I'm having a lot of fun at the moment. As soon as I'm put on the floor I'm off. I like to crawl over to the TV and play with all the buttons and flashing lights underneath it. Usually I get moved away pretty quickly, but that's okay, I just find somewhere else to explore. Like under the coffee table, where there are lots of bits of paper to chew on.

I did discover that paper is very hard to swallow, though. I had a good chew on some paper one time, but it just got stuck to the roof of my mouth. It was a couple of hours before some of it worked its way out my mouth. Then Mum turned me upside down and scooped the rest out with her finger. That process was pretty horrible, but I still try to suck on paper - I 'm just drawn to it.

Other favourite activities include twiddling the wheels on the legs of the ironing board, trying to stand up on the vacuum cleaner, sucking on pegs, exploring underneath the dining table, although I seem to bump my head a lot doing that, and sucking on plastic - that gets taken away quickly too.

I'm enjoying eating different foods - I've had lots of new fruits that I love. I'm still trying to pick up fruit off my tray - I don't always have much luck, but it's fun trying. Mango is impossible, banana I sometimes get in my mouth, but I've had success with canteloupe and watermelon. I can hold onto the hard edge and suck and bite on the tasty fruit. Watermelon from the fridge is very nice on sore gums. I spent ages sucking on some today.

I like munching on biscuits, but only when my gums aren't too sore. Tonight I got to eat some roti. That was very yummy and I was able to hold onto it easily while I steadily munched my way through the piece.

Oh, the other thing that I really like sucking on is Mummy's shoulder. It's nice and soft and fleshy and if I really suck strongly, I can get a good bit of flesh in my mouth. A few times I've left big, red marks on her skin!

I've had some wonderful baths over the last couple of days. Daddy fills the bath so that I can lie down flat and the water only comes up to my cheeks. This way I can move about and kick and splash and suck on my big toe nice and easily. Tonight I worked out how to flip myself over so that I could crawl about the water. I then got my hands on the edge of the bath and tried to pull myself up to standing. I slipped quite a few times, but it was still fun.

I worked out how to roll over from my back to my tummy a couple of weeks ago. It was by fluke really - I did it in my cot by grabbing the edge and pulling myself onto my side. Then I just fell onto my tummy. But it was a bit of a problem because I couldn't sleep like that, so I had to crawl about the cot in circles while I called out to Mum or Dad. As usual, they took ages to come to me, so I was pretty grumpy by the time they flipped me over again.

I nearly forgot to say that I can make some great sounds now! I can go, 'Ah, bum!' and 'ah ba ba ba,' and 'ah boo!' I also like to say, 'aooaooaooaoo,' and 'mmmmmmm'.