Leo and friends

This past week Leo met some more friends. Haik came to visit on Sunday and hung out with us for a few hours while Leo slept the whole time. He woke a little bit later to give him a wink and Haik said he looks like a cool baby. We were impressed with Haik's knowledge of babies and definitely approve him as a future baby sitter!


On Wednesday, Leo's one month birthday, Rita came to visit with her 6-week old son Miguel and her mother in law. Again, Leo slept for most of their 2 hour visit. I was asking Rita about strategies to calm a fussy baby and she thought I was inventing the problem because Leo was on his best behavior and sleeping like a little angel. He did wake up before they left and gave a sample of his best cry. Rita tried to calm him down using the techniques she knows from her 2 children but in the end the only thing that worked was daddy jumping on the ball!

Lesson learned - Leo sleeps well with visitors around so we hope that we get more soon. We have also started going for daily walks in the neighborhood and the fresh air seems to do the whole family good! We are looking forward to spring and more time outdoors with our little boy who is getting bigger every day!

WeightWachers alert!

From now on we'll bring you a regular update on Leo's weight gain, as he grows from a little (ok, big) shrimp to a big baby boy! On last weighing, this past Thursday, Leo clocked in at a respectable 4.67 kg, thus explaining why our arms hurt after all the rocking :)

New pictures: Leo days 21 to 24

A few new pictures, check them out here

Saturday visits

Leo had more visitors this weekend. Our friend from LSE, Ana Zadornova, stopped by for a visit and brought Leo some goodies from Harrods - Cashmere socks and a bib (see photo). In the afternoon, Charlotte stopped by to say hello to the little one. She brought a gift for mommy instead - at home spa set! Looking forward to using that soon. Since the weather was sunny and warm, on Saturday we put Leo in a stroller and went for another walk, which this time he seemed to enjoy although he slept through most of it. He has been having some difficulty after eating but we started him on some medications so we hope he will soon be much better. We are looking forward to his 1 month birthday which is coming up this Wednesday.

Friday treat

This past Friday, Alejo, Ana Maria and Fredo came over for lunch and brought lunch with them - lasagna, salad and some yummy ice cream. Although I have been keeping a healthy breast feeding diet of steamed vegetables and chicken, I actually made an exception and ate lasagna and ice cream- it tasted so good!! And Leo didn't seem to complain any more than usual so maybe the end of steamed chicken is near? I also discovered the non-dairy section at Whole Foods - Coconut milk ice cream, soy yogurt, almond milk and rice cheese. The rice cheese was terrible but the rest are delicious. Now if only I can find caffeine and dairy-free chocolate!

New pictures: Leo's second bath

Training before the summer in Croatia

The second proper bath was a major improvement on the first one, Leo only spent half of the time complaining, as opposed to the whole time the first time around :) Check out the full gallery here.

Little Leo has more visitors!

Two-and-a-half Men

Leo had some more visitors in the past 2 days - first Luis come to check in on the little guy, and found him to be, well, asleep most of the time. I have since been asked by Leo to apologize to Luis for his behavior, and promise more time he'll be more awake :)

Someone's a natural :)

The following day Sarah came with a visit, and immediately proved her babysitting credentials. Who says taking care of babies is not like taking care of puppies? Now we know who's getting the call when we need babysitting help :) 

"It'll get better, than it'll get worse, than it'll get better..."

This advice from a friend rings very true in our ears now that Leo is nearing on 3 weeks. It seems that just last week we figured out Leo's gas problems, when this past Sunday night he had a huge fit - he cried for 3 hours non-stop, which not only tested our nerves but also broke our hearts as we felt there was nothing we could do to help him. But we kept our heads and from the morning we implemented a stricter anti-colic routine: setting a strict breastfeeding diet for Tea, ensuring Leo burps and keeping him upright for 30 minutes after eating, limiting excitement in the evenings... so far so good, he seems to be much better off, keep your fingers crossed it continues!

New pictures: Leo days 16 to 20

"How cute am I?"

Some long awaited new pictures: full gallery here  

New pictures: Little (Sleeping) Prince

The newest gallery with the little sleeping prince (view full gallery)