(Physiological) Matters arising

The sequential cold has moved from Alice to me and now onto her Dad. In a way it's been good that it didn't really overlap for any of us. In another way, it's time to be rid of the lemsip and move on.

Spring or even summer has burst forth in Sydney on a rota of alternate days and we are ready to stride forth leaving our snot behind. Some news on the wee one:

1. First tooth has been through for 10 days or so. It isn't much more than a millimetre high as yet, but gee it hurts when she pretends that she will be innocently sucking your finger but instead chows down.
2. The worry of the "clicky hips" has now subsided. Prior to our trip, the 6 month check revealed some 19th century sounding ailment issues with her hip joints and one could hear distinct clicks and clunks when her legs moved. She had an ultra-sound last week and it seems to have gone away. Funny. She had to wear two nappies for the duration of our trip to try to spread her legs so that they were not too compressed in the hip sockets and apart from ensuring no leakages while we were travelling, this seems to have worked. I quite miss the two nappies in fact - you always had a spare, which alleviated one thing from the suitcase of equipment that I otherwise need to carry around.
3. Alice was last week fascinated by Little Friend Lila crawling around the lounge and has been thinking about copying. She still imitates a paraglider, for the most part, while lying on her tummy, but when her arms are down, they are straight. Just need to work on her leg muscles now.
4. Sitting is perfect and has been for a while. This is very handy for plonking her down, dressing her in outfits with buttons at the back, and keeping her entertained around the shops - she will just hang over the edge of the stroller and look around and to know when she wants to be picked up, as she will just wave her arms in the air until someone comes. The physio who runs our pilates class is most distressed that she is sitting before she can crawl but we live to dribble another day.
5. Thank goodness we had a good day of eating yesterday. All three meals consumed in the fancy highchair and all three home cooked. Cauliflower cheese went down a storm. Apparently her grandmother loves it too - not sure if she would be such a fan of the version made with formula and with broccoli secreted in there for extra iron, but perhaps we shall try out that recipe come their visit in January...