Moving back = a step forward. Really?

The past week, a week of separation with Markus being back in Vienna working while Jakob and Kerstin stayed in Vorarlberg enjoying the company of the family, not only brought fresh snow in most of Austria, but mainly the eastern part of the country, but also saw further developments in our little boy’s life. These days it seems that the pace of development is increasing as Jakob adds almost every day a new feature. Sitting in the meantime as a “normal” activity by now and Jakob is by now eating a whole glass of carrots with potatoes. We have also offered him the first portion of fruit: a glass of apples. Judging by his facial expression the sour taste of fruit (relative to the vegetables) is not his favourite one, but the fact that he was already chewing on a piece of apple and even took a bite makes us comfortable that he will like apples soon. We also believe that rather soon we will have to give him some bread crust to chew on.

"Hehe, soon I will get food to chew on!"

Mobility is another area in which a lot happened the past week. Jakob is still moving backwards rather than crawling forward, but while on the weekend he was moving in a short range he is now making his way through the whole room, as long as one removes any obstacles from his route. That said we already know what we will need when we are back at home: safety guards for our staircase! Like father like son: Also Markus came back to some mobility as he used the spare time he had to go for a run on both Tuesday and Wednesday in the Prater after more than 3 months of inactivity and thus he paid the bill with sore muscles. Luckily he did get away with all the Christmas decoration in the flat before the muscle ache became a bigger problem. He has got a few more days to recover before going skiing with his father and brother to the Arlberg. Whether in the light of the heavy snowfall his journey back to Hoerbranz tonight will be a possibility to relax or whether it will be an exhausting trip he will only find out later on.

Jakob, Kerstin & Markus