Days before turning 6months old: Brienna learnt to play peek a boo.
By 7 months she can do it herself with a blanket/cloth

She has been babbling since 6 months plus.
Now at 7 1/2 months she babbles pa-pa!, pa-pa-pa!
This makes Weng run to her thinking she has called him to come.
The vocal resemblance to Abi's 'Papa' call is striking.

She giggles a lot more now at things that amuse her.
Abi is a great source of entertainment for this little 7 month old.
The best time for laughter and giggles is just after getting up from a nap, or right after a feed.
She can be in a giggling mood for up to 5 minutes, sometimes 10.
It's really nice to see the sisters interacting so positively with each other in this way.

Another thing is, around 7 months, she now cries for me if I leave the room.
I cannot leave her sight!
But if I stay within her sight while doing my own thing cooking, cleaning etc, she would stare and stare at me until I make eye contact, then she would giggle (like playing peek a boo).

She learnt to sit up properly on her own towards the end of May, so around 7 1/2 months.
Before then she would need to be propped up on a seat, or support in the small of her back, otherwise she would arch backwards and fall back.
Very flexible and strong back she had, just not still enough to sit up on her own.
But now she can :)

And Abi.
She learnt to string words together to make simple sentences around late April (2 yr 5 months).
By mid May she was forming more complete sentences using conjunctions etc.
now she's really talking in full sentences.

I cut her fringe a few days ago, she now has the china doll hairstyle I had when I was little.
It was a bit strange looking at her, it was like looking at the mirror at my old childhood self.

Photos are coming.
I have to get the hang of my SLR software, or maybe I should just download Irfanview or something.
Or something else.
I have a Mac, what simple photo software would you recommend?

Letting go?

Today Brienna learnt how to let go.
Let the 'drop game' begin!
I'm glad I have a toddler who is happy to pick up whatever Brienna drops to the ground by letting go.

On a totally unrelated note:

The last few days has been a flurry of mainly brain activity.
I have been busy thinking up new ideas and new ways of doing what I realise I have a passion for: modern cloth nappies.

Don't get me wrong, I love demonstrating for Baby Blossom in Bunbury.
It's just that I've realised a few things about the local community here:

- Being regional, not that many people I know get on the Internet, except in the past two years or so. Those that do and have babies can buy whatever nappy they want on the Net, really. No need to go through me!

- There are far more people who haven't heard of modern cloth nappies simply because they don't have internet access.

- Those who have heard of them often ask whether they can buy it at the local shop!

- Saving money is the key, convenience is another matter.

- Not many people like to pick up the brochures to find out more about what I do.

- Those who do often have to wait a while for the nappies to come from over east. I;ve resorted to giving subsidised express post otherwise the wait is really long.

So putting it all together, I have a dream birthed out of all the above needs.
The more I think of it, the more I think it might just be possible.

It's been a week and a bit now, and reality has set in.

Do I let go of the dream? Or do I stick with it for the long haul?

Funnily enough, a few related opportunities have come up, and I'd like to explore them further.
Let's see where this runs, and I'll run with it.