Weekend

Tani had a fun weekend. We went to the Poconos for a day to celebrate a friend's birthday. Tani slept in the car there and back. We've been lucky that he enjoys car rides or at least gets a good nap along the way. There were other children there who enjoyed playing with Tani as well as adults - Melissa got to swim in the lake which she enjoys very much. Melissa and Tani also swam in the pool at the Lakes, our apartment complex in Allentown. Tani loves to splash around... as long as he doesn't get his face wet. He's wanting to eat more - last night he downed a large portion of rice cereal and then had a tummy ache until he burped. He's grabbing anything in reach - the blinds, the clock, hair, whatever. He loves to sit up but can't quite do it without assistance. If you prop him just right, he can sit in the love seat with pillows on either side as shown here. He eventually slides down or will droop forward. Don't worry - a Mom is always right there!

Hold onto your food!

Melissa decided to have a nectarine for snack and play with Tani on her lap. Before she knew it, Tani had grabbed the nectarine and was happily munching away. We have some video to chronicle his first fruits. He really is showing us how to enjoy food! He drank 7 oz of milk during the 3.5 hrs he was in day care today, Wednesday June 20. He goes to the Allentown JCC day care twice a week for 3-5 hrs. He seems to enjoy the interactions with the other babies and care providers.

Swimming, swimming in the swimming pool

Melissa took Tani swimming last Sunday June 17. We weren't sure if he would like the water, but on such a hot day he had a blast!

Happy Tani

Wanted to include a picture of Tani here. He's really happy most of the time. He was a bit fussy today - we call him Fussy McDoogal when he gets fussy. I think the hot weather and the fact that we think he's in a growth spurt might have had something to do with it. In this weather he likes to hang out on the porch with one of his Moms.

Introduction to Tani's blog

To keep our family and friends posted to our son Natan's, who we call Tani, daily activities we've created his blog. Tani turned five months three days ago and is growing and learning so quickly! Just yesterday he ate his first real solid food meal - rice cereal! He loved it! About 2-3 weeks ago he first rolled over and now can roll over more regularly although not on command. See - we need to keep a diary because it can be hard to remember the exact dates. From memory here are some milestones:

1. First smile: 8 weeks at the home of Myrna and Mort
2. First laugh: He doesn't laugh out loud often but when he does it melts our heart. Melissa was playing with him and he was so happy he laughed out loud. I think he was 3.5 months.
3. First time holding something: about 3 months

We'll add more as we think of them. We keep photos of Tani at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevinsklein so we won't post too many here. Neysa's cousin Jen's fiance Joel has taken some great pictures of Tani that are on his photo website http://jafphotos.smugmug.com/People

This morning Tani is playing in his bouncy seat while his Mommy Melissa catches up on some sleep. He seems hungry now so I'll try to feed him some more rice cereal. He's already nursed twice this morning - he's a growing boy!