She's also getting staying very active in communicating her happiness via blowing raspberries, so we're getting a much more clear idea of what mood she's in.
I have no footage of this, but it's an important step nonetheless, so it gets a mention.
Speaking of important steps that deserve a mention, she's also started the crawling process... she now manoeuvers about on her forearms dragging her legs behind her, but every now and then she gets into crawling position and rocks back and forth. It's hilarious: it's like she warming up for a crawl!
We've begun the process of withdrawing things that look like they're about to be in the way - or extracting them from her mouth.
Finally, Margaux has started swimming lessons! Once I have some decent photos you'll get to see what it's like, but she's done awfully well. We've only had one lesson so far, at an indoor pool close to where we live. Actually it's in the most well-kitted-out gym/ wellness centre/ spa I've ever seen but I think we'll be focussing on the swimming pool for the mean-time!
She started off in a very distressed state, not wanting to be separated from my warm body or be floating in the free space of the pool. The teacher was very understanding and gave us some small steps to follow to help Margaux relax in the water. By the end of the lesson, though still not consistently happy, she had experienced all sorts of actions and will hopefully feel a bit more confident next time. Apparently it will take about 3 lessons before she is keen on attending. We shall see.
This has become a rather wordy post, I shall drop in a couple of photos... This is Margaux playing with her latest toy - a battery operated thing that twirls and says 'peekaboo!' and plays music and animal noises, depending on which buttons you touch. She is addicted to it, so I surround her with cushions and can then go and do two-handed things (like writing my blog)...
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