Megan is nine weeks old now. She's had a nice week with visits from friends, and spending time with Grandma and Grandpa who looked after her when Mummy and Daddy went out for Christmas dinner. She was a very good girl and slept through most of it.

She has begun to realise that she can manipulate her environment in the last few days. She is fascinated by her hands, and when she was in her playgym she accidentally hit one of the hanging toys, realised that hitting it made it move and then spent ages practising doing it again! The next day proved even more exciting when she realised that she could achieve the same effect with her feet!

Megan is also making a wider variety of sounds, including a very clear "goo goo" - a consonant.

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Image 0047-9176 Canon PowerShot S45 1/60 sec., f/2.8 2005:12:07 15:48:48 UTC (c) Keith & Carolyn

Hitting the hanging toy. Megan had just realised that if she hit this toy it would move! She was concentrating very hard on hitting it again.

It'll be bedtime then! Megan being burped after a nice long drink of warm milk.

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Sticking my tongue out.

Megan and Aidan. Megan joined Aidan for storytime before Aidan went to sleep. She was fascinated by Aidan's "fish light" - a magic lantern with rainbow fish on it.

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First time in the big bath! Megan is too long for her baby bath now - she absolutely loves the space to kick and splash in the big bath.