New pictures: Leo's 18th week

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 Week 3 of the nannyshare passed great, Leo loved being back in our place and as a result slept a little bit better and ate a little bit more than usual. Funny enough, even though they were at our place Cheryl kept taking them to Shannon and Dan's rooftop because both babies really love it there :) We also had the 4-month checkup, about which we already reported here.

Leo catches some sleep as older kids watch cartoons

 On the weekend we went to Ksenija's for the Serbian Barbecue which turned out really nice, the meat was great and the company lovely, with a total of 6 children aged 4 months - 6 years :)

Selvin: "I am not giving him back!"

 This week also saw the visits of Selvin, Kriss' PhD classmate at NYU, and Adrian, Tea's friend from her previous life in DC, when she worked hard at the IMF and partied even harder! (so much so that Adrian would not go into details :)

Adrian: "Mine is bigger!"

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Leo says...

"I just ate a nice big bottle and immediately fell asleep on Tata"

New pictures: Leo's 17th Week

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With an almost 2-week delay here are some pictures from Leo's 17th week - not that many as Leo by now spends most of his day with Cheryl at the nannyshare. When we realized we took so few pictures we decided to make amends, so stay tuned for the much bigger album for week 18!

This is how you make tummy-time fun!

New Video: Leo discovers new toy on the Exersaucer

Leo is slowly discovering new toys on the Exersaucer - yesterday it was the spinning triangles, but who know's what it'll be today or tomorrow!

4. month checkup

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Today we went to Dr Van Vleck for our 4. month checkup, and this time around Leo was a champ! He was super good, playful and smiley, winning over the good doctor. He is now 6.9kg (15lbs 4oz), which is still a relatively-lean 60th percentile, and measures 68.5cm (27in) in length, which still puts him in the 95th+ percentile. What did change is that his head is now 43.5cm in circumference, which means he's up to 85th percentile - seems his head size is slowly catching up to Tata's...

Apart from measurements Leo also got a chance to show off his best tummy-time and head-holding moves, which earned him a strong "A" from the good doctor. Just check out the little guy in action:



Finally, though, we had to get some more shots, which Leo definitely did not like, but manned-up and stopped crying after less than half a minute! Afterwards he just remained quiet and soon fell asleep in Tea's arms:

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Happy 4th Monthday Leo!

Leo's present to Tea was that he slept 9 hours last night, from 8:30pm until 5:30am! His present to me was a huge poop this morning...

If you were wondering how Cheryl deals with two babies...

...here's your answer:

"yummy!"

New pictures: Leo's 16th week

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"Look at the camera!"

This past week was one of two halves - the first was getting as many moments with the little guy before Tea went back to work full-time, I went back to working full-time on my research and Leo was handed off to Ms Cheryl. As you can see, we had a lot of good times, some of which were pretty goofy :)

The gang back together over brunch

Leo was the best little baby too, charming everyone at the Saturday brunch, and then falling asleep just as our food arrived! Generally we took the weekend to relax and prepare for the week ahead, when the nanny-share would start at our place, so I decided to celebrate Sunday morning by spending an hour-and-a-half cleaning the fridge so that it's presentable to the guests :) On Sunday evening Ruti came over to keep Tea company at home, while I went with Luis to see the ultimate guys' movie of the summer, Hangover II.

"Tata, this salad looks yummy!"

Then the week began, Tea went to work, I went to study in Caribou Coffee... and you know what? The world did not end! Sure, we don't get to spend as much time as we did (and would like to) with our favorite little man, but it's very comforting for us to know he's in Cheryl's capable hands, and his huge smile and laughter every time we pick him up at 6pm is a testimony to the fact that he's being treated very well! Plus, this way we get to enjoy every moment with spend with the little guy!

"I'm the king of the world!"

P.S. It was a great week, but if there was one thing we could put on top of the wishlist for next week it would be lower temperatures during the day - on Wednesday and Thursday it was over 35C, so Leo had to stay home both days! Ultimately it's better than going outside, just a little bit boring...

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Leo Loves the "Airplane"!

This is our new discovery - Leo loves to play "airplane"! We "brrrr" him up and then he goes "ziuuuu" down, sometimes he'll even go "ta ta ta" when he sees enemy airplanes :) There are only two "buts" in all this fun: (a) Leo still drools like a sheepdog so our shirts are very quickly wet, and (b) since Tea and I are not in the best shapes of our lives our legs only last 2-3 minutes with a ~15 pound baby on top...

Leo Loves Cheryl!

It's been three days and so far Leo is loving his time with Cheryl! What do they do exactly? In her own words, they "sang a few songs, made funny faces, talked about the color green" :) She also makes sure he gets plenty of tummy time exercise, which is good for our little tike's development. Oh, and somehow he always takes a long, hour-and-a-half nap with Cheryl even though he never does that with us :( Hope her good influence rubs off, we'll see this weekend when we spend the whole day with him...