Nathan had his first fish today. It was a spot of trout with some pasta, all ground down. We bought the lad some 7 month food, but it's all lumpy and he's not quite ready for that yet.

We're trying to introduce Nathan to the word "No", as in "don't eat the woolly ball (that any parent who doesn't want to get sprayed when nappy changing uses)" or "don't pull mummy's glasses off". Nathan thinks it's all great fun.

Today Nathan got closer than ever before to turning onto his front. He was trying to grab mum's book, and reached out with both hands. Several times he made it onto his side only to roll back onto his back. Soon.

Today was just too hot. Childhood may be a time of endless summers, but that's not necessarily a good thing for a baby. The fan runs at night and the lad's in just a nappy during the day. Nathan got a little fractious by afternoon as the heat gained the upper hand.

We're offering Nathan a bottle of water during the day between feeds. Sometimes he's just thirsty, which is beginning to be different from hungry as Nathan moves on to solids as his primary source of nutrition.

Dad looked after Nathan all day today. It's a matter of getting used to the lad's routines, then you've a better idea when he's tired rather than hungry.

Nathan was spotted with his foot in his mouth. All the way up to the first "knuckle" of the big toe.

All of a sudden the lad's feet are being used to move and push things. For instance, during tonight's bottle feed in bed Nathan's right foot came up to hold dad's feeding hand.

You'll believe a baby can sulk. Sometimes it's possible to make a mistake with the lad, feed him something he's not too keen on, or allow him to knock his head on something. As an alternative to crying Nathan sometimes just stares at you. He'll refuse to react to you, or to smile, no matter how much you try. It looks like a sulk to us.

A week or so ago Nathan had the last of the expressed breast milk that had been made while he was in hospital. Mum saved it for an occasion when he'd definitely drink it all, and when it wouldn't need to be adulterated with Abidec or anything else. After a couple of sucks on the bottle the lad looked up at her with a look of recognition. He knew what he was drinking.

We've noticed how Nathan is holding his head better these days. The lad's got an odd shaped head because of all that time spent facing to one side but recently we've seen him use the other side by choice.

Nathan now also sometimes lies with his head pointing straight upward. He used to lie to one side and look sideways at whatever was above him.

Nathan's either got heavier or longer because he's now too close to the ground when riding in his bouncer. The lad's also getting too big for his cot. Not only do his arms wave around a disturbing distance above the top of the cot, but he now sometimes lies with his legs over each side.