one month!

Jove turned one month on 26 July. Wonderful present for my birthday, eh? Then we shaved his head yesterday. The two grandmas did it. One held him on her lap, the other shaved the head clean with a razor. Pretty cute, don't you think?

The downside, he had a slight fever at night. It's colder without the hair.


That's him sleeping in my arms this morning. I took that pic myself while holding him (not an easy job!).

Now he can raise his head a couple of centimeters while lying face down, move his head rom side to side, and screw up his face when he drinks plain water. He follows objects (the panda flannel head that I made) which are moved. He loves to look around and he especially loves grandpa's ceiling fan! He smiles a lot of angelic smile in his sleep.

riding a breast

It took about a month for my nipples to enjoy breastfeeding. Jove took half of that time to be an expert in latching on.

I once read that breastfeeding was like learning to ride a bike. Difficult and painful at first but eventually it became a second nature once you got it.

How true.