Author: Anna Studzińska

 

so this is how we travel and sleep nowadays when it’s cold outside.

 

now that the summer is back in Toulouse we’re hanging out in the park every morning

we’re working on my thesis!

and sometimes sleeping

all that rustles is interesting

 

So it happened a number of times since yesterday and we can officially say: Piotr rolls! (He also rocks, but that’s a different story).

This is how I found him last night: on the belly in his crib, refusing to sleep and enjoying the new skill.

we still can’t announce an official doudou*, but we more or less know what he likes:

(1) get his hand stuck in his rattle-ball

(2) suck on his tototte(s)** and on his Sophie The Giraffe

(3) hit (on) Madame The Frog and Mister Elephant, as well as stare at himself in the mirror

 

(4) operate heavy machinery

(5) swim in the bathtub

(6) play with daddy

doudou* is a French term describing the most important plush toy that the child carries with them all over the place; mine was a pink penguin, Laurent had a shark, Ida has that ugly pink poodle

tototte** or a pacifier in English, or a smoczek in Polish

if anyone is keeping track – we’re in size 6 months already!

nothing really.

I just think this picture is so unbelievably cute.

it seems they really like to nap together on Sundays

zooming out

zooming in

Yesterday with his dad, today – all by himself!

He really likes this book, so I started using it during tummy time and to distract him if he cries for no reason. And it works!

We survived the first batch of vaccinations combo today. It was thus a hard day of tears and screaming. However it ended nicely.

I realized the other day that I got a black and white book from my friend [i.e. Aunt Nina] a few years back and that babies supposedly love black and white books. Well, ours surely does – he likes to look at it and we can actually use it to distract him when he fusses.

Laurent also explained to Piotr how French is easier than Polish, when I said “jeden kot“, “wiele kotów“, “trzy koty” and he translated it to French as “un chat“, “plusieurs chats” and “trois chats” (where the pronunciation of the word chat(s) is exactly the same).

In the meantime, I’m also reading him Peter Pan and we’re almost done – Captain James Hook is dead and the kids are on their way home.