First of all a couple of photos from a few days ago that didn’t make it as far as the blog before. Conrad hasn’t rolled over himself yet, though does arch his back and seem to get fairly close now and then – unfortunately mainly on the nappy changing mat, which has raised sides to prevent exactly that sort of thing… I have rolled him over on his tummy a few times: not too often as he’s tended to get sick when resting on his tummy. But the last 4-5 days, it seems Conrad hasn’t thrown up quite as much quite as often. Maybe that is just coincidental – we’ll just have to wait and see.
Yesterday mid-morning, about an hour after Conrad had had a bottle, I mixed together some baby rice and Ian brought downstairs and unfolded the highchair we’d got for Conrad (we’ve got a booster cushion for his sister Jessica to save space in anticipation of Conrad starting to use a highchair, but are getting rid of Jessica’s highchair as the seat cushion has started to come apart a bit). Conrad just beamed his big smile at us when put in the highchair.
Ian started feeding Conrad his first ever porridge, but it was tricky to work out what Conrad made of it. He opened his mouth for every spoonful, but kept staring at me and the camera (although I was trying to be discreet with it), rather than looking at the food or the bowl. Most of the baby rice came straight out again, of course – it’s an acquired skill to swallow solids. So – time to start steaming and pureeing carrots, parsnips, etc. The next big stage of Conrad’s first year begins!
Conrad has stuck his tongue out at me quite a bit today, by the way. Don’t know what to make of that. It’s very cute, though.
Gabriella