Waiting in anticipation!

Another hard night last night. Not the worst nights sleep Ethan has had, but not great either. What with all the other consecutive nights when he has been up a lot, it's all taking its toll and I'm really struggling now. I always knew I'd find the sleepless nights with a baby a challenge, but it never occured to me that at 5 months old, things would still be this bad. I'm getting by on about 3-4 hours sleep a night just now but never more than 2 at any one time. It's amazing how you just have to carry on though, huh! I love him to bits and can't imagine not having him, but just wish he'd sleep better so I could have more energy with him in the daytime!

I gave Ethan butternut squash for the first time today. He has it plastered all over his face in some of the photos I took after this, haha, but was moving so much they were too blurry to use. He didn't eat that much of it at lunchtime, but had more at dinnertime and seemed more enthusiastic then.

I spent the afternoon with my next door neighbour. We walked up to a local carvery for lunch and luckily Ethan fell asleep and didn't wake up till we'd finished eating. We then went round to hers for a cuppa and spent a few more hours nattering away and playing with Ethan. It's a shame that the reason my neighbour is around so much just now is because she was made redundant last year. But has been good to get to know her better with us both being at home all day this year.