Tuesday, May 26, day 140

Luca and I have a had a rip-roaring busy week!  We did yoga twice, went on play dates with other new moms, went for walks, had friends over for dinner, went to a barb-que and went on two picnics (though one was rained in)!  On Thursday, Fab and I asked  our friend Monique (thanks again!) to babysit while we went to a dance performance.  Both the show and the evening were great!  

Luca has gone off the bottle, which is a bit of a problem if we want to leave him with a babysitter for the night.  I forgot to give him a bottle for all of April and he now solely prefers the real thing.  We've been trying to get him back onto the bottle but I don't have much hope now!  From what I've read, we may need to start feeding him from a cup which is feasible at this age. 

Luca has started to really vocalize!  Overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, he started long monologues with just the letter A!  It's really funny!  I'll try to get a video of it soon!

Luca is strong enough to roll over now, but shows little interest on his own.  He prefers to see what's going on around him than to roll over.  He's liking to stand a little more too, but his jumbo legs tire quickly!

In this video, you can see our newly acquired (and much loved) Bumbo chair which is designed to help him learn how to sit on his own.  Since we got it on Wednesday, I've already noticed an improvement in his sitting skills, but he still does some crazy side bends if you're not holding him.  Also his first taste of applesauce (I had some left over from a recipe).  This week, Luca also sucked on Cantaloup and watermelon.

Oh, and his hair is starting to come in!  He has a little buzz cut!