Due to Henry's fast paced lifestyle and the stresses of everyday baby life, Tiff has been taking him to massage classes for the last few weeks. Massaging tiny bodies isn't as simple as it may sound; for one thing it helps if the massagee keeps still for the duration which tends to complicate proceedings. Nonetheless, Henry enjoys his massages and finds them very relaxing.

The past week has seen Henry reach the five month milestone. His weight is now 7.35kg, with a height of 64cm. We have started him on basic solids (rice cereal) and will begin to add pureed fruit and vegetables over the coming weeks. It didn't take him long to learn to open his mouth and swallow when presented with his food on a spoon. He now trys to grab the spoon with both hands and brings it to his mouth on his own. Sometimes he gets the spoon in his mouth, the other times he gets his cheek. A lot of messy fun.

On the subject of grabbing he now grabs and reaches for everything. In particular he loves trying to grab for his mobile and all the dangling things on his playgym. He also loves grabbing Tiff's hair and face, as well as sticking his fingers in her mouth. Sometimes he is gentle, other times over excited - as a result Tiff has a few scratches.

Henry practices an important life skill - looking busy.

Winter Fun

Another month has passed us by and we've been as busy as ever trying to keep on top of things with young Henry (I mean really... like it's a chore or something).
We have just come back from a great week at the snow down in Thredbo, where Henry got his first taste of the white stuff. From shorter trips we had taken we were somewhat concerned as to how he would take being in the car for around 6 hours at a time, but as it turned out we were both quite envious of him as he managed to sleep just about the entire way there and back again. Whilst there Henry managed to settle into his new surroundings and seemed to enjoy the change of scenery, and a good dump of snow mid way through the week meant a good session of play before we left. Mum and Dad managed to get some snowboarding in during the week, swapping shifts with Moz and Dave who were there with their daughter Allegra.



The snow trip also managed to coincide with our first case of family sickness, with all of us succumbing to cold and flu for the best part of the last few weeks. Lots of sniffles and snorts, and even less sleep than normal, but we're all on the mend finally.

Last Sunday was also fathers day here in the land of Oz, which is when the picture below of a very tired looking dad was taken. He's feeling a bit more awake now, thanks to the sugar content in the truckload of chocolate that Henry kindly bought for him. The other picture is Henry with Allegra, also taken on the same day.