Week 1824th - 30th April 2005 Emma's Entry
Caroline returned to University this week and we have really enjoyed having her at home over the past 5 weeks so she was missed - even though she only had to go in for 2 days. I had to cancel a visit to see Evan's Great Grandmother in Birmingham again (3rd time now) and I feel really bad as she hasn't seen him now since he was 6 weeks old. We launched our new business Evan's World this week, it has been a lot of hard work but also a very enlightening and fun experience. The weather has been really nice this week and we were able to introduce Evan to grass - I think he really liked the feel of it on his bare feet. He does like it outside, especially when there is a light breeze as it feels nice across your face and makes the trees move around. We were out sitting on the grass and Poppy came over to flirt with us and Evan followed her with his eyes and actually reached out and touched her fur. She was extremely well behaved - I wonder what she'll be like when he's a little bit older and can run! I was eager to weigh Evan this week and am happy to report that he is back to normal. It looks like he has put on a whole pound so I am not sure if maybe I messed up the weighing scales last week because 1 pound in a week at his age is a lot! I decided this week to attempt to measure Evan's height. I used a technique that my friends use where you lie your baby on the floor with their feet touching the wall and then you measure the distance from the wall to his head. His height came out at roughly 64cm and going by the chart in his little red book he is just above normal for his age. His weight on the other hand is following the chart line that is above normal but he is still a lovely size :). Emma Caroline's Entry
It's nice to watch babies grow and develop and learn new things. I remember when Evan was first born and everyone was always saying "Hold his head!" but even then he could lift his head up a little. Now he has far better neck control - around 90% I'd say. Both of us tend to carry him in a similar position - in one arm facing in with his head looking back over our shoulder. I'm left-armed and Emma is right-armed but other than that it's pretty similar. What we were always finding is that his neck was still a little floppy and if we didn't watch out his head would suddenly drop and he'd head butt us violently on the chin! Ouchie!! Luckily that is becoming a rarer event now so we can pretty much carry him around with one arm without needing to support his head and he can look around quite comfortably. We've also been giving him much more opportunity to sit up though he does need our support there. I think he likes it because he can see the world from a different view point and it's funny to see him look down and gaze at his feet! Another new thing he has discovered this week is a new squeal - a very high pitched one! There I was engrossed in my oh-soooooo-interesting uni revision *cough* when he suddenly let out an ear piercing squawk that scared the poopies out of me! He does that quite often now. I assume it's a general baby thing and hope he's not turning into a bit of a girlie-boy :D Caroline
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