Akira turned 8 months last week. Well, as they say, second child does not take as much pictures as the first. It's not that we lose our enthusiasm, but you start to get used to things at the second time.
Anyway, we introduced several things this month to Akira.
1. Bath tub-- playing with the water
Akira used to get shower once a week ('coz we assumed that winter was too cold for him to take a bath) and got his face washed everyday. Now that the spring has come and it's beginning to be too difficult to put Akira in a shower as he moves more rigorously, it's the right time to play with the water in the bath tub. Wisnu also found it very fun to have Akira play with him, splash the water to Akira's face and introduce his bath time friends --the ducks and the shampoo container.
2. Music matt
Ibu bought the matt a year ago in Toys 'r Us in KG Mall for Wisnu and he grew out of interest of it lately. This matt makes sounds if you touch the pictures on it regarding the kinds of animals, say if you touch the picture of frog then you'll hear the frog's sound. Beside that, there are 7 notes which play different children . By touching one of the notes and the picture of animal, you can listen to the animal humming the song. (can you figure that out?). Very fascinating for babies who are learning to sit or stand up as well as the kids who like jumping around and hitting things .
3. Baby school VCD from the Time Life
Yeah it is actually a bit late to introduce Akira this VCD --compared to Wisnu who started to watch this VCD at the age of 6 months. This VCD was found as ibu was searching for all DVDs of baby Einstein to show to Tante Niken the other day. Since Wisnu kicked the DVD player, ibu hid all the DVD and VCD collections to avoid Wisnu's demand to watch them on the lap top as aji would have to use the computer for his study. Akira would sit on ibu or aji's lap and get fascinated by the pictures as we spoonfeed him, otherwise he would bang the table or kick the glass during the mealtime.
4. Another hair cut
Akira got infected by chicken pox since Friday and it's difficult to put the cream on his scalp with his hairy head. Therefore, today aji cut his hair. Look ! Before and after.
Does not he resemble his father?
We should report to you that Akira now is trying to stand up, but so far his rear was the only part he could move :) we'll show you the pictures soon as we could spot good angles and moments on that! BRB.....!!!