Baby swimming today

Week four today - let's hope that Jack will start to enjoy it more. No dunking this week, to see if that helps!!

Jack's first taste of baby food

Jack's just started to have some baby food and his first taste of solids. He's now coming up to 20-weeks-old and his loving it so far... particularly baby custard. Seems like he might have a sweet tooth like his mummy!!

Jack with his cousins Josh and Sam

We had a lovely Easter weekend away with our families in Norfolk... Thanks to Marie for sending the pics as I forgot our digital camera. Also apologies for the lack of posts, just been a bit hectic changing jobs at work...

Should have some more baby swimming pics later today as we go to Jack's third session - let's hope he enjoys it more this week. He's also started having some baby food... which is really exciting.

Jack's first picnic on Sunday in Battersea Park

I think this is a gorgeous pic of Charlie and Jack on our first picnic today (1 April). It was a gorgeous spring afternoon and we had a lot of fun chillin' out in the park and stuffing our faces at the same time... Jack is still on the same menu, so his food was still the same as ever... but he seemed to enjoy himself.

Jack and his first dip in the pool - babyswimming

We have just started taking Jack to baby swimming classes at our local group in Balham, south-west London.

Jack's first class was interesting as I'm not sure how much he enjoyed it. There were five other babies there some a bit younger than Jack and some a bit older. While some of the others seemed to cry a little bit, Jack seemed to cry throughout the class.

Even in our first class we dunked Jack - in other words, fully submerged him below the water for a few seconds. It's quite a heart-rendering experience as you watch their little face as you take them under, but it's very safe as babies have a reflex that stops them trying to breathe underwater.

The first class lasts for nine weeks and by the end of it Jack should be able to swim short distances underwater. How amazing is that. It's the next class today, so wish me luck. Hopefully he'll have a better sleep this morning before the class and this might mean that he doesn't cry throughout like last week. More baby swimming pics of Jack on flickr.