The weather over the weekend was absolutely appalling. We took Jakey shopping at Sainburg’s and we made the schoolboy error of forgetting the umbrella. I stayed in the car looking after Jake while Ames did the business. It was really tipping it down so there really wasn’t an option of taking Jakey out of the car.
Jake was a little upset yesterday. I think he was overtired as he didn’t really sleep during the day and had lot’s of plays and interaction. Also because of the weather he didn’t go out for his usual walk to Hilly Fields. We thought that maybe he is gearing up for another poo as he always get’s a little fractious when one is on the way. Another theory we touted is that he is going through another growth spurt as he seems to be feeding for England at the moment :-).
He is really starting to gurgle now and making some lovely sounds. We have been encouraging him by making vowel sounds and getting him to copy our mouth shapes. Yesterday, while batting away at the hanging toys on his playmat, he almost grasped his parrot (which is his favourite). His fingers were outstretched but he couldn’t quite wrap them around the toy. I expect in a week or so he will have it cracked.
Last night he slept all the way through without a feed for the very first time. We put him down at around 7.30pm and after a little nonsense he eventually gave in at 8pm. He was desperately trying to find his thumb to calm himself. We gave him lot’s of head and cheek strokes which calmed him enough for him to get that thumb in the mouth! An hour later I went up to check on him and he was sparko with his little arms outstretched up above his head. Pet!