! 

Public transport

I have decided to save money and use public transport instead of always taking the car. Today we decided to try the train. It's a quick service that goes from our town straight into London where I work without having to change trains or anything. It was actually pretty nice not having to drive for once and Mia slept the whole way. However we struggled to get the pram onto the actual train! The gap between the station edge and the train was massive! Luckily Adam was there this time to help us but I'm not sure I would be able to do it by myself. 

Luckily most London stations have lifts as well which makes travelling with a pram easier. Plus the gap between the train and platform at the London stations I use isn't too bad! 

However, coming home was a different story altogether. Trying to manipulate a buggy through rush hour in a packed out train station and then having to stand for 40 minutes on a packed train with a screaming baby was not fun. Not at all. I forgot to mention no one offers you a set in London! When I was 9 months pregnant it took Adam physically asking someone to get up! People try to avoid eye contact, pretend they haven't seen you standing there with your huge pregnant belly or your screaming baby who just wants her bottle but you can't really give it to her standing up on a moving train! To be quite honest that journey home wound me up! It made me feel negative towards people's manners and politeness. It made me feel that all Londoners are only interested in themselves and do not want to help  another person, never heard of help thy neighbour and all that?!

Anyway I have decided to trial the train again because maybe this was just one bad experience and the next time people will be helpful with getting the buggy on and off the train and considerate with offering seats. I hope I have got it wrong about people being inconsiderate because its very sad to think otherwise. 

The screams

People told me when I was pregnant that  you learn to zone out from the baby cries. This is so not true! Since having Mia I have been waiting for the day I can block her cries out, her cries go through me like nails on a chalk board! In the car if she has decided to throw a tantrum - yes we're getting into tantrums now because she isn't getting her own way and having someone sitting with her in the back, it is so distracting and annoying I have to stop the car and calm her down. I wish I could just ignore it since I know it's not that there is anything wrong and it is simply Mia deciding she doesn't want to do what she is doing. Her becoming a little madam has only come about these last 2-3 months - she is testing to see if we are strong or will give in. It's hard sometimes to not give in especially after a long day at work! We can only try our best and try to be strong as much as possible! 

Mia's favourite time of the day to test is definitely bedtime! Bedtime has been a bit of a disaster since I started working at a school 2 days a week. On those days I have to leave the house at 6:45am and therefore I'm getting Mia up at 6:30am when she usually sleeps in until 8:30-9am. I usually get home on those evenings at about 7:15pm and by that time I am just too tired to battle with her all night. I try to and Adam helps but it's just so hard knowing you have a long drive so early the next day and you won't be home the following day until gone 7pm. 

Wish us luck tonight because as I write this I am trying to get Mia to sleep!

Weekly favourite

Friendship

Mia's birthday wish list

Urban Decay: naked palette 2 review

I have been using this for about 2 months now so I felt it a good time to write a review. I'm not really a huge eyeshadow person. I don't wear it on an everyday basis, I tend to wear it if we are going out somewhere for the day or evening or if I'm having a particularly bad skin day where I feel the need to do a full face of makeup. The few occasions I have used the naked palette 2 though I have really enjoyed using it. I find the colours really pigmented and they stay on the eye really well. I don't use an eyeshadow primer *naughty I know!* but my eyeshadow tends to stay in place really well anyway. I like all he colours in the palette and find the they all go together well to create different looks. I'm in no way an expert in applying makeup but I've found it really easy to create the smokey eye which is the look I generally would go for on a night out.

Beautiful

I stumbled across these pin up pictures drawn by Duane Bryers. 

It just shows you don't have to be stick thin to be beautiful. 

Mia's 10 month update

Mia is 10 months old! I can't believe how fast the time is going. Pretty soon I am going to have a 1 year old! 

She's still a petit little thing and wears 3-6 month clothes but she is growing into 9-12 sleepsuits and 6-9 leggings. The problem is they're too short in length in 3-6 month now but the 6-9 month are too big in the waist! Such a pain! Lol. Someone invent baby belts haha! 

This month she is crawling everywhere and getting really quick. She is pulling herself up to standing on all the furniture all the time. She doesn't 'coast' yet but she does stand with only one hand supporting her! 

She eats anything and everything. Her favourites this month have definitely been pasta with daddy's homemade sauce, baby custard and baby yoghurts, broccoli and carrots. 

She is saying 'mama' a lot at the moment, I'm not sure she realises what it means but she knows she gets my attention when she says it.