This week – the first blog post since Puff turned 3 months old – has been a bit quieter than other weeks. Mum and Dad are starting to get used to life with a baby, and then Puff changes the rules by altering a sleeping pattern, or by having an unhappy day.
I should mention one parenting moment from this week. Puff was unsettled, and we’ve been trying to get him to sleep while staying in bed. So I put my hand on his chest – our relative sizes mean that my hand pretty well covers all of his chest – and he stopped crying, and grabbed one of my fingers with his little hand, and then a different finger. If any moment could, by itself, make up for the inconveniences that go with looking after a baby, it was that moment. I don’t do it justice with my description, but I want to remember that moment.
Mum managed a trip into her old work, where Puff had the chance to try out a headset.
His interest in toys continues to grow (as long as he’s not too tired): he can pick up and hold toys that are placed obviously in his reach, though he still looks confused when he hits himself in the head with a toy.
If you’ve wondered what it looks like when Mum talks on the phone, then wonder no more: this was a call from Saturday lunchtime.
Mum almost missed the call, though, as Dad took Puff for a long walk in the stroller – not the most photogenic of events, but there was one image that captured it.
Puff is also getting more interested in books: it doesn’t hurt that he has books that are pretty well suited to his age range!
More interesting has been his first attempts to talk – these started (at least for a long sequence of attempts) at his grandparents house, and he has kept them going for a few days – even on the phone (to the grand-dragon). He will cheerfully sit, making sounds that are definitely not crying (though I wouldn’t even begin to try and spell the sounds… they’re more grunts than words at this stage)
Firsts for the week
– james and mel visited; shared his bedroom with a girl!
– visit from uncle Jonathan and aunty Sarah
– attempts to talk
– attempts at playing with a book by himself
– needing a bib on a regular basis… the drooling seems to have started in a big way.