Nanna came today. Nathan had a lovely day with her, and decided not to sleep until she had gone and we'd watched "Tweenies" and "Bob the builder" on television.

The lad's dexterity is improving daily. He seems always to be wiggling his fingers, in anticipation of opening or twisting something.

We all had a very laid back Sunday. The only trip outside was to encourage the lad to have his afternoon nap.

Nathan saw "Pingu" on the television for the first time this mornng. We've been reading him Pingu books for some time, and even have a tape of one of the books. The lad often requests this by telling us "Pingu radio".

We took Nathan to feed the ducks in the morning (as requested by the lad himself) then to Deep Sea Den for a good old run around.

Nathan's getting realy good at using three word sentences now: "Walk to Daddy" "Feed the ducks" whereas previously the middle word would have been "a".

Granny came today and Dad took the opportunity to go out for the day, so not much to report.

We're still trying to get Nathan to eat more, but although the techniques seemed sound, they're meeting resistance. We shall persevere.

Thursday group again and Nathan decided to stand, for what seemed to be for ten seconds!

It's partially the shoes, because later, and shoeless, the lad couldn't manage more than a second or so. We're giving Nathan lots and lots of praise when he does this: another microstep towards walking.

Today was music class followed by a visit to a friend.

Nathan's really getting into the music class. It always follows the same basic structure and so the kids know what's coming next after a while. Today he sat on the stage steps at the end of the class with the other children with almost no prompting. He's really starting to enjoy it.

We went to toddler group today. Nathan crawled all over the place and was braver when another child came close.

The lad ate a bit better today, and was in a better mood. The "Postman Pat" fromage frais isn't nearly as effective in appetising the lad as the "Bob the Builder" was. If only I could remember where we got it.