19 weeks - grabby little monster

Tim has started grabbing everything. Pretty much anything that comes in contact with his hands ends up being taken and put (immediately) into the mouth and slobbered on. When there's nothing that he can hold, then he munches on his sleeves or fingers or hands (although he still has trouble putting the whole hand into his mouth). This is all well and good, except that it makes feeding him a real job now as it is very hard to try and position him, unbutton my shirt without him trying to hold onto one side of it, and then actually try and feed him without him also trying to stick his fingers into his mouth, etc etc etc

It's very good though, because now he can entertain himself a bit more on his own by holding and playing with his toys in the playpen. This week he nearly managed to roll over from his tummy onto his back, but not yet. He can roll from his back onto his right side very well now, but everything else is still a bit hard. Although he can pick up his shoulders a lot better now when lying on his stomach.

This week my Babycenter newsletter also said that apparently babies of this age really like soap bubbles, and indeed they do. Tim watches them with fascination and so does Unix. In fact Unix, who is normally the most lethargic creature that walked this earth becomes rather active and even makes attempts at chasing the bubbles and a few ended up popping on his nose, which was most amusing to watch.

Our baby carrier arrived this week, which is good because we're off to our first family trip in the coming week. We're going to our beloved Sächsische Schweiz to attempt doing some hiking. We'll have to see. Jack carried Tim in it yesterday when we were at the shops and both of them got very sweaty, so we'll have to make sure to take enough spare t-shirts with us.

Some more photos from this week...