It’s another Monday morning and rather grey outside. Jake is suffering with a cold and so is his Daddy, although shamefully I must say that he seems to be coping better then I am. The poor little mite keeps waking in the night coughing and spluttering. Notwithstanding his cold, last night, for the first time, he splept for a whopping nine hours. What a lamb! I put him down at 8pm and he was absolutely sparko. This may have had something to do with the fact that we visited the nieces during the day. They were all very excited about seeing their brand new cousin, especially young Ophelia who Jake took an instant liking to. Jake was very well behaved but did start to grizzle a little so Ames gave him a feed and he settled down(after plugging him in of course).
Jake has been making some wonderful sounds and I really think that he is trying to copy our sounds now. If you make an ‘O’ with your mouth he will repond with an ‘O’ and if you make vowel sounds he tries to follow. It is really quite amazing how fast he is growing and it seems that he is learning new things every day. He is yet to really grab and hold objects, instead he still seems to swat things randomly, his bears on his seat for instance. Ames has been placing him on his tummy and his neck muscles are quite strong now. He can lift his head clear off the ground, which I have read is quite advanced for his age.
Also, he has learnt(somewhat haphazardly) how to roll. The other day I heard this shriek of delight and saw that Jake had rolled onto his side. The delight soon turned to dismay and red-facedness as he realised he couldn’t get back onto his back after performing his rolling feat. Of course I gave him a hand and he was happy again.