She can stand alone for longer too, and has perfected her balancing – it helps when she’s got something in her hand, such as toast, because then, she has no choice but stand without the support of furniture. That seems to work!

Other than that, and mastering how to get out of her high chair (!) there’s nothing else new to report. Other than Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box is an awesome DS game and holds a well-deserved play-time slot during Freyja’s naps

Oh yeah, and Freyja’s birthday present has arrived. There’s a lot to be added to it, but it’s arrived

One thing I can’t help but want to question though is the Doctor’s remark about a baby’s ability to recognise their own hands. He said that at the current stage in development, hands are merely things that flail, and the baby doesn’t realise that they belong to them. It’s apparently not until they are approx. 16 weeks that they begin to think that these extremities actually belong to them and that they are the ones who are in full voluntary control of them.

I appreciate the fact that I may be wrong when I say that I think Freyja is beginning to realise these hands are actually hers. But I really think she does know. She pays meticulous attention to them, follows them round, and watches them as though she’s making purposeful movements.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe she is just flailing. Personally, I’d like to believe she’s a child genius.

It’s so lovely watching her grab at her toys on her playmat. She used to only be interested in the musical sun, but she’s gradually becoming more interested in all the other things that hang off her playmat too (And there’s a lot of things… James decided that all things that could possibly hang, should be hanging. So now, she’s pretty spoiled for choice.)

Her latest favourite seems to be the rattle. As I sit here doing some work, I can hear her in the background trying to grab for it whilst talking to herself. It really is fab to watch. In fact, I’m going to go and watch her for a few minutes.