Felix The Forgotten Second Child

One of the reasons why I combined Jarvis and Felix's blogs, was because poor wee Felix's blog was never getting updated. A good friend gave me some stick and called Felix 'The Forgotten Second Child', which was true when It came to blogging.

With this in mind, over the last few months I have made a big effort to ensure that I do all the things with Felix, that I did with Jarvis. For instance, the music class that we do each week is such fun and Felix really enjoys it. I also make sure that we have at least one 'Dah and Felix' trip out per week, as we did on Friday, when the boys set off to The Royal Botanical Gardens for a picnic.

I timed it so that Felix would sleep in the car as we drove from dropping Jarvis off. He did not wake until 40-minutes later when we jumped off the train at St James station. From there it was a short walk to the Botanics, where the wee guy jumped out of the stroller and spent the next couple of hours roaming the park.

I think it's not allowed, but on the quiet and with an eye out for the park wardens, Felix and I feed the ducks. Felix was not at all worried to have ducks, seagulls, ibis and various other birds clamber all over him, as they scrambled to eat the pieces of bread. As you can see from the picture below, he loved it so much, that he was full of claps.

I even splashed out the $10, as we took a ride on the train that drives around the park. Felix must have waved at everyone we passed, and just like his older Brother, is certainly not shy.

From the park, we walked to The Sydney Opera House and just went where Felix wanted to go. It's so nice to let him roam free and not see a little person like him stuck in a stroller. He must have walked around that area for a good 50-minutes, climbing, jumping and exploring. Then as we neared Circular Quay, I could see he was getting a little drowsy from the heat and playing, so we jumped back on the train, to be back in time to pick Jarvis up from school.

Developmentally, Felix is coming along very well. He has great balance and confidence and is starting to form words. The word he uses most is "Watch", as he raises his finger and expects you to watch whatever he's doing. Sometimes he just says it, without actually having something to show you and then spends a few moments scrambling around to pick something up.

Felix is also keen on pretending to be a pussy cat and meows lots, when I wrap him up in a pussy cat bed after his bath.

So yeah, all is very good with young Felix and we think that at 18-months old, he's coming on nicely. In fact, we think we might even keep him, when the hire-purchase arrangement we have him on comes to an end!

Lee