On his way
23 April 12
Elijah is getting ready to follow his sisters around. He’ll be five months old in a couple of days’ time, and it won’t be long before he’s crawling!

We have to be very careful where we place Elijah down. He already moves around in about a one-metre radius and sometimes surprises me with the places he wedges himself. He’s fallen off the bottom bed in the truck a couple of times which is a great wake-up call to never place him on the top bed!
He’s starting to nap less and less and instead wants to be where the action is. He likes to sit in our laps and watch his sisters play. They still adore him and often smother him with their cuddles and kisses.
Elijah’s favourite place is in the sling — either against my breast or on my back. He’d be content to ride in it all day, but I often seek to put him down so I get a break (and my body back to myself!).
Today we took some music over to the Bush Fairy Dairy and David and Johnny made strawberry smoothies. Elijah likes to move to the music with us, and we had fun dancing together.



Even though Elijah is our fifth child, I still like to acknowledge his milestones. His crawling cues are as exciting to me as his sisters’ were, and although I’m not sure I’ll appreciate having a baby crawling in the mud and dirt while we’re travelling, I’m still happy that he’s growing up so well.
1 · Melanie · 23 April 2012, 20:21
I got some waterproof overalls when our (3rd) baby was crawling so she was free to explore (we took them everywhere with us), but she stayed dry. I can’t believe I never knew these overalls existed for my other two children. Some are so waterproof they can go in puddles. I found some with extra fabric on the knees so they would not rip. Best money we spent, I am just about to order her more for this rainy/winter time.
2 · Sarah (aka Wheel Education) · 23 April 2012, 21:47
I 2nd the waterproof overalls!! Our youngest little guy learned to crawl and walk amoung the Australian ants and dirt so waterproof overalls would have been to hot … but our NZ babies had the waterproof overalls!