Elliot rolled over for the first time today! It was the easy version (front to back, using arms to raise head, no half twist, difficulty 1.6) but even so it’s a step (or roll) along the physical coordination road……
It was a while coming but Max reached another milestone today – he counted all the way to 10 on his own! Max has been so close for a while but would always get misled somewhere along the line. 4-5-8, 6-7-8-7 you name the combination he seemed to come up with it! He’s got a one friend his age that has been counting to ten for a while now (his mother’s a teacher which may help 
) so he seems to be in the middle of the bunch.
Another cool game we played while I was getting him ready for bed a few days ago was to name animals that live in the sea, have two legs, have four legs, fly in the sky – you know, the usual. One that I threw in there that I thought would confuse him was “name an animal that lives under the ground” He thought about for at least ten seconds and then said “worm” – good man!
Many, many congratulations to Tom and Alissa on the arrival of Amanda Jane two days ago.
She’s beautiful.
Over a week since the last update and what’s happened? Sod all…..
Elliot turned four months on Sunday but we didn’t celebrate it with a big party and invite all his friends. A little family dinner (milk for him) seemed appropriate and it passed without incident.
As for Max he has now reached the age where it seems he doesn’t need a sleep in the middle of the day. I should say “doesn’t want a sleep during the day” because the stroppy little bugger could certainly do with a couple of extra hours! I guess his body is getting used to two hours less a day as he isn’t sleeping any more than he used to at night and we are paying the price. The really funny thing is you’ll sit him on his potty for half an hour before his nap time and nothing will happen then as soon as you put him in his room he’ll squeeze one out so he can come down and tell you about it!
Anyway I hope you are all well.
Yay – Max did his first poo in a potty today 
We’ve had in in the family room for a couple of days and he picked it up this morning, we thought to play with it. I decided to sit him on it an lo and behold he squeezed one out! Admittidly it wasn’t a huge one and it certainly won’t be the last to day but hey, it’s a start! He also got the lollipop that’s been sitting in my office for the last couple of months waiting for this moment (and he’s known about it)
Our second boy’s a thumb sucker!
Max never really showed much interest – I, however, sucked my thumb for many years…….
