The "Tragetuch" Phenomenon

We had bought a Tragetuch some time ago but never dared to use it yet. Today we thought we give it a try and see what happens.

Junior was a little cranky but he was not hungry, he did not have gas, everything was fine actually.

As he was cranky anyway we thought to try out the Tragetuch finally. Things could not get worse we thought.

Elisabeth put on the Tragetuch and made herself familiar with it.

Ok, now we tried. We put Junior in it and ....big SUPRISE!

Within seconds he fell asleep! He felt so comfortable and safe that he fell into deep sleep immediately.

He seems to like it alot. This makes us far more flexible! cool....

Bathing - All good

Bathing time again.

Last time it was turbulent so we decided to keep our roles as usual. Me being the "bather" and Elisabeth being the "toweler". All gentle and soft.

This look you get, saying "Daddy please take good care of me" makes macho-hearts melt away. Once again I understand how dependant Junior is to all the love and care of Elisabeth and me...

He enjoyed again as usual and after the bath ,this time the handover from the bath to the towel was perfect. You could see Junior enjoyed all the attention and care.

How nice to see Junior happy.....

The mystical picture

Junior already looks like a little man now. All dressed up in jeans.

Elisabeth decided to take a picture and layed him on the bed when he started staring at the elephant picture again.

It seems there is some mystical attraction in the picture Elisabeth had painted. Junior would keep staring at it like nothing else.

He seems to be very fond of hairless animals..... ;)

Bathing disaster

Today we bathed him. Again in the sink and not in the tub. He enjoyed the bath. Everything went well ....at first...

But then when we took him out, somehow the handover of Junior from the sink into the towel did not work perfectly and something hurt him really bad. Oh my! What a heartbreaking cry that was!

We had never see him cry like this. You could see it was not hunger or gas or sleep. It was pain.

The first time he cried in 5 weeks because of pain. It was a terrible sight. As if your heart was being torn out of your chest.

We slowly start to realise that no matter how careful we are, our heart will bleed many many many more times and this was just the beginning......

With some extra love he finally slept deep and well.

The first long trip

What a great day it was.
The weather was wonderful. We decided to go to the city to discuss the baptism with the priest of the Peterskirche. We had gone for short trips (1hour) already but this would be the first long trip.

Will he cry? Will it be too cold? What if he is hungry? Will we make it without having to change the diapers ? How about the Kinderwagen? the steps? elevator? crowded bus, U-Bahn? Many questions. No answers. We would have to try it out we decided.

Apparently it seemed that he likes lying in the Kinderwagen. He immediately fell deep asleep and the trip turned out to become a very pleasant and long one.

We went to the church discussed with the priest, then went to "Dohnal" from which my dear colleagues at work presented us "Gutscheins" and tried various "Tragetücher". Some just did not work out but finally we found one. They had a small babies corner were you could change the diapers and feed the babies. That was convenient and perfect timing for Junior to do both.
Finally we had a late nice lunch and headed back home.

Our first long trip as a small family. What a heartwarming and wonderful experience....

Early shooting

Mummy and Junior were up early today. The sun was just rising and the light was beautiful, when Elisabeth decided to conduct a model shooting.

She dressed him up, layed him on the bed and took pictures when she realized that he kept staring at the picture of the elephant she had painted. Wherever she placed him in the bed, Junior would stare at the elephant picture on the wall.

Another one of these funny misteries......