It is September now, the month when Summer meets Autumn. The fuzzy line between summer and Autumn finishes on the 20th. The last week of September is certainly Autumn.
This is Jacob's first August. He is one third of a year old at 4 months. He was born in the middle of Spring, in the middle of the Day, in the middle of Buckinghamshire. 10 minutes before former president of Peru Alan Garcia shot himself.
What a difference one third of a year makes to a baby. He has gone from a helpless little newborn filled with confusion to a determined infant that is starting to imitate words and sit up on his own. He grows by more than 150 grams per week and is close to 7 kilos now. He has nearly doubled in weight since he was born. I am sure he will be close to ten kilos by the time he is six months old at the end of Autumn.
Throughout the world in August there was a lot of civil unrest. Protests in Hong Kong and London for different reasons. The Amazon rainforest was on fire and released millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Here in the UK there was a few heat waves and record temperatures, not sure it reached 40 degrees c, but it felt like it to me.
August was also the month when my mother in law returned to Peru. She helped us a lot and gave us some valuable parenting skills. We hope that my Peruvian family can visit again in the near future.
