Alina is trying to seat up

Alina is getting better at seating up, she now can seat with hands resting on her legs.

Alina uchitsya sidet', ona teper mozhet rukami v nogi uperetsya i tak derzhtsya.

New playmat from Ikea

We have been to Ikea with Alina last Monday, and she behaved really well all the way. So I bought her a new bigger playmat. It's got a mirror, couple of squeecky places and flufy cloud.

Outside without the nappie

My segodnya opyat v sadu gulyali, na etot raz bez podguznika. Ya Alinku na polotentse bolshoye polozhila, ona tolko odin raz za chas popisala, a tak byla prosto umnitsya! Ona umudrilas dobratsya do kra polotentsa i travu nachala rvat' rukami. Vot video gde ona yesche i povorachivayetsya na zhivot.

Today we spent some time in garden again, this time I removed the nappie, so Alina can move freely. We played games, she rolled a couple of times, ended at the edge of the towel and started picking up grass.

picnic in the garden

It is very hot outside, +25 and the temperature is rising every day. We went outside in the garden to play on the new playmat from Ikea.

Alinke nravitsya na ulitse, ona derevya lyubi rassmatrivat'. U nas ochen zharko, i v tenechke ocehn zamechatelno.

New bath mat

John have bought a new bath mat for Alina. It's non-slip surfice, and she can sit in the bath now/ She really likes it because she can play with ducks.

John kupil Alinke novoye sidenye v vannu, a sverhu yesche rezinoviy kovrik chtoby ne skolsko bylo.

Alina is sleeping on her tummy

Alina now learned how to turn on her belly in bed. She even fall asleep on her front at 9 a.m. sleep, and was very happy :)
We have also had a first dinner today - just baby porridge, a table spoon diluted with 50ml of milk & water. She ate almost all of it. I will be changing the timetable as per Gina Ford (a bit adjusted):
7:30 am - breakfast (milk for now)
11:15 am - lunch (milk + puree)
2:45 - 3:00 pm - milk
5 pm - dinner
6:30pm - milk

Alina segodnya utrom posle zavtraka usnula na zhivote. Ya yeye v krovat kak obychno polozhila, a ona perevernulas na zhivot, sosku v rot zasunula i usnula. Voobsche yey chego-to segosnya tseliy den soska nravitsya, ona s ney spit i s udovolstviyem soset.
Yesche my segodnya v perviy raz pouzhinali kashkoy s molokom (stolovaya lozhka poroshka na 50ml moloka i vody). Ya teper budu raspisaniye novoye menyat: uzhin v 5, potom kupatsya i molko v 6:30.

Alina is turning in bed

Alinka segodnya prosnulas na zhivote i poperek krovati. Razvernulas, a obratno ne mozhet... potom v 9 ya yeye opyat spat polozhila, ta zhe istoriya, prosnulas poperek krovati.

Alina woke up earlier today, she managed to turn on her belly & also rotate perpendicular to the bed, and she couldn't turn back... at 9 o'clock there was same story, she woke up the wrong way around.

Alina's menu & bottle holding

Alina had a sweet potato and carrot today; apple and banana yesterday. I have also roasted butternut squash for her, we will try it sometime this week.

Morkovka i yabloko s bananom poshli na ura, segodnya poprobovali sladkuyu kartoshku (ya yeye v duhovke zapekla) s morkovkoy. Yesche ya patison yey v duhovke zapekla, budem probovat'.

Also John taught Alina how to hold her milk bottle - here is the video.

John Alinku nauchiul kak butylku derzhat':

Almost 8kg - big baby!

My Alinu vzvesili v sredu - ona uzhe 7.98kg vesit! Teper ona bolshe chem 90% devochek yeyo vozrasta. Alinka u nas samaya bolshaya devochka iz gruppy NCT. My uzhe dazhe nachali nosit nekotorye veschi na 6-9 mesyatsev. Ya dazhe u detskoy medsestry sprosila, ne tolstaya li Alinka, ona skazala chto vse normalno.
A yesche my v chetverg vstrechalis s devchonkami iz moyey NCT grupy, vot fotki:
1. Summer - devochka v kolyaske, ona Alinu mladshe na paru nedel'

2. Abi - ona u nas samaya starshaya, rodilas v dekabre, no ranshe sroka na mesyats

3. Lukas - on s ALinoy v odni den rodilsya, samiy schekastiy v grupe
4. Hugo - rodilsya s Alinoy v odin den', no ona yego uzhe pererosla na 1kg!

Eating on the new high chair

Yesterday Alina had her lunch in the new high chair yesterday. It's still a bit too big, but this way she can seat by the table like an adult. The chair can recline in several positions, and therefore she can seat comfortably even now.

We has carrot & babana, with a bit fo baby rice, and Alina ate quite a lot! no complains this time!

Also a video:

Today - trip to Ikea

Today we went to Ikea to plan the kitchen. I timed it so we drive when it's Alina's sleeping time. She managed the hour in the car really well. When we arrived she was in her push chair, very cheerful and behaved all the time when we were planning the kitchen. Then we ate Apple & Banana from Ella's kitchen range, Alina really liked it and ate quite a lot. We got her a new playmat from Ikea, much bigger than her current one, hopefully she'll enjoy crawling on it.

On way back she slept most of the time again, so overall our first independent trip far away went well!

News - can turn finally!

Alina has finally managed to turn herself from her back to her front! The first time she did it on her playmat, and I missed it! I put her on the playmat on her back, and sat down to look through brochure, when I looked up she was on her front already! Then we went upstairs, and she rolled over again a couple of times on the bed.

Alinka nauchilas' perevorachivatsya so spiny na zhivot. Snachala ona vnizu perevernulas na svoyem matrasike, no ya propustila, a potom naverhu na krovatke.

Trying an apple

Today Alina tried her first apple today. I have steamed it for 10min first, then wizzed in food processor. But because it was only a small amount it didnt mash it well. So I had to mash it manually through the sif. Lots of dirty dishes! Anyway, I first tried giving her apple straight after her feed at 3 o'clock, but she didnt like it at all, would not swallow even a small amount, cried and demanded more milk. Then she had a short nap, and I tried giving her apple again. This time it was much more successful, she swallowed a couple of teaspoons alltogether.

Segodnya Alinke dala yablochko. Ya yego poparila 10minut, potom popytalas prokrutit v miksere, no yabloka bylo sovsem malo i mikser nichego ne promyal. Tak chto prishlops vruchnuyu cherez sitechko... ponachalu Aline yabloko ne ponravilos, posle moloka naverno bylo kislovato. Ona rasplakalas i glotat otkazalas. Ya yey opyat poprobovala dat' cherez chas, i yey ponravilos namnogo bolshe. Naverno s molokom meshat ne stoit...

First real food with the spoon

On Saturday we gave Alina her first real food - baby rice mixed with milk. She have managed to swallow some, but most of it came out... I gave her some rice again today, same result.

Tomorrow might start with apple or carrot

V subbotu kormili Alinu detskim risom, vse proshlo uspesho, yey ponravilos, tolko mnogo prolilos mimo. My yego razbavlyali detskim molokom, ochen zhidko. Zavtra ili morkovku ili yabloko sdelayu

Alina nauchilas nogi v rot sovat'!

Alina vchera posle vanny zanimalas gimnastikoy i obeimi rukami tyanula nogu v rot. Vot mozhno na video posmotret':

Novaya kolyaska

Vchera vyvela Alinu pogulyat v novoy kolyaske. Snachala ona ochen s podozreniyem k ney otneslas, no cherez neskolko minut uzhe uspokoilas. U kolyaski mozhno spinku opuskat i podnimat, tak chto mozhno i spat i na ptichek smotret'.

Alina v krasivom plat'ye

Vchera nadeli krasivoye platye i Alina pozirovala :)

It's very hot! @zhara!@

It was +25 degrees outside today, really hot! Alina enjoys wearing her summer outfits, and is not too bothered with heat. We went to California country park today - it's a bit cooler by the lake. Alina slept most of the way, and even didnt woke up when I moved her from pram to her car seat.
We continue practicing with the spoon, I seat by her and eat my lunch while she can copy me with her little spoon. She is doing really well, with the right hand, can put the spoon straight into the mouth. Daddy bought us the little tray for Bumbo seat, soon will be practicing eating in it. Alina is getting too big now for her green seat, it bends down when she is seating on it!

Alina was singing songs today. I put on some Russian children songs, and she was trying to sing lauder than the CD player.


Segodnya na ulitse bylo leto, i my poyehali gulyat k ozeru. Alina ochen bystro zasnula i pochti chas prospala poka ya vokrug ozera yeye katala. Dazhe kogda iz kolyaski v sidenye perekladyvala ona ne prosnulas.
Opyat segodnya praktikovalis s lozhkoy. U Aliny uzhe ochen horosho poluchayetsya, my s ney sidim ryadom i ona smotrit kak ya yem i svoyey lozhkoy menya kopiruyet.
Yesche polozhila Alinku na kovrik i vklyuchila yey CD s detskimi pesenkami, tak ona raspelas', vse staralas pleyer perekrichat'.