Whos hands are these??

I caught him the other day playing with his hands. His one hand was trying to grab the other and vice verse. It looked quite amusing and I then realised that the poor boy has not yet understood that those hands are actually his..

The model (alligator) face

Beautiful!

Carnival

And Venotjari went dressed as an alligator (or maybe a crocodile, dinasour or dragon - we are not quite sure). She looked adorable, as one can see...
The rest of us were at home and Michael went to work - no partying for us.
The little one has terrible sleeping habits now. It seems to have gone from good to worst and I do not know how that happened

One-off

So yes, it was a one-off. Last night he only slept his unsual hours and I had to get up twice to feed him. So I guess we will have to wait longer until we have peaceful nights... sadly... I started hoping... am slightly disappointed... but will get by :-)

Grabbing and heads up

Yesterday Unovandu started grabbing - or rather tired grabbing a ring lying in front of him. He didn't quite manage it, but he is getting there. And when he lies under his "activity center", he also tries grabbing the rings hanging down in front of him. The result is that he hits them instead - but again, he is getting there.
He's getting better in holding his head up when lying on his tummy. He also does not roll over immediately, but manages to hold his balance for quite some time.
Now he has started crying, which means its feeding time...

Laughing and sleeping

He laughed!! Quite amazing actually that one of us adults were able to make him laugh. Venotjari refused to make a sound- defying all our endevours to make her laugh. But her little niece Anne seemed to do it better and she laughed out loud.
Now Michael has achieved the what-we-thought-was-impossible. Last night before Unovandu had to go to bed, Michael pulled a face and he laughed. Apparently during nappy-change he laughed some more (I wasn't there to witness it..).
Another achievement took place during the night. The slept till 4.30am, woke up, but then went back to sleep and slept until 7 - which is when he got the first milk for the day. Quite an achievement: 8 hours without anything to eat (or drink - if you take it literally..). Maybe this is the start of peaceful, quiet nights without any waking up for all of us... Let's wait and see. It just might have been a one-off and tonight everything will be back to normal.
Very eventful days...

Moving on up

It is now official: Unovandu is a 62.
Venotjari remains a 98... good for my wallet... :-)

New news

Have been way too lazy the last couple of days to write anything on the blog - although Michael keeps asking and saying I should (so that I can remember the time... so he says).
Unovandu is now really a person. It is amazing to see him "wake up" ans take note of what and who is around him. Now the time with him is becoming more interesting, but also more tedious. He needs to be entertained and gets bored very quickly. He still remains a lazy drinker, which sometimes gets me wound up (guess I'm too impatient!).
He turned 2 months yesterday and we weighed him: 6kg. I was shocked. He may be a lazy drinker, but it seems that the small amount that he does drink, is quite enough. He will probably become a "well-fed" baby and toddler, as his sister was... (some people even dared to use the word "fat" when describing Venotjari :) ...)
Speaking of which: Venotjari. According to her teachers at the kindegarten, she is a born entertainer and keeps most of the kids in her group busy. She also keeps me busy, to be honest. The mornings are great with her. The afternoons are okay. The evenings are not that good anymore. It must be linked to her level of energy at each phase of the day. Unfortunately for her, my level of energy is just as low as hers in the evenings, which makes it a difficult time for all involved.
She still adores hr brother to death (literally). Her jealousy is so subtle, that someone from the outside would not recognise it. But we do. Although I must admit that the amount of "nos" and "don't do that" I say to her have decreased over the past weeks. But one still has to keep a watchful eye on her and not leave her too long alone with Unovandu. Because all you hear then is terrible screaming from Unovandu and an innocent looking Venotjari next to him. Trying to ask what she did to him is useless - she just blatantly refuses to reply.
But she remains adorable and you just have to love her...!

Unovandu at (nearly) 8 weeks

Quite amazing how he has grown. He smiles when you aminate him and he has started speaking "baby language". It started about 1-2 weeks ago. From a passive, drinking, sleeping being, he has become a reactive, interacting individual.
The only down side: he vomits very often...

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