5 Month update and I'm going back to work :(

Amelia will be 5 months old this Sunday. I really cannot believe how fast that time has flown by. She is rolling both ways now, sitting up unaided for a few minutes, moving from a sitting position to tummy and trying to crawl. She is also trying out some baby rice at dinner time and I tried some baby cereal (like porriage) this morning but it didn't go down too well, so we may try another flavour soon.

I have to say, the older she gets, the more hard work she gets too. Not only are her naps shorter, but she gets incredibly bored so easily, so we have to make sure she is being entertained all the time. Thank goodness for her musicial toys and door bouncer!

One really bad thing about Amelia at the moment is her sleepilng. She went from sleeping 8 hours and just waking once in the night for food, to sleeping just 6 hours and waking anything from once to three times in the night. Sometimes she'll settle easily but mostly it will take me a good half hour or even an hour to try and settle her back to sleep. I have put this down to teething which is the worst part of having a baby. To see her in so much pain and only be able to give her some teething gel and calpol really breaks my heart. I wish I could take the pain away from her, the poor little love, but I cant. Fingers crossed that once we have the weaning sorted out and the teeth through, life may be a bit easier for us all.

Oh and I have to have a little wobble about work. I only have 2 weeks left of my maternity leave before I have to return to work. It wont be so bad, Ive reduced my hours but the thought of Amelia going to nursery for 2 days and spending 1 day with my sister petrifies me. I know she'll be fine, but what if she wants her mummy? She is normally fine without me if Im not here but what if she isn't? It just doesn't bear thinking about does it? She is a confident baby, but she is also a very independent baby and she knows what she wants. Lets hope that she has so much fun, she will forget I'm not even there. How I will cope on the other hand is anybody's guess.