Month: April 2005

Catch a Poo

Today Maxim invented a new game. Actually, I don’t know if it is completely new, but he didn’t have any communications with other kids and noone who came to our house taught him it, thus I assume that he invented it. It is called “Catch a Poo”.

The game is simple, but is a lot of fun and helps to develop prediction skills. Two teams can play, which can be one person or more each. One team, which was represented by Maxim today, lays on the changing table and holding legs up tries to poo everything it can. The other team, which was represented by me, has one diper which must be used to catch all the poo. For more fun it is recommended to switch off the lights and play in the dark. For even more fun it is recommended for the Poo team to have diarrhea.

It has been a while since I did any sporting activities, so I lost completely. 2:0. In the first round Maxim managed to poo his bed, all the blankets, his clothes, and a stock supply of dipers. In the secod round he confirmed his victory by drawing a line on the floor, marking the termometer and destroying a bunch of wipes.

Even though I am sad because of the loss, I have to admit that he was really spectacular. He was so powerful and fast that I alsmot went to look for my Physics textbook. I wanted to check that he is not braking any rules or anything.

I also felt better when I saw how happy Maxim was about his win. He was smiling all the way, waving his hands and legs and shouting “Agu! Agu! Aaaa! Agu” cheerfully.

Jumbo

Maxim hasn’t seen much outside of our apartment. He has visited the pediatrician’s office and has been in the park and at Molos promenade. Today we took him to Jumbo hypermarket. Jumbo is the huge shop that sells kids’ products – toys, clothes, furniture, school items, etc.

Maxim slept through most of it though…

Olga and I though saw Jumbo in the new light. Firstly, we noticed how badly the shop is organized. There are rows and rows of products, but there is no signs indicating what is where. There are no resting places, like caffeterias or benchs. This is especially hard for the pregnant women to take. The tired ones are sitting on the floor.

Secondly, I noticed the looks of pregnant parents. I remembered how we were walking around Jumbo, when Olga was pregnant and how we were jelously looking at all young parents. We were checking all the kids, inspecting what they have, what there parenst are buying for them, how they behave, etc. Today we were walking around thinking nothing about anyone else, just choosing things that we need to buy. But all the pregnant parents were staring at us, at Maxim, at what we do and how we do it. Heh. The cycle of life…

Thidly, or course I noticed something obvious, something that always happens with Olga and me when we go shopping. We went to Jumbo to buy few specific items. When we walked out more than an hour later, we bought a lot of other stuff. But we haven’t bought anything from the things we intended to.

Overall, of course, we had lots of fun. Is there any other way you can spend time in the supermarket full of toys for all ages?

6 weeks and counting

Maxim is six weeks old today. That is one and a half month. By now we figured that:

  • He loves to bath.
  • He loves outside.
  • He loves being butt naked.
  • He can hold his head straight, although it is still hard for him.
  • He can smile. Even though he can’t control it yet. But he is trying.
  • He loves Olga’s left breast more than loves her right one.
  • He can sleep four ours straight. He just hates doing so due to extreme feeling of hunger afterwords.
  • He cries differently when he is hungry, when he is in pain, and when he is bored.

We’ve probably figured a bunch of other things, but I forgot to write them down…