26 Weeks & 6 Months Today!

So, our little sleepless monkey is 6 months old today.  I hear it gets better from here on out.  Well, today was just like yesterday, so I am very doubtful!  We put her to bed tonight and after 15 minutes of screaming, she fell asleep, only to wake up 40 minutes later with more crying.  Following another bottle and some Panadol, and a full 1.5 hours of crying, she is finally asleep again.  She is still waking up for a couple of hours in the middle of the night (going on five weeks now, I think), and crying relentlessly.  I keep thinking she must be teething (thus the Panadol), but I can't feel any little bumps in her gums.  Anyway, I just keep hoping for a better night each night - maybe one night it will come...
We did do some fun things this week.  Our friend Ginny came for a visit.  We miss her, but we spent a lovely day with her drinking wine on our patio.  Carmen went swimming for the first time, two days in a row.  We took her down to the Ulladulla sea pool, and she loved it.  It was a little cold, but it didn't seem to bother her.  Grandma and Grandaddy joined us down there for a family swim.  Carmen also had a play date with her friend Hannah to see in the new year.  Carmie has also been practising sitting up, and she is now on to three solid meals a day.  So, apart from the sleeplessness, it has been a good week!

Video of Carmen learning to sit up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MReja9wiv5g&list=UU21-zydO1IYNApoXHx_P8LQ&index=3&feature=plcp

Video of Carmen's first swim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BG4X6diQTE&list=UU21-zydO1IYNApoXHx_P8LQ&index=2&feature=plcp

Carmen and Ginny

Carmie and Hannah