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Quite a bit has been happening in the last couple of days. Unovandu has now started trying to turn over from his back to his tummy. He doesn't get very far. The result of his endeavours is that he turns around in circles. It has also become quite dangerous leaving him alone on the couch. If you leave him in one place and position, you always find him lying somewhere else, when you return. I remember Venotjari's first movement attempts. She used to slide and move backwards ("robben"). What I do not know anymore was whether she took a long time to learn turning over. What I now do with Unovandu, is that I practice the turning with him, so that he already knows what it feels like to roll over and also so that he can know which movements he needs to perform, in order for him to roll over. Let's see how long it takes until he does it.

I had a chat with one of Venotjari's teachers at the kindergarten. She is a lady from Irland and she is currently doing an internship and will return to Irland in August. Her name is pronounced Cuiva (but it is written completely differently). She said that Venotjari is her translater. When the kids say something to Cuiva in German, she turns to Venotjari and asks her what they have just said. Cuiva is totally impressed about Venotjari's biligualism - and so am I for that matter. I didn't know that she was so firm in both languages. She hardly speaks any English at home unless I prompt her to do so. Good to know that all our efforts are somehow paying off and that she really does know two languages. Amazing... :)